Billionaire Pretended to Be Poor to Test His Fiancée – What Happened Next Shocked Everyone!
Chapter 14
Their wedding was held in early autumn.
Not at a palace.
Not at a five-star resort.
They chose a restored barn in upstate New York.
There were string lights.
Wildflowers.
Long wooden tables.
Lily invited her classmates.
Ethan invited employees.
Maggie came.
Marcus gave a speech so embarrassing that Lily nearly cried laughing.
Lily walked down the aisle with her father.
Ethan waited beneath an old oak tree.
For once, he wasn’t worried about what anyone saw.
He wasn’t thinking about cameras.
Or business.
Or money.
He was thinking about the first time Lily had looked at him and said:
“You look like you’ve had a rough week.”
She had been right.
He had.
And somehow, that terrible week had led him here.
When they exchanged vows, Ethan spoke first.
“I can’t promise I’ll never make mistakes.”
Lily smiled.
“Good. Because I wouldn’t believe you.”
Everyone laughed.
Ethan continued.
“But I promise you will always know the truth from me.”
Lily’s eyes filled.
“And I promise never to make you prove that you’re worth loving.”
The room became silent.
Then Lily spoke.
“I don’t promise to understand your business.”
Ethan laughed.
“Thank God.”
“But I promise to remind you that you’re more than it.”
She looked directly at him.
“You were worth knowing when you thought you had nothing.”
Ethan’s eyes filled with tears.
“And you’re worth loving whether you have everything or nothing.”
They kissed.
The crowd erupted.
Marcus wiped his eyes.
Then immediately denied it.
That night, Ethan and Lily sat outside the barn after everyone had left.
Lily leaned against him.
“Do you ever think about the test?”
“All the time.”
She looked at him.
“Do you regret it?”
Ethan thought carefully.
“Yes.”
Lily raised an eyebrow.
“Really?”
“I regret lying.”
She nodded.
“But?”
“But I don’t regret what I learned.”
“What was that?”
Ethan looked toward the lights inside.
“That losing everything wasn’t the worst thing that could happen.”
Lily smiled.
“What was?”
“Never realizing what actually mattered.”
She kissed him.
And for the first time in years, Ethan felt richer than he had ever been.
