Chapter 1The Wedding Lottery

There was a lottery at my wedding with Lumi White, and her best friend Sirius Lynch won our new house.

I quickly thought I should refuse, but Lumi agreed to it right away. "Winner's keepers."

I fought against my rage, thinking this could wait until the wedding was over.

However, as the lottery continued, my best friend Carl Singer won my wedding ring, my brother-in-law won my grandfather's pendant, and Lumi's other best friend won my necktie.

They swarmed me, catching me off guard, grabbing and pulling whatever they had won viciously.

Skrrrt!

My shirt was shredded as I was left standing there while everyone laughed out loud.

Even as I crossed my arms to protect my modesty, I turned toward Lumi with a look of distress.

However, she was busy swiping through Sirius' photo album on his phone, arguing who had taken the better photos.

"See? Just look at Hal's face when I said I was giving you the new house."

"No way! Mine's better—the way he crossed his arms looks just like a gorilla! It's so memeworthy!"

Hundreds of photos flooded the chat group, all of them laughing at them.

I had no idea what was so amusing about my tears and despair, so I turned and looked Lumi in the eye. "This wedding is over."

* * *

That was when Lumi White finally remembered me, her bridegroom.

There was pain in her eyes as she looked into my bloodshot eyes, the cuts and bruises on my wrists, and the rags that were my tuxedo.

When she hurried to me, however, Sirius Lynch stopped her and said, "If you let him win today, you'll have to let him win his whole life. As your bestie, I need to enforce your position in the family!"

Lumi looked hesitant but stopped.

Sirius then grinned as he walked up to me, clapping my shoulder forcefully. "Oh, don't worry—I am not interested in your house at all. The house Lumi bought me is way bigger.

"It's just a game anyway—just look, everyone's laughing themselves silly. If you want to marry into the White family, the most important part is your guts."

I quietly looked at Lumi, who stood behind Sirius in silence.

Suddenly, I started to laugh so hard that I was shaking.

These games had never stopped since I started dating Lumi.

During my freshman year, I was at a track meet when Sirius spiked my drink with laxatives.

Lumi's younger brother Zac White bought the laxatives and my best friend Carl Singer handed me my drink, while Lumi filmed me running from the track straight to the restroom.

They cropped my face too, posting it repeatedly to laugh at.

And in my junior year, when I won a physics competition and was due to receive an award on stage, Sirius planned to humiliate me in front of everyone.

Lumi brought me the suit and Carl sabotaged it, while Zac made sure that the ensuing photos stayed pinned on the campus forums for a month.

With lecturers and students all seeing the debacle, I was mocked like a clown until graduation.

And even when I tried looking for a job, Sirius maliciously ruined my resume.

Lumi lured me away with a date and Zac stole it, while Carl wrote 'big boner' under the specialty section.

The interviewer blacklisted me, citing sexual harassment.

Every prank was carried out with flawless partnership, and once it was over, they would apologize and assure me it wouldn't ever happen again.

But it always did, and in just a matter of days afterward.

Even before the wedding, I repeatedly reminded Lumi repeatedly that Sirius could play his pranks whenever, but he was not to ruin our wedding.

I had prepared it for nine months, personally setting up the backdrop as well as designing her bridal gown and my own tuxedo.

Lumi, Zac, and Carl all swore that they would stop Sirius to protect my dream wedding.

They knew how important it was to me, but instead, they joined Sirius' games.

It was clear that Sirius' prank mattered more than my wedding.

Wiping away my tears, I glared coldly at Sirius. "This wedding is over. Return me my pendant!"