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“Why did you leave by yourself without telling everyone? Don’t call me tomorrow to rush me. We’re getting married soon and I want to indulge for one last day. You have no objections to it, okay?”
I couldn’t help but sneer at his audacity. Picking up my phone, I called him.
“No objections,” I said sharply. “You can indulge for the rest of your life.”
He laughed lightly, as if my sarcasm amused him. “Haha, I praised you before for being so gentle and never angry, like a cotton doll. Are you mad now?”
I ignored his words and hung up. Then I turned my phone off entirely, unwilling to hear from him again.
When I landed, my aunt wasn’t at the airport to pick me up, which didn’t surprise me—I was used to being ignored by her. Still, for a fleeting moment, I felt a
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pang of disappointment.
Then a message from her lit up my phone.
“Lana, I asked my secretary Louis to pick you up at the airport. Just call him,” she
wrote.
I smiled faintly. So my aunt had arranged everything after all.
Dialing the number she‘ d sent, I raised the phone to my ear. At the same moment, I heard a deep, magnetic male voice speak above my head.
“Are you Miss Lana?”
I raised my head in surprise and saw an elegant–looking man reaching out to me with a smile.
“Hello, my name is Louis. I was sent by the chairman to pick you up.”
After reacting, I reached out my hand and shook his hand.
Along the way, he asked me carefully about
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my eating habits. He also explained to me some historical buildings in this city so that I wouldn’t get bored. Because I was a person who was not good at words.
My aunt’s villa was very big and there were countless servants in the family. To be honest, I had only seen scenes like this on
- TV.
When I came into contact with it in reality, it really gave me a big impact. I knew my aunt was rich, but I didn’t expect her to be so crazy rich. It seemed that her company should be developing well and the marriage was just the icing on the cake!
Looking at the carefully decorated princess room, tears blurred my eyes. It felt so good to be cared about!
At noon, my aunt came home from the office, took me to dinner and bought a lot of gifts. I was still very reserved in front of my aunt. She only touched my head distressedly and said nothing.
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my eating habits. He also explained to me some historical buildings in this city so that I wouldn’t get bored. Because I was a person who was not good at words.
My aunt’s villa was very big and there were countless servants in the family. To be honest, I had only seen scenes like this on
- TV.
When I came into contact with it in reality, it really gave me a big impact. I knew my aunt was rich, but I didn’t expect her to be so crazy rich. It seemed that her company should be developing well and the marriage was just the icing on the cake!
Looking at the carefully decorated princess room, tears blurred my eyes. It felt so good to be cared about!
At noon, my aunt came home from the office, took me to dinner and bought a lot of gifts. I was still very reserved in front of my aunt. She only touched my head distressedly and said nothing.
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She was not as nagging in real life as she was on the phone. It made me a little uncomfortable.
When I was resting at night, I just took out my phone and found that I had been kicked out of Sheryl’s group.
Sheryl even sent me a private message to inform me. By the way, I told her about the party that day.
“Lana, the apology I gave you that day was just to give Calvin face. Don’t try to integrate into us. Our relationship of more than ten years was not something you just said you would join. If Calvin hadn’t said that he would put me first in his heart even after getting married, I wouldn’t have apologized to you.”
It turned out that Calvin promised her this
benefit.
Just as I was about to turn off my phone and go to sleep, Calvin also called me at this time, “Lana, where have you been? We
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are getting married tomorrow. Don’t be angry at this time. You don’t want to get married, do you?”
It seemed that Calvin had gone home.
“Well, if you don’t want to get married, go ahead and cancel it yourself,” I replied, imitating the tone he had used on me before, my voice cold and detached.
He was furious. It was the first time I had disobeyed him. After a long silence, his tone softened but was laced with anger.
“Do you know how many people I’ve invited to this wedding? We can lose face, but my parents still need to save theirs. You’d better show up tomorrow. Otherwise, you’ll never marry me in this life.”
I smiled indifferently and hung up. I hadn’t wanted to marry him for a long time.
The next morning, my aunt arranged for Louis to take me to visit her company.
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Meanwhile, Calvin, still in America, called me anxiously.
“Lana, the wedding is about to start. If you don’t show up, I’ll marry Sheryl. Don’t regret it later.” He spat out the threat, expecting me to cave as I always had.
But I was done humiliating myself for him. I replied lightly, “Calvin, I wish you and Sheryl a happy marriage and a son soon. Goodbye, Calvin.”
After saying this, it seemed like I was letting out my anger and it also put an end to myself and Calvin.
When Calvin called again, I found that he
had been blocked.
He looked at his smiling parents and the many relatives who came to the wedding and punched the wall in frustration.
Then he looked at Sheryl with hope, “Sheryl, are you willing to marry me? I will only ask you this time. If you don’t want to, I will never bother you again from now on
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and I will completely withdraw from our small group.”
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would marry you.”
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Back in another city, I was enjoying dinner with Louis when I noticed Calvin had called me multiple times. Apologizing to Louis, I excused myself to the restroom and reluctantly answered Calvin’s video call.
The sight of him in the video caught me off guard. He sat on the floor, his face flushed, his eyes red and bleary. He looked like he’d been drinking heavily.
“Lana,” he slurred, “I’m giving you one last chance. If you come back, I promise I’ll treat you just like before.”
I raised an eyebrow but remained silent, watching as he continued.
“You‘ re just jealous of Sheryl–I‘ ve always known that,” Calvin said, his voice wavering. “Come back and I promise I‘ 11 never see her again.”
I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. So, he
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did know. He knew I would be jealous. Yet, time and time again, he deliberately did things to hurt me.
What Calvin didn’t realize was that his
“one last chance” meant nothing to me anymore.
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