Chapter 305: The Sky She Deserves
Owen stood in disbelief as security shoved him away. “She said… she doesn’t have a brother? Did she really say that herself? I don’t believe it—I need to ask her myself!” But the guards wouldn’t budge. One gave him a shove that nearly sent him stumbling. Surrounded by curious onlookers, Owen had no choice but to retreat. Still, he didn’t leave entirely. Instead, he paid for a hotel room across the street, one that had a partial view of the top floor of the Hotel Marcellus.
From that distance, he could make out vague silhouettes. A tall figure moved toward Yunice and stood behind her. Laughter and joy seemed to ripple through the room. Wyatt handed Yunice the cake knife. Amid the group’s cheers, Yunice raised her hand to cut the cake. Wyatt placed his hand gently over hers, helping guide the first slice. Yuna and Gill clapped loudly beside them, cheerleaders of the moment.
After everyone had tasted a symbolic bite of cake, they began inspecting the extravagant confection itself—a towering two-meter-tall castle cake, the likes of which most had only ever seen online. Especially the intricate jewel embellishments. Just looking at them made people feel nervous. It was… too luxurious.
Seeing Yuna and Gill practically drooling as they hovered near the cake decorations, Yunice turned to Wyatt. “Can I keep the cake?” Wyatt blinked, clearly caught off guard by such a silly question. Still, he gave her a simple answer. “Yeah.”
Yunice beamed, then turned to Yuna and Gill. “If you like something, take it!” The girls immediately pulled back, hesitant. This was a work of art—it felt wrong to just start ripping it apart. And besides, it was a gift from Wyatt to Yunice.
“But after tonight, it’ll be taken apart anyway,” Yunice said, plucking the most prominent gem-studded fairy wand from the cake. “I’m keeping this one. You can have the rest.” With Yunice’s blessing, Gill didn’t hold back anymore. She laughed like a goose and pulled Yuna into a full-on treasure hunt, gleefully dismantling the cake decorations. Yunice even joined in to help them.
Chapter 305: The Sky She Deserves
What girl didn’t love romance and diamonds? The three of them laughed as they passed the glittering stones around for a closer look. Meanwhile, Oscar remained in a quiet corner, watching Wyatt closely. Wyatt had long since noticed and walked over with a glass of wine. Oscar instinctively stepped back half a pace. He was the kind of man who spent all his time in labs and didn’t mingle with people from society.
He’d heard plenty of rumors about Wyatt—and none of them were good. The man was known to cripple others, gouge out eyes, or cut out tongues if displeased. Definitely not someone easy to get along with. Oscar hadn’t forgotten what happened at Yunice’s wedding. Wyatt had someone sew Elsie’s mouth shut. Most people didn’t see it. He did. Her face had been a bloody mess, straight out of a horror film. That image had never left his mind.
What scared him the most was this—if a man like Wyatt ever got tired of Yunice, would he treat her the same way? But Oscar also knew fear wouldn’t help. Someone like Wyatt could wipe out his whole family without leaving them anywhere to file a complaint.
Wyatt tilted his glass, lightly clinking it against Oscar’s tightly gripped one. The crisp sound snapped Oscar out of his thoughts. Wyatt took a sip of wine and walked away. Oscar watched him return to Yunice’s side, where he gently pinched the back of her neck. Yunice turned to him. Wyatt said, “Come here.”
Yunice stepped down from the stool she’d been standing on and followed him to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Wyatt’s gaze was focused outside. Curious, she looked too.
Chapter 305: The Sky She Deserves
Boom! A sharp whistle pierced the air. Yunice instinctively looked up and saw fireworks blooming from the rooftop across the street. They soared into the sky, then exploded into a cascade of color, shifting patterns that dazzled the eye. Yunice gasped. “A constellation?”
This firework display would last a full minute—its price tag ran into the tens of millions. Just hearing the number was enough to make someone wince. But that was just the warm-up. The real show was still to come. The entire banquet hall was captivated. Beyond the hotel, people all over the city had paused in the streets, phones raised, filming the sky while muttering in awe. Who was this prince showing off for now?
Across the street, from his hotel window, Owen watched the same sky. But his face held no wonder—only a deep, lingering loneliness.