Chapter 1873:

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“Have you people seriously been living under a rock? What ‘illegitimate son’? Chris is Kyle’s only son! The Cooper family now treats him as their true heir. He probably just pretended to be a playboy in the past to survive the family’s internal battles.”

“Hold on, are you saying Chris has been quietly playing the long game this whole time?”

“Chris isn’t even the real headline here! Do you people know who Maia’s grandfather is? She’s Dominic’s granddaughter, the legendary military icon!”

“What? No way! Seriously?”

𝗥о𝘮аո𝗰𝘦 𝘯о𝘷е𝗅𝘴 𝗼ո ga𝗹𝗻о𝘃е𝗹𝘀.𝖼𝗼𝘮

“If that’s true, then Chris must be unbelievably lucky. Maia is completely out of his league!”

“Oh please, this isn’t the old century anymore. Who cares about status or being a ‘perfect match’? As long as Maia is happy, we support her!”

“Exactly! Chris has good fighting skills. He can be her personal bodyguard too. Besides, that face and physique are unreal.”

“They say nothing can stay hidden in the internet era, but clearly some of you are trapped in an information bubble. Chris is far from ordinary.”

“Honestly, now that I think about it, Maia and Chris are the definition of a power couple. This feels straight out of a romance novel!”

“I heard the wedding security is tighter than a presidential inauguration. Half of the world’s elite and top business tycoons were invited! Can you even imagine how grand this wedding will be?”

“It’s not only because of Cooper Group. Most of them are probably attending out of respect for Maia. Ugh, I wish I could skip work just to witness this event unfold!”

“I also heard that the mysterious Mr. M will be there. I’d do anything to find out who he really is!”

“No way, oh my God! I completely forgot about him. He’s the one who gifted Maia the ‘Angel’s Tear’ on her birthday. I’ve always thought Mr. M had feelings for her!”

“Do you think Mr. M might crash the wedding? Two men fighting over one woman… why am I suddenly so excited for this?”

“What is wrong with all of you? Has it never occurred to you that Mr. M could simply be a respected elder of the family? It’s perfectly normal for a senior figure to give such a gift, isn’t it?”

While the outside world drowned in endless excitement, gossip, and speculation, none of it reached Maia. At that very moment, she was quietly trying on wedding dresses inside a luxurious villa nestled halfway up the mountains, utterly serene and untouched by the chaos beyond.

In front of the floor-length mirror, Maia stood dressed in a wedding gown free of extravagant lace or excessive rhinestone embellishments.

This gown, personally designed by Alice and completed through an intensive month-long custom process, featured a sleek satin silhouette with a minimalist aesthetic. Only within the folds of the skirt had she subtly embroidered Wront’s city flower using silver thread.

Cool, refined, and effortlessly elegant, it perfectly matched the quiet authority Maia naturally carried, the kind that never needed to be loudly proclaimed.

Maia truly loved the dress.

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