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“What? No way! Brianna said she bought a seaside villa. Did she move there?”
“Sebastian, why didn’t you say something sooner? You had us worried for nothing! Quickly send us the villa
address so we can deliver the wedding dress to your wife.”
On the other end of the line, Sebastian froze, the words hanging in the air like a sudden chill.
He realized, with a jolt, that he had no idea where this seaside villa of mine was.
Desperately, he called in favors, using his connections to check the housing bureau. He needed answers.
What he found was shocking. I owned no property.
The house we once shared, where love and memories had once lived, was no longer in my name.
A cold realization gripped him, something was terribly wrong. He needed to rush back home from the hotel fast.
At that moment, Eliza appeared, standing in the doorway like a vision in a snow–white wedding dress. She blocked Sebastian’s path, a coy smile playing on her lips.
“Sebastian, Brianna must be turous with you for forcing her to donate blood. A petty woman like her doesn’t deserve someone like you.”
She stepped closer, her voice softening “The auspicious time is almost here and the quests are waiting Why don’t you marry me instead? I’ll serve you and make you comfortable for the rest of your life.”
As she spoke, her fingers began tracing circles on his abdomen, a gesture that would have once stirred him. But today, Sebastian’s resolve was unshakable. He pushed her away with one hand, his voice cold as ice. “Eliza, I’ve made myself clear. From that moment on, we are strangers. If you cause Brianna to refuse me, I’ll make sure your father knows exactly where you’ve been.”
Eliza’s eyes flooded with tears and she crumbled like a wilted flower
“Sebastian, do you really feel nothing for me? Were you lying when you said you’d rather die in my arms?”
Sebastian could no longer bear to see her tears. In his haste to get home, he shoved her to the ground, his words
fierce and final.
“My wife is Brianna. Only her.”
“I’m going to find her now. Please, disappear from my life, forever!”
With unwavering determination, he kicked Eliza away and stormed out, rushing to his car
As he sped through the streets, running ten red lights in his panic, his legs trembled under the weight of his own
urgency
But the security cameras had already captured something chilling his maid, unknowingly tossing out all the things I had once cherished, my memories now discarded as nothing more than trash
Sebastian’s heart shattered, each beat like a knife twisting deeper.
His hand flew to his chest, face drained of color, as he dialed my number
But the silence on the other end was deafening
He opened WhatsApp, his eyes widening as he saw it, seventeen days had passed since we last spoke
In those days, he had drowned himself in fleeting pleasures, forgetting the woman who had been everything to
him.
If not for the memo reminding him of his upcoming wedding, he might not have remembered at all,
Though he had hesitated to part ways with Eliza, he had still committed to marrying me, following the wedding plans as if they were a given.
Those carefree days had been the happiest he’d known. In his mind, my unwavering loyalty was deserving of a
wedding on time
But now, standing at the crossroads, he was lost.
His lips trembled, his voice cracking like that of a child searching for a lost parent, as he turned to his brothers.
what should I do? Does Brianna want nothing to do with me now?”
“When she said she didn’t need me to marry her, did she already make up her mind to leave?”
His brothers, unable to bear his torment, rallied around him, offering words of comfort.
*Sebastian, every man has his flaws. Brianna must just be confused. She’ll never find someone who loves her
like you do.”
