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Chapter 3 Encountering Great Change

Everything was fine just a moment ago.

Hazel didn't hesitate any longer. She lifted the long skirt of her wedding dress and tied it in front of her.

There was a bottle of mineral water on the table that the makeup artist had just drunk from. She picked it up, poured it into her hand, wet her gloves, and quickly covered her nose as she ran out of the dressing room.

The banquet hall, which was bustling with activity earlier, was now filled with thick smoke and in complete disarray.

The hall was almost empty.

The fire must not have started suddenly.

It seemed the guests had evacuated safely.

Hazel felt relieved. But she couldn't understand why no one had come to tell her there was a fire.

Where was her fiancé, the groom of this wedding, Erik?

Several flames were burning fiercely near the walls and pillars of the hall, like monsters with gaping mouths ready to devour everything, including the bewildered Hazel.

She didn't dare hesitate any longer. She ran towards the exit she remembered.

She felt a deep sense of despair with her trembling body. She stumbled and struggled to move forward.

The thick smoke in front of her made it impossible to see more than ten feet ahead.

Just as she was about to suffocate, she heard a familiar voice. "Is anyone still in there?"

It was her fiancé Erik, who rushed in regardless of everything.

At that moment, she felt like her hero had descended from the sky.

Ignoring the choking smoke, she shouted anxiously in the direction of the voice, "Erik, I'm here."

The smoke engulfed her, making it impossible for her to make another sound.

She could only watch as Erik, seemingly unable to hear her voice or see her figure, continued to search anxiously.

Then, as if he had discovered something, he immediately ran in another direction.

Hazel watched as Erik carried another woman out of the fire, quickly heading outside, not caring about her life or death.

Amidst the smoke, Hazel clearly heard the woman's voice, weak and soft, full of grievance. She said, "Erik, I knew you would come to save me. You don't know how scared I was. I was so afraid I would never see you again."

Erik, carrying her, ran outside while gently comforting her, "Don't be afraid, Bianca. No matter what happens, I will never leave you!"

At that moment, Hazel felt like she had been punched, her chest aching.

It turned out to be her stepsister, Bianca.

So, Hazel's fiancé, Erik, who she loved for three years, ran into a burning building to save her stepsister, not her!

Hazel's heart felt like it was being squeezed, a tearing pain. She couldn't even speak.

Back then, as soon as she got out of the hospital, Aiden shipped her off abroad.

Sure, she was sad, but it was nothing compared to the heartache she felt now.

Hazel was running outside when she heard a loud crash.

The tall circular arch in the center of the hall suddenly collapsed.

The flowers that had been arranged on it were now completely burned.

All that was left on the black frame were circles of wire and steel rings.

The frame fell and hit Hazel's leg. She fell to the ground, feeling a sudden burning pain in her leg, and she cried out in pain.

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