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Chapter 2

Penulis: Solace Hart
The tenderness on Tyler's face froze for a moment. Then he slipped back into that familiar expression, as if what I had just said was nothing more than a spoiled child throwing a tantrum.

He sighed and reached for my hand, his voice placating. "Winona is your sister. I just want her to feel like she's important at the wedding too. She's been in poor health since she was little, and she's your only family. Isn't it only right that I treat her well?"

Tyler paused, then pinched the tip of my nose affectionately. "Since when did you become so petty?"

At that moment, I suddenly remembered something from years ago. The first time Winona had an asthma attack, I carried her on my back and ran three miles to the hospital. My knees were all scraped up, but I didn't dare stop.

When Tyler found out what had happened, he gently ran his fingers over the scar on my knee and told me that from now on, I wouldn't have to shoulder everything on my own because he would be there.

But now, the same person stood in front of me and asked me, in that same gentle voice, since when had I become so petty.

"Do you really think this is about me being petty?" I looked up at him. "I went over the invitations with the designer five times. Every single time, I told them I wanted the lettering on the invitations to be silver foil. But the samples they sent were gold foil."

"Winona said gold foil looked more festive—"

I cut him off. "So? Does that mean what I want doesn't matter?"

Tyler's expression finally darkened, but he just walked over to the entryway in silence. With his back to me, he carefully placed the tulips into the vase, one by one.

"Tanya Shaw, do you have any idea how much pressure I had to take from my family just to get our wedding at Velora Hotel, knowing you came from an orphanage? Do you know how many times my mom and I fought over this?"

He placed the last tulip into the vase and turned to look at me. "You should know when to be grateful."

Silence enveloped the living room.

I had so much I wanted to say.

I wanted to tell him I had never asked for the wedding to be held at Velora Hotel, and that I would have been happy even if we'd held it in the little chapel at the orphanage.

I wanted to tell him that every time his family made things difficult for me, I swallowed it and never shed a single tear in front of him.

I wanted to tell him I hadn't chosen him because of what his family had, and that it had taken me a long time to convince myself he really loved me.

I didn't get a chance to say any of it, though, because Winona video-called me then. Her eyes and the tip of her nose were red, like she'd just been crying.

Her voice was hoarse. "Tanya, did you misunderstand Tyler? I wrote those notes, wanting to give you two some suggestions. I didn't mean anything else. If you're going to blame someone, blame me. Don't fight with Tyler."

Tyler frowned. "Winona, this has nothing to do with you."

Tears rolled down Winona's cheeks as soon as Tyler finished speaking. The way she cried was exactly the same as when she was little.

She didn't even make a sound. Tears just kept rolling down her face one after another, and she looked so pitiful that it made anyone's heart ache.

"Tanya, you don't want me there at your wedding anymore?" She looked at me, her lips trembling. "If that's what you want, then I won't show up."

Tyler turned to look at me. I immediately understood what his expression meant. He was blaming me for scaring Winona.

After the call ended, I walked into the bedroom and pulled my old suitcase out from the bottom of the closet.

Tyler followed me in, and the moment he saw me open the suitcase, panic finally flashed across his face. "Where are you going?"

Instead of answering, I just took my clothes one by one, folded them, and put them into the suitcase.

"Tanya." Tyler grabbed my hand, his voice softening. "Don't do this. Can't we just talk it out?"

I pulled my hand free and continued what I was doing a moment earlier.

After a long silence, Tyler said in a low voice, "Then go. If you do, don't come back expecting me to coax you."

I brushed past him, turned the doorknob, and walked out.

The vase shattered behind me, and the tulips he'd brought home to make it up to me were ultimately crushed in his hands.

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