A Dog Took My Fiancee's Place

“Lily, this is our engagement party! He’s replacing you with a dog! Who do you think he’s insulting?

“He’s insulting both of us at the same time! How can you say that it’s a joke and just forget about it?”

My blood was boiling with rage.

In order to give Lily the perfect engagement party, I had personally planned every single detail. I even went to the flower market and hand-picked every single flower displayed on the tables.

However, she let her guy best friend humiliate me by implying that I was marrying a dog.

“Leon, I told you that Ryan was just letting me sleep in a little longer! Why are you always accusing him?”

Lily grabbed Ryan Anderson’s arm with teary eyes. She stared at me in disappointment.

“Have you forgotten that time I almost drowned when I was young? I’d have died if it weren’t for Ryan, who yelled for help!

“He’s a lifesaver! I treat him as an older brother. He’s only helping to fill in the gap because I was late to our engagement party. Why are you so petty?”

It was always the same.

Every time I had a conflict with Ryan, she would pull up the same lifesaver story to shut me up.

It was as if I should allow him to intrude in our lives without hesitation to thank him.

My friends could not stand it anymore. They started to speak up for me.

“Lily, we don’t really want to say this, but why is another man taking care of you when you sleep? Who would be able to take this?”

“That’s right! You’ve been in a relationship with Leon since college. It’s been five years now, and he worked so hard on this engagement party. You, on the other hand, are humiliating him over another man.”

Ryan’s friends retorted in mockery when they heard that.

“Leon is just an unwanted child from the orphanage who got adopted by a pair of useless parents. It’s a blessing for him to be able to be with a wealthy girl like Lily. Why is he making a fuss over nothing?”

Lily froze, but she did not speak up for me.

“Ryan’s the heir to Anderson Corporation! I really don’t understand why Lily would choose a loser like Leon.”

“Stop this!”

My knuckles had turned white from clenching my fists as I glared at Ryan.

Rage surged in my bloodstream. I wanted to hit Ryan.

My parents rushed over to stop me. They said in a low voice, “Leon, let it go. The Anderson family is too powerful and rich. We can’t afford to offend them.”

My parents had sacrificed a lot after adopting me. I could not even think about putting them through any trouble.

Looking at my parents’ pleading gaze and Lily’s annoyed face, I took a deep breath and announced loudly.

“Hello everyone, I’m sorry about the interruption at today’s engagement party.”

I turned around to look at Lily and said calmly, “I think we also need more time to reevaluate our relationship.”

After that, I left the humiliating scene with my parents.