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He Chose Her for Our Bridal Photos, So I Left
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Tragic Love
Plot Twists
Inspirational
Childhood Sweethearts
Independence
Mistress
Regret
Winning Back the Wife
Cheating
On the day of the bridal shoot, Nathaniel White's childhood friend, Yvonne Woods, turned up out of nowhere with an armful of flowers and threw herself into his arms, laughing. The photographer couldn't look away and turned the camera toward them again. I stood off to the side in my wedding dress with no idea what to do. The shutter clicked 99 times. Not once was the camera pointed at me. Watching how comfortable they were with each other in front of the camera left a bitter ache in my chest. Nathaniel and Yvonne, the girl he'd grown up with, were both very good-looking. Whenever they stood side by side, every photographer aimed straight at them. The day he asked me out and I said yes, a friend offered to take our picture. Instead, she aimed the camera at him and Yvonne. She even said they looked perfect together. On a Valentine's Day date, every street photographer we passed offered to photograph the two of them for free and asked me to step aside so I wouldn't ruin the shot. I'd spent most of a year preparing for these bridal photos: losing weight, taking care of my skin, and choosing the perfect makeup look. None of it could compete with one sweet smile from Yvonne. "You, the wolf on the grass! Move! You're in the shot," the photographer shouted at me impatiently. I froze. Instinctively, I looked at Nathaniel, hoping he'd speak up for me. Instead, he looked away and reached over to pluck a fallen leaf from Yvonne's hair. His usually cold eyes were full of tenderness. Something went out of me. I walked off without a word. I was giving the whole frame back to them. And the rest of my life, too.
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Chapter 1
|朝倉紗月《あさくらさつき》が玄関の扉を開け、部屋の中がこれまで幾度となく迎えてきた夜と同じように、がらんとして冷え切っているのを目にした瞬間、その瞳に濃い失望がよぎった。
今日もまた、彼は帰ってきていない。
紗月の顔色は病的なほど赤く、目尻は熱を帯びたようにじんと痛み、そこには気づかれないほどかすかな赤みも滲んでいた。
まるで次の瞬間には涙がこぼれ落ちてしまいそうなのに、それでも必死に強がって堪えているかのようだった。
数歩進んだだけで足元から力が抜け、彼女はそのままソファへと崩れ落ちた。戸籍上の夫がまた家に帰ろうともしない――その事実だけではない。
身体にこもる異様な熱もまた、全身をひどく不快にさせ、理性まで押し流してしまいそうだった。
「……慎一」
紗月は恋い慕う相手の名をかすかに口にし、ハンドバッグの中から苦労してスマートフォンを取り出した。
男に電話をかけようとしたその直前、ネットニュースの通知が、十数分前に届いていたことに気づく。
――新進気鋭の若手女優・|綾瀬由衣《あやせゆい》が、前事務所との契約終了を正式発表。ヴァレンティス・プロダクションへの移籍が決定……。
ヴァレンティス・プロダクション。
それは慎一のグループ傘下にある芸能事務所だった。そして綾瀬を獲得した人物など、考えるまでもない。彼女の夫である、あの男しかいない。
込み上げる悔しさと嫉妬に、紗月は一瞬、目の前がくらんだ。それでも感情を押し殺しながら連絡先を開き、彼の番号へ電話をかける。
長い沈黙が続いた。
もうこのまま出ないのではないかと、そう思いかけた頃になって、ようやく通話がつながった。「……何だ」
男の声は冷えきっていて、不機嫌そのものだった。まるで紗月からの電話など、ひどく厄介なものだと言わんばかりに。
「慎一、私……熱があるみたいで……。帰ってきて、そばにいてくれない……？」
慎一の向こう側はひどく騒がしかった。
熱に浮かされた頭でもわかる。煽るような音楽、歓声、そしてすぐ近くから聞こえるいくつもの声。「社長、朝倉社長、一杯どうですか！」
酒場だった。
騒がしい音と人の気配に満ちたその場所で、電話中だと気づいたのか、酒を勧めていた相手がふいに声を潜め、遠慮がちに問いかける。「……奥さまからですか？」
「気にしなくていい」
慎一は鼻で笑うようにそう言った。
奥さま、そんなふうに呼ばれたその一瞬でさえ、彼の声には何の感情も宿っていなかった。紗月は、ずきりと痛みを増していく頭を押さえながら、それでも最後の望みに縋るように、もう一度だけ口を開く。
「慎一、本当に苦しいの……。家には誰もいないし、私、あなたにいてほしくて……」
けれど、そんな必死の助けを求める声に、慎一が同情を示すことはなかった。
ましてや、愛しさなど。結婚して、もうすぐ三年。
結婚記念日を目前にしても、慎一の態度はただ冷え続ける一方で、かつて初めて会った頃に向けられていた、上辺だけの優しさでさえ、今では思い出の中にしか残っていない。紗月がここまで頭を下げ、帰ってきてほしいと願っても、彼は眉をひそめ、ただひどく冷たく言い放つだけだった。
「また何を企んでる？」
たったそれだけの言葉で、紗月の心は容赦なく踏み潰され、そのまま地獄の底へと突き落とされた。
呼吸すらできないほどの痛みだけが胸に残る。Latest chapter
He Chose Her for Our Bridal Photos, So I Left Chapter 9
