You Shipped Me Off I Married Your Boss Chapter 26
I was deep in my final wedding rehearsal.
I had no idea Brian was opening ten years of gifts.
Or that the pink diamond ring had done something to him.
And when Liam kissed me for the first time in the middle of that rehearsal—
I also had no idea that back in LA, that ring had driven Brian to slap Natalie across the face.
Funny.
The day Natalie knelt and framed me.
The day Brian shoved me and split my knee open.
None of us could have imagined this.
But Brian and Natalie were nothing to me now. Irrelevant.
When Mr. Crawford brought me the brooch, I told them my news.
They were stunned.
The wedding they’d come to Chicago to attend—the Campbell heir’s ceremony—
The mysterious bride no local reporter had managed to photograph? It was me.
They were happy for me. But their eyes glistened with regret.
Especially Mrs. Crawford. She held my hands and wouldn’t let go.
“Skylar, I don’t want to cry on your happy day. But it hurts. It’s my fault. I didn’t raise my son right. One wrong step, and then another…”
Brian wanted to break things off with Natalie. She refused.
Her whole family showed up at the Crawford estate. Caused a scene.
Ran to the local tabloids. Cried about the rich young heir who toyed with their daughter’s heart.
They were poor. They had nothing to lose by making the rich family miserable.
The chaos was absolute.
And then—Natalie tested positive. Pregnant.
The Crawfords couldn’t force a girl to terminate.
The wedding would probably go through.
I leaned into Mrs. Crawford’s arms, eyes stinging.
I thought about my first nights at the Crawford house, crying for my parents.
She’d held me just like this. Soothed me.
All those carefree years. Loved like their own daughter.
The tears fell anyway.
“Skylar. Our Brian doesn’t deserve you.”
Mrs. Crawford wiped my face, sighed, and then her expression shifted. Something like relief.
“The Campbells have an impeccable reputation. And Liam—he’s one of the finest men of his generation in Chicago.”
“Skylar. You’ll be happy.”