Priest Asks Bride to Step Aside as Groom Proposes to Her Sister—Her Reaction Stuns Everyone
But his eyes weren’t on her.
Slowly, dread clawing through her chest, Clara followed his gaze—toward the aisle.
Stephanie stood there in a wedding gown, her lips curved in a triumphant smile.
Clara shook her head, unable to comprehend.
“What’s happening?” she asked, her voice rising, desperate.
“Step aside,” Liam said again, firmer this time.
And then Stephanie’s voice cut across the silence like a blade:
“You heard him.”
A rush of whispers rippled through the guests, disbelief mounting.
Clara felt the betrayal hit in waves—first confusion, then humiliation, then the crushing weight of helplessness.
Her bouquet slipped from her grasp, petals scattering across the floor.
She wanted to scream, to demand an explanation, but her body betrayed her, moving almost on its own.
Her knees weakened, her chest constricted, and she stepped down from the altar—
the world tilting beneath her as if she were falling away from everything she had ever dreamed.
Stephanie swept in without hesitation, sliding into the space Clara had left, as though it had always belonged to her.
She clutched Liam’s arm, her smile dazzling, her eyes glinting with triumph.
Gasps rolled through the crowd.
Guests looked from Clara to Stephanie, unsure whether this was some elaborate joke or a nightmare come to life.
But no laughter followed.
No explanation came.
Clara’s mother rose from her seat, her hand pressed to her chest.
“This isn’t right,” she whispered, eyes wide with disbelief.
Her father stood beside her, his voice booming through the stunned silence.
“Enough of this! Stephanie, stop this madness!”
For a fleeting moment, Clara felt a flicker of hope. Her parents would put an end to it.
But Stephanie spun toward them, her smile curdling into rage.
“Don’t you dare ruin this for me!” she shrieked.
“This is my special moment, and you will not take it away!”
