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When Ethan was at his poorest, he came home drunk after negotiating a deal with a client. He could not even stand straight when he reached home, but he desperately pulled out two pieces of melting chocolate from his pocket. “Honey, for you! Your favorite!” During those endless days of arguments that followed, I always thought back to those two pieces of chocolate. They were the reason I compromised with him, fell pregnant for him, even miscarried for him. It all ended just now, when he forgot to log out of his WhatsApp on his computer. His friend messaged him. [Hey, your wife doesn’t know Anna joined your company yet, does she?] [Back when she was about to leave the country, you searched the whole city for her favorite chocolate, but you still couldn’t convince her to stay. After that, you got dead drunk and cried the entire way home.] [That was when I knew you would never get over her.]
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Bittersweet Chapter 17
He did do a lot. He waited downstairs for me over countless nights. He abandoned his car and ran through the rain to pick me up during a terrible storm.When he found out I was going abroad to further my studies, he did not dare to object. Instead, he gave me the best resources.I knew he was waiting for me to come home eventually. However, the home I returned to would have nothing to do with him anymore.I looked at his teary face and gave him one last request.“Ethan, take care of yourself. Everything will pass.”He looked at me in a daze and could not say another word.On the day of my departure, I received a call from him at the airport.“Jasmine, there's a small bottle in the drawer. Did you leave it behind?”I thought about it. “Is it the one with the stars? We folded them together. Have you forgotten?”When we first got married, we were very poor. We lived in an old rented house with no decorations.The little girl next door gave us a stack of origami paper. We f
Bittersweet Chapter 16
Aunt Zoey died one week after that. Before she passed away, she suddenly regained her vigor and asked me to bring her somewhere she could get some sun.I knew what was happening, so I bit back the bitterness and pushed her downstairs in a wheelchair.Under the sunlight, she seemed like she was covered in a layer of gold. “I'm sorry, Jasmine. I shouldn't have asked you to accept Ethan.“There are all sorts of ways to survive in this world. Who could say which way is better?“Jasmine, no matter what you decide, I'll support you.”Her voice was so gentle. I could not stop the tears from flowing.“Don't be scared, Jasmine. You're a good child. Good things will come to you.“Your mother and I will be watching over you.”With that, she closed her eyes. It was as though she was taking a nap in the sunlight. When I got closer, I could hear her whispered murmurs. “Oh, Ethan…”Tears built up behind my eyes. This kind woman still thought of her son in her last moments. I leaned
Bittersweet Chapter 15
Her expression hardened. “Don't pretend! I don't believe you'll let go of a man like Ethan so easily!“Why else would you be waiting on his mother hand and foot? You're obviously doing it to win his favor!“I'm warning you, Ethan has to take responsibility for me and the baby. Don't try anything funny. Or else…”She glared at me viciously. “You won't be so lucky the next time I ram into you!”I could not help but shake my head at how much she had changed since three years ago. “Is it worth it to do all this for a man who doesn't love you?”She froze and then scoffed. “What a joke. Love? How much money is that worth?“He loves you more than life itself, and then what? He still slept with me. “I crashed into you and made you infertile, but he still doesn't dare to avenge you. “It's all because I'm still useful to him. He'd rather squeeze me for all I'm worth than send me to jail for nothing. “Jasmine, he and I are the same type of person. We'll do anything for our own benefit
Bittersweet Chapter 14
After leaving the hospital, I sat on a stone bench to catch my breath. Ethan stood beside me and watched me red-eyed for a long time. “Can you move back in with me, Jasmine? I swear I won't mess up again. We can live happily together.”I looked at him. “You're getting more despicable by the day, Ethan. How could you make Aunt Zoey worry when she's in such a state?”He paused and spoke quietly. “Jasmine… I'm really scared. I'm going to lose my mother soon too.”He crouched down and looked up at me with tears glistening in his eyes. “What should I do? You're all leaving me. But I can't live without you!“I shudder at the thought of life without you. “Jasmine, I was by your side when you lost your family. “Can you take pity on me too? Please don't leave me alone.”My heart twisted into a painful, bitter knot.He slowly reached out to hug me. “Jasmine, the rest of our lives is a very long time. Everything will pass…“It'll pass…”I did not say anything, but I knew.I could n
Bittersweet Chapter 13
Because of the accident and our relationship breaking down, I had not met his mother for a month. Her name was Zoey. She was a wonderful woman and my late mother's dear friend. Back when my parents got into that accident, she was the one who told Ethan to help me.She was the only one in the family who supported him when he wanted to marry me.She did her best to help us when we struggled to build the new company.She cried until she fainted three times when my mother passed away, squeezing my hand and assuring me that she would be my mother from now on. When I saw her dreadfully thin body in her sickbed, I could not hold back the tears. How had she been reduced to this in merely a month?“It's liver cancer.” Ethan was solemn. “We discovered it too late. My father took her overseas for treatment, but it's useless. They gave her a bunch of medicine and sent her home.“Jasmine, she really misses you.”I walked over to her and held her hand. “Aunt Zoey…”Barely two words in, an
Bittersweet Chapter 12
Ethan could not come in, but he sent me a plethora of things every day.The healthy meals he made himself, all sorts of supplements, the aromatherapy kit I was used to… He sent me everything he could think of. I was deeply annoyed and told him not to send me anything that was not the divorce papers. Only then did he stop.Once my wounds healed, I found a job. Although I had not worked for a few years, I often studied the company's business deals, so it was not difficult for me to get back into the groove.One day, I heard my colleagues gossiping about me in the pantry.“Why is that newcomer Jasmine still an entry-level employee at her age? I thought the company only accepted graduates under 25.”“Sigh, the boss made an exception for her. You know, she's one of ‘them’.”“No wonder the manager doesn't dare to criticize her. How lucky…”I bit my lip. I was certain that I did not know the boss of this company, so it had to be Ethan's doing. I felt a rush of annoyance in my chest
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