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A Joke Proved He Never Loved Me
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The news of Jared Foley and me breaking up completely stuns our social groups. After all, we've been together for ten whole years. Even the invitations to our wedding are printed. When faced against our friends' doubts and questions, I merely reply, "We broke up over a joke." At a classmates' reunion on the day before, the drunken Chuck Garner, the class president, suddenly asks Jared a question. "Heather's your fiancee, whereas Paige is your first love. Who would you rescue if both of them fall into the sea at the same time?" Jared doesn't even bother glancing at me as he answers immediately, "Paige, of course!" For a moment, the atmosphere in the private room becomes awkward. Soon, someone quickly eases the tension. "Have you all forgotten that Heather used to be the swimming champion back then? She doesn't need Jared to save her!" Jared shoots it down immediately. "Nah. It's because Heather talks too much." A pause later, Chuck bursts out laughing. "It's been ten years! To think that the top scorer has picked up a sense of humor!" Everyone else joins in on the laughter except for me. After all, I know that Jared is speaking the truth. He's already sick and tired of me rambling on and on when I share every little detail that happens in my life with him every day. That's why he mutes my chatbox on WhatsApp. I've always thought that this is a part of Jared's personality. That is, until I accidentally stumble upon the chat history between Jared and Paige. He even makes sure to take photos of what he has for breakfast and sends them to Paige every morning. Only then do I realize that Jared isn't cold and aloof by nature. He's just cold and aloof toward me. In that case, why should I stubbornly cling to the ray of light that has never illuminated my life?
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Jared stood up and walked to the door."Heather, I didn't do those things because I actually cared that much about Paige," he pleaded. "I was just trying to make up for the regrets of my youth. It's like when a person knows their time is short, and they suddenly want to do all the things they never got around to when they were young."I looked him dead in the eye. "Here's what you don't get—while you were so busy making up for what you missed, you ended up throwing away what you actually had."He froze. Before he could speak, I pushed him out into the hallway and closed the door. He stood outside for a long time. Eventually, the faint sound of his footsteps faded down the hall. I leaned my back against the door and took a long, deep breath. The tears finally fell. I wasn't crying out of sadness, but because a profound sense of relief washed over me—I had finally let him go.My phone buzzed with a WhatsApp message from Austin."Do you want to go watch the sunrise at Seacester A
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And now, after doing all that, Jared was telling me that I was the one he wanted to marry?"I think there's really nothing left for us to talk about anymore," I said."What will it take for you to forgive me?" he asked."I don't need to do that, because there's nothing to forgive between us. We're simply done."With that, I ended the call.Austin stood nearby, quietly watching me. Taking a deep breath, I slipped my phone back into my pocket and returned to browsing the shelves.Jared didn't give up. The evening he finally tracked me down, I was in my hotel room putting away the things I'd bought at the supermarket. When a knock sounded at the door, I assumed it was Austin. But the moment I pulled it open, I froze. It was Jared. He looked terrible. His hair was a mess, and he was still wearing his suit from the wedding. His tie was missing, and the top two buttons of his shirt were undone."Finally, I found you. I called over 30 hotels in Southville."He really was capable
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In the hotel room, I lay alone on the bed, staring at the ceiling.Austin had left after dropping me off. He told me to get some rest and said he would be here for me again tomorrow.Turning over, I picked up my phone and disabled airplane mode.Messages flooded in immediately. But instead of Jared, the first notification was a voice message from Paige. I hesitated for a moment but ultimately clicked on it."Heather, you'd better answer me honestly—was it or was it not you who put up that video? Do you know that Mr. Foley is calling off the wedding? He said his family's reputation has been completely ruined!"You did this on purpose, didn't you? You couldn't stand to see Jared happy, so you chose the wedding day of all days to pull something like this. Meet me outside. We're settling this face-to-face."I didn't reply. I simply blocked her number too.Then came a text from Jared. He had switched to a different number just to message me."Heather, I admit I messed up. But you sh
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"Heather?"Austin's voice pulled me back to the present.I snapped out of my thoughts and replied, "Honestly, I can't really say for sure."Austin didn't press further and immediately switched topics. "What's your plan going forward?""I've already found a job. I just need to go in for onboarding in a few days, and then I'll look for a place to rent.""Why don't you stay at my place for now?"I turned to look at him.He quickly explained, "I have two apartments in Southville. I live in one, and the other is just sitting empty. Since no one's using it anyway, you might as well stay there. It beats letting it go to waste.""Austin, you've already helped me more than enough."He smiled. "This is nothing. Do you have any idea how happy I was when you messaged me on WhatsApp and asked me to look into Jared? You said you'd finally come to your senses—do you know how long I've been waiting for that day?"My heart jolted, as if something had knocked right into it."When you messaged
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