chapter 73

{"messages":[{"id":916914342,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"And am trying to arrange a beautiful wedding and ceremony ..."},{"id":916914343,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"But you, I don’t know you, and I don’t know why you’ve kept Vittorio from his son for the past year ..."},{"id":916914344,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"But no one has asked my opinion, nor will Vittorio ever ..."},{"id":916914345,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"He is a man, and he makes his own decisions, and i appreciate that ..."},{"id":916914346,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"However, let me give you a little motherly advice ..."},{"id":916914347,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Do not disrespect Vittorio, and do not disrespect this family, because he will not tolerate it ..."},{"id":916914348,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Indiscretions will not be forgiven, either ..."},{"id":916914349,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"As Vittorio’s wife, you are to bring honor and respect to this family ...or ...."},{"id":916914350,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Do you understand? ..."},{"id":916914351,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"The warmth inside Jillian faded, leaving her chilled ..."},{"id":916914352,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She stiffly nodded her head )"},{"id":916914353,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"Yes ..."},{"id":916914354,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Good ..."},{"id":916914355,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Now let’s have a look at the bridal gown designs and see which one you prefer ..."},{"id":916914356,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Jillian spent the next hour dutifully studying the sketches and talking to the designers, but her heart was no longer in it ..."},{"id":916914357,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"For a brief moment she’d gotten excited about the wedding ..."},{"id":916914358,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"For a brief moment while consulting with the florist she’d felt like a real bride making real decisions about her dream wedding ..."},{"id":916914359,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"But Teresa’s stern warning outside the sitting room had brought Jillian crashing back to earth ...."},{"id":916914360,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"This was not a normal wedding ..."},{"id":916914361,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"With a heavy heart, Jillian gazed at each of the three sketches again ..."},{"id":916914362,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"one dress looked like ...ud83dudc47"},{"id":916914363,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640100503605.jpg","image_width":287,"image_height":267},{"id":916914364,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"another looked like ... ud83dudc47"},{"id":916914365,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640100506403.jpg","image_width":240,"image_height":256},{"id":916914366,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"and the third was like ... ud83dudc47"},{"id":916914367,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640100507666.jpg","image_width":277,"image_height":277},{"id":916914368,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"All three bridal gowns were stunning ..."},{"id":916914369,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"All three were glamorous and all three would cost a fortune ..."},{"id":916914370,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"They’re all beautiful ..."},{"id":916914371,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( said, going from one to the other and around again without making a decision )"},{"id":916914372,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"I could wear any one of them ..."},{"id":916914373,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"Yes, dear, but you can only have one, and the designers need to go home and get to work ..."},{"id":916914374,"character_id":20373944,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"So which gown is it to be? ..."},{"id":916914375,"character_id":18825844,"type":2,"position":2,"content":"( She lightly ran her fingertips over the sketch in her hand )"},{"id":916914376,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It was the ball gown sketch ( the first dress ) , the one that looked most like the kind of dress Cinderella would have worn the night she met the prince ..."},{"id":916914377,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"The first night Jillian had gone to dinner with Vitt she’d thought him a prince ..."},{"id":916914378,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"That first night she’d been so sure there would be happily-ever-after for them ..."},{"id":916914379,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She set aside the ball gown design to look at the second dress ..."},{"id":916914380,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"The dress looked like something a rich man would have his mistress wear ..."},{"id":916914381,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It talk about seductive and money ..."},{"id":916914382,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"And then there was the third one ..."},{"id":916914383,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"which was filled with jewelry ..."},{"id":916914384,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"These three gowns were all so fancy, so showy, she couldn’t actually imagine wearing any of them ..."},{"id":916914385,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"Yet she couldn’t say that to the designers ..."},{"id":916914386,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She couldn’t hurt their feelings ..."},{"id":916914387,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"She flipped through the female fashion designer’s sketchbook, pausing briefly at a sketch she hadn’t been shown ..."},{"id":916914388,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It was like ... ud83dudc47"},{"id":916914389,"character_id":0,"type":3,"position":0,"image_path":"contribute/fiction/3285001/chatstory/50638/1640100508536.jpg","image_width":368,"image_height":433},{"id":916914390,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"It was simple, maybe too simple, which is why Jillian hadn’t been shown it ..."},{"id":916914391,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"But she loved it so much ..."},{"id":916914392,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"" I like that one best ... ""},{"id":916914393,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"a deep male voice ..."},{"id":916914394,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"A very calm voice, said from behind her shoulder .."},{"id":916914395,"character_id":18825845,"type":2,"position":1,"content":"I like that one best ... It looks like you Jill ..."},{"id":916914396,"character_id":0,"type":1,"position":0,"content":"To Be Continued ..."}]}