Loving With My Mind

Since both families are Christian, they had a church wedding.

Since she is in the events and catering business, Han Yixin did a great job in selecting even the smallest of details in the wedding.

They had a nature inspired wedding full of foliage and flowers. The arch at the church door is filled with different types of leaves with wisteria flowers of white and pink colors draping down as curtain.

The aisle was adorned by vines and flowers such as tulips, magnolia, lavender and carnations.

The bridesmaids wore sage green chiffon dresses of different necklines as they held onto their Gypsophila bouquets. Their hair are adorned with fresh magnolias.

On the groom side, the men wore gray suits with sage tie. Zhao Mingzhe arrived early, surprisingly wearing a marsala suit with a silver tie. He looked well-groomed and dashing in this ensemble.

The fathers of the couple wore taupe suits and blush ties, while their mothers flaunt their well-maintained figures in blush trumpet lace gowns.

The piano started to play Canon in C to mark the start of the march. Indeed, most weddings would have Canon in D in their playlist or even bridal march. However, Han Yixin thought that this is more refreshing and adherent to the wedding theme. The groom and the rest of the entourage entered.

The entourage were high school to college friends from the bride and groom sides with only a flower girl which is a five-year old who resembles the bride a lot.

Then a deafening silence signalled that it would be the bridal march next.

The violin started playing. It was the instrumental of "Beautiful in White" and with it, the main double door of the church opened.

Zhao Mingzhe took a deep breath. Indeed, he is not in love with her, but he will be looking at his wife.

Zhao Minrui tapped his son's shoulders. The in-laws looked excited.

Deep within the thoughts of Li Qiaolian, she is just grateful that this daughter of hers did not run off to the airport.

As she walked past the wisteria arch, Han Yixin's gorgeous face under the long veil can be appreciated.

She had a subtle smile on her wine red lips. She wore Mira Z's Chaz gown with a detachable soft tulle skirt and a customized veil. It was as if she came from the forest and leaves fell on her, but they merged with the gown and turned white as well. The gown had a chapel train but the veil, which was also adorned by white embroidered leaves extended the train to three meters.

She walked slowly, as if taking her time, as she elegantly held a large camellia rose.

People were on awe but would not dare take photos as they were advised that the ceremony is unplugged.

Mid-way through the aisle Master and Madam Han held their daughter and escorted her down the rest of the walk towards the groom.

Before they could reach him, Li Qiaolian whispered to her daughter, "Be happy, my child."

In the next moment, they had given her to Zhao Mingzhe.

He offered his arm to hold onto and she took it as rehearsed.

As they were going a few steps just before the altar, Zhao Mingzhe whispered, "We meet again."

She kept her smile towards him as if he said something sweet and was not teasing her.

They went on with the ceremony smoothly.

As he affirmed to his vows, she thought, 'This is all a lie.' She subtly bowed her head to hide her smirk.

And on with the rest of the ceremony they go.

"Take this ring as a sign of my love and loyalty..."

They exchanged a matching 18k white gold bands, each embedded with a small diamond.

Han Yixin sighed. This is it. She is shackled.

Zhao Mingzhe was observing her, so he noticed this subtle reaction from her. He felt guilty.

However, since they both agreed on this, he was determined to make it work.

"I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." the priest declared.

Everyone clapped and cheered them on.

Zhao Mingzhe took the initiative to cup her cheek after her had pulled the long veil away from her face.

Han Yixin looked loss at this point. She looked at him as if asking, 'Can you do it?'

He gave her a gentle smile. Then he kissed her abruptly and passionately.

At first, she was startled, that her eyes were ready to come out of her lids, but she remembered to play along and closed her eyes. She prayed that her wide eyes were not caught in the pictures. She'll look stupid.

His kiss was well executed. They looked like a loving couple.

When it ended, they smiled brightly at the cameras , while Han Yixin remained muddleheaded.

To Zhao Mingzhe, it was just a kiss to complete their pretense, but to Han Yixin, it was her first, and it was too intense!

She looked up at him. Though she was wearing 3-centimeter heels, the gap in height is still large between them.

"You can scold me later if you want." he whispered as he smiled.

She smiled back and whispered, "Even if you don't ask for it."

He chuckled and held her closer for more photos.

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In the city airport, a LED screen is showing the live broadcast of the wedding of the future chairman of LZ Airlines. Though people still go about with their business, a lot of them still pause for awhile to watch the wide screen.

A lady in burgundy pencil skirt and blue long sleeve blouse carried her burgundy coat with stand-up collar, gold buttons and blue wool lining over her right shoulder as she dragged her luggage with her other hand. Her closed heels clicked against the floored tiles as she walked briskly.

Before she reached the exit, the screen was caught by her eyes.

She turned to take a better look at the live broadcast.

It was the 'kiss the bride'moment.

Her mouth gaped and a tear fell from her eye.