Perplexity

He looked at the audience once again and was a bit surprised to see that no one was gasping or had a horrified face anymore. But the silence still killed him inside.

"I respect."

The entire auditorium including the newly announced couple and hiding Mark moved their heads towards the direction of the voice.

"Yes, love is indeed unconditional. Yes, you indeed did it wrong by not letting us know before and maybe doing even more things which we are not aware of. However, we are also at fault, by not making an open and healthy environment for these kinds of events. As a society and especially your companions, we should have been more considerate. Though, we weren't. Which is why we are also guilty. We are on the same page. Let's move ahead to reach our happy ending together.

And so, I, Wendy Shon, respect your decisions, your relation."