No Letting Go

Chapter 78 I Do, Too

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Chapter 78 I Do, Too

The choir was singing angelically, the church looked like Holland was transported to Japan. The Archbishop was there in full regalia to facilitate the wedding.

RJ took a step forward to claim his bride.

Maine lifted her skirt to walk up the steps towards the altar.

Only the distraction of Mark holding onto RJ made them remember whose wedding it was. "Hey man, this is Gio's wedding."

Like a man who snapped out of a trance, RJ looked at Mark, bewildered. Then he sought out Maine who was making her way towards her designated place beside Corinne.

He grinned at her direction. 'I can't wait for our turn.' His eyes told her.

She looked at him through her lashes. 'Same here,' her shy smile playing on her lips. Maine raised her wrist to ask about how long the ceremony will take.

RJ answered her by raising his fingers. 'Around one and a half.'

Maine made a face. 'That long?' she gestured with the slight
movement of her hands.

For the second time around, RJ bit his lips to keep himself from laughing. He raised his eyebrow at her. 'Do you want to ditch the ceremony?'

She raised both eyebrows at him. 'As if you could!'

RJ wiggled his eyebrows at her and winked. 'We could if you really want to.'

Maine bent her head against the bouquet she was holding. 'Tempt me not! Tempt me not!'

"Hey, no need to be embarrassed. You substituted at the last minute." Corinne extended a hand. "I'm Corinne, one of the best man's wife." She pointed at Mark, smiling impishly.

"Thank you." Maine replied, not sure whether she should say her name, considering that Issa was just on the other side of Corinne.

Alarms went ringing in Issa's head. 'That voice!' She wanted to take a good look at the substitute but couldn't for Corinne was blocking her way as the latter turned to look at the bride, who was finally walking down the aisle.

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RJ kept on looking across the aisle towards where Maine was. Since the cat was out of the bag, Alex and Mark literally pushed him to take the aisle seat. More than once, Maine caught him staring at her with a dreamy expression on his face. And every time, she would always point towards the altar to remind him to pay attention to the ceremony.

She kept on thanking the Lord for Corinne who acted as a buffer between her and Issa. She was half expecting that Issa would insist on exchanging seats with Corinne but to her surprise, she remained seated in her place and was attentively listening to what the Archbishop was saying. At least that was what she thought.

'Just you wait Alex King! And that Mark as well! Hmpf!' she glanced at her watch. 'Just 30-minutes more!'

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On their own volition, RJ and Maine found themselves looking at each other as Gio and Amelie recited their vows. With every question that the Archbishop asked, they would answer along with the real bride and groom.