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Betrayed Groom: Trading My Life for Revenge

Betrayed Groom: Trading My Life for Revenge

Short Story · Imagination
By:  White SandCompleted
Language: English
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System

Awakening

Countdown

Bias

Melodramatic

Counter Attack

Just as I'm on the verge of successfully completing my mission, my System suddenly crashes and is replaced by a new one. That's when I learn the truth that Cherie Blackstone's agreement to marry me is fake from the very beginning. Not only does she already have a lover, but even her affection for me is also entirely feigned. She loathes me, the person who has been constantly pursuing her since childhood. Even her moments of intimacy with me are merely a ploy to let her true love be reborn inside my body. The new System can't bear to watch the situation get any worse and chooses to reveal the truth to me. It lets me make a choice. "If you choose to abandon the mission now, you will die together with her true love. But if you choose to complete the mission, you will receive a new body as compensation for the System switch. "However, before you receive your new body, you will lose all your memories and eventually die." So, does that mean I would forget Cherie and have her watch me die in the end? Of course I choose to continue with the mission with a deal like that.

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11 Chapters
Chapter 1
The new system told me, "You may use this time to say your goodbyes."After hearing the system's prompt, I sat quietly on the balcony and smoked throughout the entire night.The date circled on the desk calendar hadn't faded yet. In fact, I just had to turn my head to see one of the birthday gifts that my girlfriend, Cherie Blackstone, had given to me.It was a stylish suit.It was a style that I particularly liked, but I had stubbornly hung it in the most prominent spot simply because it had been a gift from her.I loved her.It had been 24 years, and I'd liked her since we were still little kids. She also seemed to like me back. I had imagined countless futures involving her, and yet, the one thing I never envisioned was her wanting me dead.I glanced back at the room.The photo frame on the nightstand held a photo of us smiling at each other in front of a birthday cake. And if I were to take apart the frame right now, I would still be able to find Cherie's childish handwriti
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Chapter 2
The one-man show that I'd been performing for more than 20 years finally came to an end right then and there.I knew that I wasn't going to get a reply to that message I'd just sent. After all, the only two people whom I knew would always stand by me forever had already left this world a long time ago.It was just as Cherie often told her friends."Victor can never leave me. My parents are so good to him, and he also said that he doesn't have anyone else aside from me."She was right. She remembered everything. I had indeed treated her as the only person I had left in this world.But she'd forgotten that those words were originally a promise and a testament to my love for her. Now, they had simply become a way for her to mock me.When Mom and Dad first passed away, Cherie was the first person who found me. She stayed by my side and kept a silent vigil all night long amidst the carnage of that horrific car accident. And when I finally collapsed, she used her slender frame to carry
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Chapter 3
I had simply set out for work as usual, but the slippery ground caused me to skid on my bike right into a river that hadn't frozen over yet.The icy water engulfed me instantly. I struggled and cried out for help, but my winter clothes had soaked up so much water that they weighed me down like an anchor, rendering me unable to move.Despair set in as I slowly sank into the freezing depths. However, a passing sanitation worker happened to see me and saved me with his snow shovel. After I was sent to the hospital, I ran a high fever for several nights.At that moment, Cherie was locked in a cutthroat battle with a rival company, and I didn't want to disturb her. However, her mother, Angela Young, couldn't bear to watch me suffer any longer and finally called Cherie to check in on me.Cherie rushed over in the middle of the night and held me while weeping for hours.She looked terrible that day. Her brows were constantly furrowed, and she kept checking her phone for messages. I got w
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Chapter 4
"This is not the time for you to be wilful like this, Victor!" Cherie yelled at me. "What does it matter what you're wearing at the wedding anyway? Isn't it just a formality?"Just a formality?I couldn't believe I was hearing her dismiss such a pivotal moment in our lives so casually. But then again, maybe she only cared that the hand she would be holding belonged to Max's soul inside my body.I felt a bitter taste in my mouth.Cherie froze, as though she'd only just sensed my dejection just then. She frowned and stepped closer to me."What's the matter now? Shouldn't you be happy that we're about to get married in the first place? I've already prepared myself for this—""That's enough," I said, unable to hold back anymore. I pulled away when she reached out to touch me, and her arm froze awkwardly in mid-air. She probably never thought I would ever avoid her touch. After all, whenever she was around, I would always soften my temper and never show her my weak side. Eventually,
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Chapter 5
