Part 1A Deadly Prank

On the day of our wedding, my fiance's best friend, Penny Lynd, showed me a video, smiling as she said, "Hey, Lydia. I've already educated Aron for you. He's now a real stud, so enjoy!"

I felt my breath leaving my lungs as they made love in the video, while Aron Quaker laughed, clapping her shoulder. "Where did you get that AI video? I only took your clothes off that one time."

While he was laughing without a care, I felt like I'd just fallen into an abyss.

Seeing me lose my cool, Penny laughed out loud too. "There! I knew it would upset Lydia! She's so dumb that she can't even tell that it's an AI video—and a bet's a bet! Starting today, we will be married for three days."

It was only then that I understood.

They made the AI video to bet if I would believe it, so that I would embarrass myself at my own wedding.

And the wager was for Aron to be Penny's for three days!

As the video continued, Aron turned to me, chuckling. "Don't worry. I lost the bet, but the wedding goes on as planned… Although you have to pick up your stuff from the bedroom and only come back three days later."

He reached out to me, but I shook it off and took off my ring. "There's no 'later'. I'll get my stuff right now and let you guys have the wedding too. You're her husband now anyway, and you can't go without a wedding, can you?"

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Aron looked dapper in his black tuxedo, but his handsome, nonchalant smile faded at my words.

His friends' smile stiffened, and they promptly reasoned with me.

"Come on, Lydia—you know Penny's always been a practical joker."

"It's just an AI video. It's fake, and a bet's a bet. I mean, it's just three days! It's no big deal!"

Hearing that, Aron pursed his lips as he said sternly, "That's enough now, Lydia. Or did you forget that the video of our wedding will be shown to your mom? Her surgery is due in three days. Do you perhaps want her to look disappointed before she goes into the operating room?"

My eyes were red even as I looked at Aron.

Just before the wedding, he vowed to show my mom the moment when we were the happiest.

But now…

Holding his gaze, I asked, "So I should continue and then show that AI video to my mom as well? You'd really call a video like that a prank?"

Aron's expression stiffened, but he soon narrowed his eyes threateningly. "I said, that's enough! You planned this wedding! But if you want to walk away, I'm fine with that too!"

Aron held out my ring to me, confident that I would take it and bear with the prank.

But I had planned this wedding for three years, just so that my mother Molly would see the happiest moment in my life.

Now, I looked around at the mess I got instead.

As soon as Penny came in, she started horsing around with the rest of Aron's friends, throwing cake everywhere.

Even my bouquet was her arrangement, and Aron himself took it out of my hands and handed it to Penny, saying, "She would throw a tantrum if she doesn't get it. You don't want her to make a mess of things, do you?"

I decided to bear with it, until she played that AI video on the big screen, which was supposed to play a montage of my relationship with Aron,

The wedding that I'd so meticulously prepared was already completely ruined.

Smacking Aron's hand away, the ring fell out of my hand and onto a piece of cake stuck on the floor.

As Aron frowned, I told him through tears in a determined tone, "I no longer want this wedding or you."

The hall erupted into an uproar right then.