Mafia King’s Innocent Bride

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Don’t be so nervous, Sophie. This is your wedding day.

I kept on mumbling to myself while the stylists were dressing me up a few hours before the wedding.

This is finally the day.

The day that I have been dreaming to happen ever since.

“Oh my God, Sophie! You look dashing as ever! You are the most beautiful bride that I have ever seen in my life!” Sabrina cooed as soon as she entered my dressing room.

“Well, thank you so much, Sab. You look stunning, too.” I said while smiling at her.

Then the door went open again and mom and Venom came in.

“Mommy, Venom!”

“Sophie, honey. You look so beautiful!” mommy said to me after hugging me.

“Thank you so much, mommy. I feel really nervous now.”

She looked at me and pat my shoulders. “There’s no need for you to feel nervous, honey. You are finally getting married to the man you truly love so all you should feel is happiness and excitement. And anyway, all of us are there for you, especially your handsome husband.”

“Thank you, mommy.”

“By the way, honey. There’s someone who wants t talk to you,” she said again, which made my brows furrow.

“Huh?”

They all looked at each other, then they all shifted their gaze to the door of that room. As soon as the door opened, my eyes widened.

A man wearing a white tuxedo stepped in.

“D-Daddy…” I whispered while tears were filling my eyes.

Mom, Sab, Venom, and the other staff there excused themselves to leave us alone for a while.

“Sophie…”

Before daddy could even walk towards me, I stood up, then I ran towards him and hugged him tightly.

“Daddy…”

“Oh, my daughter Sophie…”

It’s been a while since I last talked to him. Because ever since I got mad at him for keeping a secret from me about my real identity and my mom, I never got the chance to talk and see him again. I missed him so so much.

Daddy wiped the tears from my eyes when we finally moved away from each other.

“You’ll ruin your make-up if you continue crying…” he whispered.

“But you’re crying too, daddy…” I said as I wiped the tears in his eyes too.

We laughed, then we hugged each other again.

“I’m so sorry, Sophie. I’m so sorry if I failed to be a good father to you. I never even got the chance to protect you from the people who try to hurt you. I’m really sorry if you had to live a miserable life because of me…”

I shook my head. “Don’t say that, daddy. I never lived a miserable life because of you. You’ve always made me feel so special and you never failed to be a good father to me. I’m so sorry if I got mad at you…”

“No, honey. You don’t have to apologize to me because you do have the right to feel that. If I only said the truth from the start, then you didn’t have to suffer anymore…”

“Daddy… if you didn’t sell me to Vincent, then I wouldn’t know him, and I wouldn’t be getting married to him today. I know it sounds weird, but I am thankful because you did that. I found the man that I will love for the rest of my life because of you.”

“All that I wish for you is happiness.”

“Thank you so much, daddy…”

VINCENT’S POV

“There comes your bride.” Lance whispered to me with a smile on his face.

All of us shifted our gazes to the enormous door as it opened. My heart started beating so fast as soon as I finally saw Sophie. She was wearing a white dress while holding a bouquet of white roses. I couldn’t take my eyes off her as she finally looked at me with that smile on her face.

The smile that makes me fall in love every single time.

The smile that reminds me that I am the luckiest man in the world.

Sophie changed my entire world.

I’ve always had a hard time staying in one place, but not when I met Sophie. She made me want to stay forever. She made me realize that there’s something good in me. I was not afraid of dying before, I was never afraid of fighting against anyone. But when I met Sophie, she gave me something to protect. She gave me a reason to live.

“Take care of my daughter.” Sophie’s dad said when he finally handed Sophie off to me.

“I will.”

They even hugged each other before Sophie finally looked at me, and we started walking towards the altar.

“Dylan Jacobs, do you take Sophie Laurens to be your wife? Do you promise to be faithful to her in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love her and to honor her all the days of your life?”

I stared at Sophie and smiled. “I do.”

“Sophie Laurens, do you take Dylan Jacobs to be your husband? Do you promise to be faithful to him in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, to love him and to honor him all the days of your life?”

“I do.”

“I give you this ring as a symbol of my love and faithfulness. As I place it on your finger, I commit my heart and soul to you. I ask you to wear this ring as a reminder of the vows we have spoken today, our wedding day.” I said as I placed the wedding ring on Sophie’s fingers.

Sophie then placed the other ring on my finger, too. “I give you this ring as a visible and constant symbol of my promise to be with you for as long as I live.”

“Wedding rings are made precious by our wearing them. Your rings say that even in your uniqueness, you have chosen to be bound together. Let these rings also be a sign that love has substance as well as soul, a present as well as a past, and that, despite its occasional sorrows, love is a circle of happiness, wonder, and delight. May these rings remind you always of the vows you have taken here today. And now, by the power vested in me by the State of New York, I hereby pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss your bride.”

As soon as the priest said that, I leaned closer to Sophie and claimed her lips.