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Chapter 262: The Chief Best Man
🕑 Added 2025-05-10 01:49:46 +0000 UTC1998.
Ever since the "Amazing Amy" incident ended, time seemed to speed up like someone had hit the fast-forward button.
In the blink of an eye, more than three years had passed.
Adam was now on the verge of graduating from medical school.
Looking back on these years, what struck Adam the most was that he had become Chandler's chief best man. Soon, he would stand beside Chandler at the church altar, ready to hand him the wedding ring at just the right moment.
That's right!
The bride was still Monica.
Even with Adam, the charming "butterfly," stirring up strong winds, fate had tightly intertwined Monica and Chandler, bringing them together in the end.
Among Ross, Joey, and Adam, Chandler had chosen Adam as his chief best man without hesitation.
At first, Ross and Joey were quite unhappy about it.
But when Chandler listed all the things Adam had done for him over the years, everyone was shocked.
It was one of those "you don't realize it until you count it" moments.
Ross and Joey let go of their dissatisfaction and sincerely admitted defeat.
Adam, however, felt a little strange about the whole thing—especially when he thought about how Chandler’s mother, Nora, would react when she saw him standing beside her son on the big day.
Still, he gladly accepted.
Being the chief best man was a true honor—an ultimate sign of trust from the groom. No one would refuse such a role.
If you asked Chandler now about Kathy, he probably wouldn't even remember her right away. He might even ask, "Who's Kathy?"
That woman he had once been obsessed with—the one who nearly drove a wedge between him and Joey—had become a thing of the past, thanks to Adam's help.
Chandler donating to a club for underprivileged girls had only delayed the inevitable. What truly changed his mindset was Adam taking him to see one of Kathy’s theater performances.
When Chandler saw Kathy on stage, passionately acting out an almost R-rated scene with a handsome male co-star, he was devastated.
For Joey, who was also an actor and could perform romantic scenes with other actresses without issue, this wasn't a big deal.
But for Chandler, who wasn’t a professional, watching the woman he adored engage in something so intimate with another man—right in front of an audience—was unbearable.
When he subtly asked Joey what he thought about it, Joey confidently shared his self-deceptive philosophy:
"The more passionate they are on stage, the less likely they are together in real life."
Adam rolled his eyes at that nonsense.
Actors falling for each other while working together was hardly rare.
Chandler wasn't convinced by Joey’s reasoning either, and his feelings for Kathy quickly faded.
And sure enough, Joey proved to be an amateur in the acting world—his understanding of the profession was only surface-level. Kathy didn’t end up with Chandler, but she did cheat on him with her on-stage partner.
This time, Joey was a little hurt, but it was nothing compared to what Chandler had done to him in the original timeline. He moved on quickly.
After all, Joey wasn't exactly innocent himself—he had been seeing other women while dating Kathy.
At that point, it was hard to say who had cheated on whom.
As for Chandler and Monica, their relationship still started at Ross’s second wedding.
The bride was Emily, a woman with a noble air, a British accent, and an irresistible charm for Americans. Ironically, it was Rachel who had brought them together in the first place—only for Emily to be swept away by "Marriage Man" Ross.
Ross, believing that when you feel something, you should marry, proposed and was accepted.
The wedding was held in Emily’s hometown, London, and everyone flew over to attend.
Then Rachel, as expected, made a mess of things.
She struggled through every obstacle, determined to confess her sudden emotions to Ross…
Did she want to get back together with him?
Oddly enough, no.
She just felt the need to say it out loud—to be true to her own feelings.
It was the emotional equivalent of someone pulling their pants down, only to be handed an instruction manual instead of what they expected.
Luckily, when Rachel arrived, she saw Ross and Emily sharing a heartfelt moment and held back.
But just as she resisted the urge to cause drama, Ross went ahead and created his own disaster.
During the "I do" portion of the ceremony, he said Rachel’s name instead of Emily’s.
You can imagine the awkwardness.
If this were a fantasy novel, it would be the ultimate "humiliation at the engagement ceremony" trope.
But Emily didn’t storm out right away or declare, “You’ll regret this in thirty years!” She just stood there, face darkened, as Ross nervously tried to restart the vows.
That was true love, no doubt about it.
Of course, Ross could forget about the wedding night.
As soon as the ceremony ended, Emily disappeared.
Meanwhile, Chandler and Monica, who had secretly hooked up, were desperately searching for a private place to be together. Every attempt was interrupted—until they looked at the beautifully decorated honeymoon suite and figured, "Why waste it?"
They almost had their moment there…
Until Ross, unable to find Emily, returned and declared he would wait for her in the honeymoon suite.
Everyone else didn’t realize what was happening, but Adam knew immediately.
So, he took Max out for the night, giving Chandler and Monica the room they needed after all their built-up tension.
After the wedding, Chandler and Monica kept their relationship a secret for an entire year.
Partly because they weren’t sure how to tell everyone.
And partly because sneaking around was thrilling.
This time, thanks to Adam’s training over the past year, Chandler’s stamina wasn’t what it used to be. He might not have had Adam’s superhuman endurance, but he was far from the weakling he had been in the original timeline.
Combined with Monica’s "customized techniques," Chandler’s natural talents, and the excitement of a secret relationship, the two of them became a force to be reckoned with.
Of course, secrets like this don’t last forever.
In fact, if it hadn’t been so unexpected, they would have been found out much earlier.
A year later, Ross was the last to know.
With that, Chandler and Monica finally went public and received everyone's blessings.
Another year passed.
Ross, having divorced Emily, got drunk and impulsively married Rachel in Vegas—only to get divorced again shortly after, cementing his title as either "Marriage Man" or "Divorce Man."
Finally, Chandler decided to propose.
With Adam keeping an eye on him, Chandler avoided any ridiculous mind games or risky strategies and proposed properly.
Monica, who had always dreamed of a perfect wedding, accepted without hesitation and immediately threw herself into planning it with boundless energy.
Over the years, Chandler had built a successful career in advertising, earning a solid income and savings. Even though Monica’s parents had spent her wedding fund, Chandler could still give her the perfect, high-class wedding she deserved.
(End of Chapter)
