Chapter 219: Ignite Their Wedding Photo
William had a feeling that something was going to happen today.
Especially when York's eyes accidentally met his, the coldness in York's gaze made him feel like York might be planning something.
Isabella's livestream finally ended, and now only Amelia's livestream remained on all the pages.
The vote count was already in.
Amelia had won without a doubt.
She didn't continue streaming but turned it off instead.
But now the love triangle between the three of them was completely exposed under the outdoor sunlight.
Outside were crowds of reporters, some taking photos, others livestreaming.
William arriving by helicopter, York and Amelia announcing their relationship—it was absolute chaos!
William stepped forward, wanting to say something, but York just waved his hand, and the Jenkins Group's security immediately came over to block William.
"Amelia." He looked at her, calling her name.
But York stood protectively in front of Amelia, staring coldly at William.
Near them was that golden river.
Amelia walked out. She didn't look at William but turned to the participants who had come out to watch the drama unfold.
"The first three venues connected the past and present. Now, this river I'm standing on has branches."
Amelia stood right on that golden river.
"One leads to the future." Amelia said, then lifted her foot and walked toward the other one. "One leads to a cycle."
She walked like this, alone on the entire path.
Countless people watched Amelia from the corridors on both sides.
Watching her walk step by step into that sunflower field.
A drone flew over, circling to livestream close-up shots.
In the very center of the circle was a photo frame containing Amelia and William's wedding photo.
It was stuck diagonally in a flower pot, reflecting dazzling golden light in the sunshine.
Then, Amelia walked closer to it, step by step.
Under everyone's gaze, she stood before this wedding photo.
Just as everyone was guessing whether she would pull out the frame and throw it away or do something else, she reached out and gently touched her own smiling face in the wedding photo, slowly moving downward, finally stopping at their hands clasped together wearing wedding rings.
Just as people were discussing and thinking there might be a twist, she lowered her eyes slightly and took out a lighter from her pocket.
Without giving anyone a chance to react, she lit it and held the flame to the spot she had just touched.
On their clasped hands.
"She's lighting it!" The crowd outside erupted in noise.
"Amelia is burning her wedding photo with William!"
The crowd screamed.
Amelia watched the flames instantly ignite.
Yes, accelerant had been placed here.
Once lit, it would burn upward.
William at the edge of the sunflower field tried to rush over, but he was held down firmly by the Jenkins Group's people, unable to move.
The flames slowly consumed their clasped hands, then the fire with its charred edges gradually expanded, burning continuously, spreading wider.
The burning ashes were blown by the breeze, carrying some still-glowing embers, dancing in the wind along with her flying hair.
The drone circled, recording and livestreaming this scene.
The flames step by step consumed their clasped hands, the wedding dress on their bodies, and her eyes that had looked at him with a smile full of happiness back then.
She burned away their past.
Now in the entire photo, only a small piece showing William's face remained.
Amelia had completely disappeared.
And at this moment, everyone realized that this frame actually had two layers.
When the first layer burned down to only William's face, everyone saw that beneath this photo, there was another blue photo.
Amelia looked at the photo below.
She had long decided not to want William anymore, so even when connecting with Isabella's livestream, she couldn't possibly put her wedding photo with William here.
So, from the beginning when she had this plan, she told the Jenkins Group's people to prepare a double-layered frame.
Just now when she touched the photo, it was also to confirm the position of the accelerant.
After all, it was summer and outdoors, so they couldn't put too much accelerant, otherwise it might ignite prematurely, so they only applied a little at certain spots.
Because Isabella's livestream of the Emerald Haven wedding house was an unexpected event, many things Amelia prepared were last-minute, so the detailed things were handled by the Jenkins Group's people.
For example, the photo placed in the second layer was personally selected by York.
Amelia didn't know beforehand what would be here.
And as the flames gradually expanded, the photo in the second layer was gradually revealed.
This was a photo taken by the sea.
Amelia wore a blue dress, barefoot in the seawater, splashing up crystal-clear water with her hands, her face showing a carefree and happy smile.
Standing beside her was York, holding her high heels, smiling at her with eyes full of love.
The two looked at each other—one person unaware that feelings had already begun to grow, the other hiding deep affection.
Although the rain had stopped at the seaside, the photo seemed to be taken from under an eave or some other place, so the foreground of the photo had traces of blue rain.
It looked as if the two were in the rain.
This was a photo from their first date.
Amelia was slightly stunned, looking at this photo.
She reached out, gently touching her face in the photo, her gaze falling on York's eyes full of love.
She had never seen this photo before.
So this was how happy she was when she was with York.
So his love for her had long been impossible to hide.
The flames burned, consuming the lower part of the photo in the frame.
Amelia's gaze moved down, and she saw another small photo inserted at the edge of the frame.
Seaside, winter, deck, blue rain.
That was what York had mentioned—many years ago, in Novaria, he watched the blue rain all night on a seaside deck.
Her eyes grew slightly moist.
Her heart seemed to skip a beat.
Amelia looked at this photo, smiling with lowered eyes.
He always managed to surprise and move her, giving her enough love and security.
The flames continued burning, consuming the last bit of William's face.
The drone was still filming, broadcasting this amazing scene completely.
At this moment, it was no longer Amelia and William here, but Amelia and York.
Still two people.
The two in the previous wedding photo had become strangers, while the two now were overflowing with love.
Amelia touched the frame—it wasn't very hot.
So she reached out and undid the clasp holding the double-layered frame together.
Using a bit of force, she pulled out the first layer of the burned-out empty frame.
But at that very instant, the moment she removed the first layer of the frame.
Something fell out.
It was a ring threaded on a thin metal wire.
After the upper frame was removed, it fell down, now gently swaying on the photo of Amelia and York, reflecting a dazzling light.