The police arrived quickly. A camera had recorded Nathaniel grabbing me, and I insisted on pressing charges rather than settling. They took him into custody for harassment and held him for a week.Delia heard what had happened over the phone and rushed over. She swore at Nathaniel's retreating back. "You piece of garbage! She broke up with you, and you still had the nerve to follow her here. If this country didn't have laws, I'd have beaten you senseless myself."If the owner and I hadn't both held her back, she'd have gone for him.I pushed her into a chair and poured her a glass of water. "All right, calm down. I'm fine."I poured myself one too.Nathaniel had genuinely frightened me back there.To me, he'd always been the calm one.Whenever we fought, I'd be furious while he sat there drinking water.I'd almost never seen Nathaniel lose control like that.I took a sip and thought it through.The police said a week. He knows where I live. When he gets out, he'll come back.I remember
He Chose Her for Our Bridal Photos, So I Left Chapter 8
He'd lost a lot of weight, and there was stubble all over his jaw.His eyes were bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept properly in a long time.His gaze sharpened when he saw me, and his eyes lit up.He came running over and reached for my hands. "Chloe."I quietly stepped back, out of his reach.His hand froze in midair, then closed. He looked at me, hurt."You don't want me anymore?"In the light of the sunset over the water, he looked even more haggard.I looked at him and said nothing.During those first nights after I left him, I thought about him constantly. I remembered every kind thing he'd done for me, every little detail of our time together.I'd wonder what he was doing, whether he ever thought about me, and whether he regretted losing me.Getting over him was brutal. Night after night, I couldn't sleep.If he'd shown up in front of me then, I'd have cried and forgiven him.Time had a way of dulling even the deepest pain.Now, looking at him felt like passing a wolf I'd never met
He Chose Her for Our Bridal Photos, So I Left Chapter 7
Once I was in the car, Delia handed me a blanket and a heat pack.Her jaw tightened when she saw me shivering."Nathaniel White is a complete asshole. Throwing you out in the middle of the night and not even giving you a coat."I rubbed my stiff hands together and told her it was fine.Delia turned up the heat and reclined my seat.I was about to lean back when my stomach chose that moment to growl.She was horrified. "Don't tell me you haven't eaten."I nodded guiltily.Her hands closed into fists.She took me straight to the late-night restaurant everyone in the city knew and ordered enough food to cover the table.I ate like a starving wolf while Delia watched, looking heartbroken.Once I'd eaten and had something to drink, we went straight to the airport.When the plane landed, I saw Nathaniel's message and realized I'd forgotten to delete his contact. I blocked his number and deleted the contact right away.Then Delia and I hauled our bags to the little seaside place we'd rented.
He Chose Her for Our Bridal Photos, So I Left Chapter 6
Nathaniel's POVNathaniel cleared the dishes before he opened the front door."Do you know what you did wrong?"Nobody in the hallway answered.Nathaniel frowned and stepped out.The cold air cut through him. Everything was eerily quiet.The things he'd thrown out last night lay scattered across the floor, filthy and ruined by the wind and rain.He searched every corner of the hallway, even the stairwell, but found no sign of Chloe.And then Nathaniel panicked.Yvonne came out with a coat and put it over his shoulders."Chloe's gone too far. Instead of waiting in the hallway, she's hiding to make you worry. If you ask me, she's doing it on purpose."Nathaniel caught her hand as if it could steady him. He couldn't help asking, "You think she's doing it on purpose?""Obviously."Yvonne clasped his hand in return."Women love keeping you on the hook. She didn't get her bridal photos yesterday, then she refused to apologize and got thrown out. She's humiliated and angry."She wants you to
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