While I was in the depths of despair, I had genuinely considered ending it all and taking that guy, Max, with me. But now that my mission was complete, I wondered if that was still a viable option for me.So, I summoned the System.However, Cherie grew anxious with my text message. She had to have known about the system's existence after all, which would explain why she'd resorted to such underhanded tactics to try and have Max reborn within my body.She even sent her parents to my doorstep to convince me otherwise."Victor, you poor child," Angela said, her voice filled with heartache as she patted me on the shoulder.Cherie's father, Fred Blackstone, was normally a man of few words. But he also wore a stern expression as he looked at me that day. It was clear that if I so much as voiced a grievance, he would march right over and give Cherie a piece of his mind.Fred and Angela had watched me grow up. I knew their affection for me was genuine. They truly cared about me, and they
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Chapter 6
One of Cherie's figures was dim, and the other was as bright as day. It was just a pity that true feelings were always so fleeting and temporary.I moved forward through time, my gaze fixed on the two figures walking side by side, completely inseparable. Even as the scene before me grew sharper, my mind just kept getting increasingly hazy.I ran. I ran past all the lights and the shadows, past the starry skies that defied all paintings, and past that single sheet of photo paper bearing a childish vow.I never looked back.When I woke up again, my memory began to fade. The first thing I forgot was Cherie's name.All I remembered was that I had a girlfriend, and she was my childhood sweetheart. Even though she was often very busy, our relationship had always been strong, and we'd recently begun discussing marriage. I loved my girlfriend very much.That was why when a stranger suddenly stopped me in the middle of the street, I instinctively pushed away the hand reaching out to t
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Chapter 7
I relied on my hazy memories and eventually made my way home. However, I hadn't expected Cherie to show up at my doorstep with more people behind her less than three hours later.I must have forgotten to shut the door tightly behind me. She walked right in without any obstruction at all."What are you doing here?" I asked warily, hiding behind the bedroom door. "Don't tell me you don't know what you've done!" she yelled back in a cold, icy voice.She'd clearly come prepared. The person next to her looked somewhat familiar. I vaguely recalled a mean-spirited woman who had repeatedly belittled my paintings and dismissed them as worthless.In any case, they did not come in peace.I hurriedly slammed the room door behind me, pressed all my weight against it, and yelled in warning. "I don't know what I did, but that's still no reason for you to barge into my home just like that! And I've already explained to you that you're not my girlfriend!"I don't know if you got the wrong perso
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Chapter 8
However, no matter how hard I tried, I just couldn't find my girlfriend's number. My fingers trembled as anxiety clawed at my chest. "No… Maybe I shouldn't tell her… If she found out about it, she'd definitely be heartbroken…""Why are you talking as though you're going to die?" Cherie said, spilling water on the floor as the glass wobbled in her hand.I looked at her with a strange expression and tried to shoo her out of the room once again."What are you still doing here? I already told you that I have a girlfriend!""Is your girlfriend good to you?" Cherie suddenly asked, cutting me off. She lowered her eyes, and I thought I saw her hand trembling against my blanket."Of course she's good to me," I said, my face lighting up the moment I got to talk about her. I began recounting everything she did for me with a sort of pride, as though showing her off to the world. "She told me from a young age that we were going to get married someday. I've known her since the day she was b
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Chapter 9
Eventually, I found myself unable to leave the bed.Day after day, I watched the green buds emerge on the tree branches outside my window. On rare occasions, I would even spot a few birds perched in the trees."Can you find me a paintbrush?" I asked, looking imploringly at the woman, who, for reasons unbeknownst to me, always lingered by my bedside. I was itching to touch vibrant paint colors again. However, I didn't know who this woman was. I just knew she was always there every time I opened my eyes.She told me her name was Cherie Blackstone, and she often gazed at me with sorrowful eyes, telling me I'd forgotten many important things.I didn't believe her.My mind was solely occupied with paintings, and I told her over and over again that I had no childhood sweetheart whatsoever."If there really was someone who cared about me, then why hasn't anyone come to visit me yet?" I asked her.As she continued droning on endlessly about past events again, I began losing my patie
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Chapter 10
I had grown to fear the silence, and I didn't dare to linger in one place for far too long. After all, the days spent waiting for someone to turn back to me had been truly agonizing.When summer came around, I bumped into Cherie again.She had made an appearance at an art exhibition—somewhere she swore she wouldn't be caught dead in the past. Her eyes were fixed intently on an unfinished piece, signed "Starry Sky", and she looked particularly downcast as she stared at the painting.I had once treasured that piece, but once the memories within it were no longer worth revisiting, I had discarded it in the blink of an eye."Victor…"I watched Cherie caress the frame of the painting. Then, I summoned the exhibition curator, intending to buy the work back immediately.The curator studied my face for a long time, looking rather puzzled and troubled. Finally, he said, "Sir, this painting is not for sale. It represents the memories of someone who has already passed away.""Treating some
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