LOGINMarty Greene, a newly hired assistant, publicly humiliates me by calling me a worthless nobody who hangs around Audrey Melton. As my girlfriend and an award-winning actress who loves me more than life itself, Audrey promises to stand up for me. She devises a seven-day plan to build Marty up before bringing him crashing down. On the first day, she replaces me with Marty as her personal assistant, claiming she wants him to understand how hard I work. On the third day, she gives him a luxury car and a mansion, supposedly to make him lose himself in vanity. On the fifth day, she bakes him a birthday cake on a live reality show. She insists it's a crucial part of her plan and begs me to be patient. Then on the seventh day, my mother, Deborah Faulkner, suddenly falls gravely ill. As she lies dying, her final wish is to see Audrey one last time. Audrey readily agrees. But I wait at the hospital all night, and she never shows up. Instead, all I see is a post from Marty on X. "Audrey is simply too kind for her own good. She almost falls for a scam after just one phone call. Luckily, I'm smart enough to see through it and stop her from falling for it." Mom dies without ever getting to see Audrey again. It's not until the following day that Audrey finally calls. "Babe, just hang in there a little longer. I'm going to expose Marty's vanity and ruin his reputation at today's awards ceremony. Then, we'll go public with our relationship and have the wedding of the century to make Mrs. Landry happy." Audrey has no idea that Mom is already dead, and that I'm done waiting for her.
View MoreI sighed softly."That's all in the past now. What matters now is that you focus on your treatment and take good care of yourself."But Audrey shook her head slowly."I know my own condition. I don't have much time left. Before I go, I have only one wish. I hope you can forgive me, and I also hope you'll visit Mrs. Landry's grave on my behalf and tell her how deeply I regret everything and how much I miss her."I remained silent for a long time before finally speaking."I forgive you, Audrey. Everyone makes mistakes. What matters is being able to recognize them. I'll visit Mom and tell her everything you've said."Audrey smiled genuinely for the first time in years, her expression filled with relief and gratitude.After leaving the hospital, I went to Mom's grave.I told Mom everything about Audrey, as though she were still by my side listening to me pour my heart out."Mom, Audrey knows she was wrong now, and she regrets everything. If you can hear me from heaven, please forg
The photograph quickly became soaked in the rain, but Audrey clung desperately to its edges."You promised you'd stay with me forever."I looked at her calmly and replied, "The man I was back then died with Mom."Those words struck her like a knife straight through the heart.Audrey staggered backward two steps. The photograph slipped from her fingers and was swept into the storm drain by the rainwater.Lola gently tugged at my sleeve. "Our car is here."After getting into the taxi, I finally couldn't resist looking back.Audrey's kneeling figure grew smaller and smaller in the rain until she was nothing more than a blurry black speck in the distance.…Three days later, while taking a break on set, I came across an entertainment news headline."Audrey Melton Announces Indefinite Retirement from the Entertainment Industry."In the accompanying photograph, she was wearing sunglasses, with bandages wrapped around her wrist.A young production assistant nearby began gossiping.
I reached into my pocket and pulled out a voice recorder. It held a recording of Mom's final words."Listen to this. These are the last words Mom left for you."Audrey's hands trembled violently as she took the recorder and pressed play. Mom's voice came through."Audrey has a sensitive stomach, so remember to remind her to eat on time."Tears instantly blurred Audrey's vision."Do you know that when Mom was in the hospital, she was in so much pain that she couldn't sleep through the night," I said in a strained voice. "Yet, she was still worried that you were working too hard on set."She always said that because you grew up without parents, I should treat you with twice as much love and care."Memories came flooding back. Even in her final moments, Mom's frail, withered hand had been fumbling beneath her pillow, searching for the photograph of Audrey she'd hidden there."Right up until her very last breath, she was still making excuses for you. She kept saying you must have b
"You're the only one who ever truly cared about me. I was too blind to see it before, and that's why I fell so easily into Marty's trap," Audrey said.I took a step back to put some distance between us, then replied calmly, "Audrey, what's done is done. We all make our own choices, and we all have to take responsibility for them."Perhaps everything you're going through now is life's way of teaching you a lesson. But none of that has anything to do with me anymore."Audrey suddenly became agitated and raised her voice."No! It has everything to do with you! You're the person I love most and also the only person I've ever loved! I was just blinded by Marty's sweet talk. My feelings for you have never changed!"And I truly regret what happened to Mrs. Landry. I wish I could turn back time and have a chance to make up for everything I've done wrong."I shook my head with a bitter smile."But you can't turn back time, Audrey. Some damage, once done, can never be undone. Mom died wit






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