The ceremony was minutes away when my mother collapsed, clutching her chest.
I forgot everything else. I rushed her to the ER myself.
But the moment we arrived, a message appeared in our family group chat.
Mom: Clara’s at the hospital. I got her out. The wedding can start now.
Three dots appeared. Then my father replied:
Dad: Done. I’m walking Pearl down the aisle.
A second later, my brother added: Marcus: Pearl’s waited ten years. She finally gets to marry Ethan for real.
All three messages vanished within seconds.
But my best friend Sophie accidentally forwarded a video into the chat.
In the footage, my sister Pearl was wearing the gown I had chosen myself—the same gown I’d spent six months starving to fit into.
Ethan stood at the altar and slipped the ring meant for me onto her finger.
Every guest who’d hugged me yesterday, who’d told me how beautiful I’d look as a bride, was now chanting in unison:
“Kiss! Kiss! Kiss!”
My mother snatched the phone from my hands.
The pain had vanished from her face. All that remained was the panic of being exposed.
“Clara, your sister waited for him all these years.”
“She just wanted a wedding of her own.”
“You had Ethan for seven years. Can’t you let her have this one day?”
I stared at the electrode patches still stuck to her chest and let out a laugh that didn’t sound like mine.
They had made their choice.
And from that moment on, I would never again beg any of them to choose me.
They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 08 After returning to New York, Ethan didn’t confront Pearl with a fight. He simply moved out of their apartment and handed everything to his lawyer. Pearl showed up at his office several times. She cried. She tried to use the baby to pull him back. When
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 07 In those months abroad, my life began to rebuild itself—one small piece at a time. My project proposal was rejected six times. The night before the seventh presentation, I didn’t leave the office at all. When the director slid the final approval across the table, she
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 06 The next day, Ethan went back to the hotel. He pulled the security footage from the hallway outside the bridal suite. On screen, Clara was leaving the room, pulling her suitcase behind her. Pearl approached from the opposite direction. As she passed Clara, she made a
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 05 Over a hundred missed calls. Ethan’s name appeared more than any other. The phone buzzed again in my hand—his name flashing on the screen once more. I stared at it for a few seconds, declined the call, and blocked every single one of them. The project
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 04 Ethan burst in, breathless, as though terrified I’d already vanished. My face was chalk-white. I opened my mouth to speak, but before I could, he pressed a glucose tablet between my lips. The gesture was automatic—muscle memory from seven years of taking care of me. “Take
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 03 The ballroom doors opened again. My mother rushed to Pearl’s side, gently wiping her tears. When she turned to me, her voice was sharp with reproach. “Pearl sacrificed seven years for you.” “She only wanted her own wedding back. Why did you have to come charging
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 02 I gripped my phone, remembering how I’d turned this job down once before—for Ethan. He’d held me so tightly that night, murmuring against my hair. “Clara, if you leave the country, what am I supposed to do?” “We’re about to get married. You’d really leave me
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They Gave My Wedding To My Sister Chapter 01 The ceremony was minutes away when my mother collapsed, clutching her chest. I forgot everything else. I rushed her to the ER myself. But the moment we arrived, a message appeared in our family group chat. Mom: Clara’s at the hospital. I got her out. The
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