25 Last chance

"There is no one who can stop this wedding from happening today either, unless one of us backs out." Sebastian added before Izabelle's relieved breath could even escape her lips. The great tension that was about to leave her because of his earlier remark had suddenly been pushed back into her the moment he uttered that latest sentence of his. There he goes again…

Izabelle could not help but feel like she is a balloon he was playing around with, filling her with air, lifting her up to the heights before depleting her the very next second, sending her plummeting into the dumps. Was he trying to tell her that he could still back out right now? Her overthinking and pessimistic mind kicked into high gear and tendrils of fear unfurled secretly within her. What if he really suddenly wanted to back out? He would not treat her like this, right? There was no reason for him to suddenly back out…