Chapter 2 Dad, no!

Harry's POV A business partner of mine invited me for his sons wedding. I won't say business partner, more like he needed my help in his business and I didn't want to give him the help yet. I was bored after a long week of contracts and board meetings and all of that, so when he invited me to the wedding I accepted. On that Saturday morning I said I didn't want to stay indoors so I went on my morning run with my dogs. I'm the stereotypical rich and bored, eligible bachelor. It doesn't help that I'm the richest in this city. Before I got here I was in a very bad place, I lost my parents and sister in a plane crash so now I am all alone in the world. I stopped trying to get in a relationship when I realized it's just gold diggers I was attracting. My bodyguards jogged in front and behind me,making sure fans and admirers left me in peace. I went to the back home after I completed my number of miles, took a shower and dressed in one of my less flashy or expensive suits. They're still expensive but I don't want to outshine everybody. I packed a small bag because the venue is a bit far and I didn't want to stress my guys at night. We headed out to the hotel and got in late but not so late that I missed the entrance of the bride. As I walked in, I was shown to a seat in front of the aisle, giving me front row view to the whole ceremony. We all stood up while the bride walked it. I have to say, she's very beautiful. I know she's another man's bride but damn she's so beautiful. Her skin shone in the early afternoon sun which made her hair glow golden. Her curves belong to goddesses. I snapped myself out of the fantasy I'm having about another man's wife. Her eyes showed a world of hurt that she tried to mask with a smile but I could see through it. She walked slowly by herself to the altar. Where's her family? She finally got to the altar and the pastor begins the wedding rites. I zoned out. I zoned back in when the bride said she composed a video for the husband instead of the regular wedding vows. The crowd went 'aww' and I almost joined them. The groom held her hand and looked like the perfect husband. All caring and attentive. My eyes were drawn to the maid of honor and I saw her glaring at the hands of the bride and groom. I wondered what the story there was. The bride nodded for the DJ who connected a phone to the projector. Everybody waited with eager eyes to see the beauty of love in video form. We saw the beauty of love alright, In the form of a sex tape. The groom's genitals were plastered for all of us to see. That wasn't the bad part. Oh no. The bad part was when the sound came on. It was the groom but he was bashing the bride. Everyone turned to look at him and he tried to hide. The video continued playing and we all came to the conclusion that the naked lady on the screen is actually her sister. The maid of honor! The bride with all her beauty looked so beaten down standing at the altar. An elderly man suddenly shouted, "turn that rubbish off. The wedding will still go on!" the crowd gasped and started murmuring. The bride turned to face him and said, "dad no! I'm not getting married to this cheat! I don't care" "you will care! Because we need this marriage if not we're done for. Are you that heartless? We're bankrupt! " the man shouted. "wait. So you're saying my feelings don't count? You set this up for the money? " the bride asks with a choked up voice. I feel for her. "care? We have never cared. You're just a place holder. A means to an end. You think if Chloe was older we wouldn't have used her instead?" her heartless father said. He grabbed her arms and shook her, "you will marry Peter today and that's final!" "I am not! I can't! Since he likes Chloe so much he should marry her. I'm done trying to get your approval. You guys should do what you want" the bride said, chucking her bouquet in her sister's face and storming off. I was about to give a standing ovation or follow her out but I had to stay and see the end of this drama. I have never been to such a lively wedding before. The groom's family and the bride's family had a quiet discussion and before you know it the sister was now the bride. This family confuse me so much. They got wedded while the guests looked torn between being confused and disgusted. The applause was so quiet after the wedding I was just shocked. The groom's father got up and said, "thank you all for coming to the wedding. I want to apologize for the little drama that took place earlier" . "The bride must have been on a few drugs and changed her mind because of a boyfriend. The reception is taking place in the conference room down the hall. Thank you" Is he serious right now? What?! I am not helping the guy or his company. I've changed my mind. He can rot. That was a very bad display and a bad image his son painted. If his son could do that in public I don't know what he could do to me in public. They are not loyal people and I can't trust their company. We all moved to the reception venue and I over heard some ladies bashing the bride. "she could have just kept quiet and lived in luxury for the rest of her life. What a dumb girl" I turned to the old lady and said, "I guess that was what you did during your time. Kept quiet and took it now look at your life, sad and boring" I turned back to watch the bride and groom's first dance while the old lady murmured in anger. I left the hall because I was super bored and went to the bar. I walked into the bar only to see a lady dressed in white, chugging champagne straight out of the bottle. She looked at me and from her eyes I could tell she was drunk.