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I Won't Wait For You Anymore

I Won't Wait For You Anymore

Short Story · Romance
By:  Nora NolanCompleted
Language: English
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Marriage

Face Slapping

Winning Back the Husband

Girl Power

Independence

Hypocrisy

Feel-Good Story

Plot Twists

Tragic Love

Ryan Becker's favorite phrase was always, "Just wait a little longer." I waited two years for his startup to stabilize so we could get married. I waited another three years for his mother to warm up to the idea of a wedding. On the night of his 30th birthday dinner, his mother slipped her emerald bracelet off her wrist in front of everyone. Passing down the heirloom was their old tradition for recognizing a daughter-in-law. I thought that this time, finally, I wouldn't have to wait anymore. "Give me your hand, dear." Yet Aurelie Becker reached right past me and smoothly fastened the bracelet around Sabine Hansen's wrist instead. The entire room fell dead silent. She patted the back of Sabine's hand warmly. "Sabine grew up with Ryan. We're all one family here, no distinctions between us." My hands were still resting on the table, my fingertips turning cold. Someone whispered, "What about Miss Solis?" Ryan leaned in close, lowering his voice. "My mom is just being sentimental. Don't take it to heart. I'll bring you a custom necklace from my business trip next month. Just wait a little longer, okay?" Sabine lifted her wrist, flaunting it right in front of my face with a provocative smile. "Look, Eliza, isn't it beautiful? Aurelie says it's an old-mine emerald." "It's beautiful," I said simply. Just then, the phone inside my bag vibrated. It was a text message that read: [Have you made up your mind? When are you coming to Phaelis?]

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9 Chapters
Chapter 1
On the drive home, Ryan Becker kept one hand on the wheel and glanced over at me. Streetlight shadows played across his handsome profile in alternating waves."Why are you so quiet?" he started.I pulled my gaze away from the window and looked down at my bare wrist."Nothing to say," I replied softly.He sighed and stepped on the brake at a red light. He freed up one hand and reached across the center console, habitually trying to squeeze the back of my neck.I tilted my head slightly, dodging his touch. His hand froze midair for a fraction of a second before he smoothly withdrew it and placed it back on the wheel."Still upset about the bracelet?" His tone carried that helpless, indulgent note. "You know how my mom is—old-school. Sabine lost her parents at a young age and grew up with us. My mom has always felt sorry for her. It's just a piece of jewelry. Did you really have to sulk at the dinner table?""Sulk?" I hadn't said a word throughout the meal; I had simply eaten my fo
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Chapter 2
The next morning, I was woken by the sound of Ryan's voice, deliberately hushed.He was standing out on the balcony, phone pressed to his ear. "Did it chip? Is it bad? The bracelet is not important. You're fine, and that's what matters. Don't cry. I'm on my way over right now."His voice was laced with an unvarnished anxiety and tenderness he never used with me anymore.I lay still in bed, staring blankly at the ceiling.Five minutes later, the bedroom door clicked open. Seeing my eyes open, Ryan paused for a fraction of a second before quickly walking over to the bed."Did I wake you?" He sat on the edge of the mattress, reaching out a hand to touch my face.I tilted my head away from his hand and sat up. "Are you going out?"His hand froze awkwardly midair before he smoothly withdrew it."Sabine tried on the bracelet this morning and accidentally knocked it against the sink. She's terrified she ruined it and won't stop crying," he explained, already stripping off his sleep sh
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Chapter 3
Ryan came home at three that afternoon.The moment he pushed open the front door and saw the three large boxes stacked in the living room, he froze."What are you doing?" He walked over quickly, his brows furrowed in a tight knot. "Are you packing away seasonal clothes?"I sealed the last box with a final, crisp layer of packing tape. "Just clearing out some old clutter."His eyes shifted, landing on an unsealed box nearby. Inside lay our matching couple's mugs from college and the stuffed animal he had bought me.His face instantly darkened. "Seriously, are you ever going to give this a rest?"He snatched one of the mugs out of the box and slammed it heavily onto the coffee table. "You've been throwing a tantrum since last night over a single bracelet! Now you're tossing out our things? What's next? Are you going to tell me you're moving out?"I straightened my back and looked him dead in the eye. "Yes."He let out a harsh, incredulous laugh. "Fine! Look who suddenly grew a sp
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Chapter 4
I stared at the text on my screen and left it on read.A few moments later, another bubble popped up.Ryan: [Are you mad? I promise I'll make it up to you tomorrow.]There he came again, making it up.I switched my phone to silent, tossed it onto the sofa, and went into the kitchen to make some food. This was going to be my last meal in the States.Just as the pasta was ready, the front door lock clicked. Ryan hurried into the apartment, freezing when he saw me in the kitchen.I set the plate down on the dining table, pulled out a chair, and sat down. "I thought you were at the hospital, staying with Sabine."He poured himself a glass of water. "Sabine said she was craving those lobster rolls from the west side of town. I just ran back to grab the car keys so I could go buy them for her."That was the same neighborhood where he had once unchained a bike and ridden through a rainstorm just to bring me beef patties. Now, he was willing to cross half the city just to satisfy Sabin
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Chapter 5
At two in the morning, I landed at the airport.As I pulled my rolling suitcase out of the arrivals hall, a damp, chilly gust of wind hit me square in the face.Alice stood just beyond the security railing in a classic trench coat, waving her arms wildly. "Eliza! Over here!"I walked over, and she immediately pulled me into a tight hug."You've lost weight," she said, pinching my cheek with concern. "Come on. I'm taking you for a local feast to celebrate your escape."In the car, watching the unfamiliar streets roll by, I felt a lightness I had never known before. I inserted my new SIM card and logged into my secondary account.The moment I went online, Cecily's messages flooded in.[Eliza! Did you land yet?][Holy shit! Ryan has completely lost his mind.][He showed up at my apartment this morning, pounding on the door like a psychopath!][He kept demanding where I was hiding you. When I told him I had no idea, he practically tried to kick my security door off!]My fingers
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Chapter 6
Over the next few months, I severed every remaining tie to my old life and spent my days in the studio learning oil painting restoration.Phaelis was filled with beautiful, golden sunlight and the rich aroma of fresh coffee. There was no endless waiting here, no suffocating scent of seafood, and no man constantly whispering "next time" in my ear.Six months later, my first independent restoration piece was selected to be exhibited at the academy's gallery. It was an 18th-century portrait that had arrived at the studio in catastrophic condition.The paint layers were badly cracked and flaking away, leaving the subject's face a blurred, unrecognizable ghost. I had spent three grueling months restoring her, millimeter by millimeter, until she was finally whole again.Professor Ethan Whitaker stood beside me, looking at the canvas. A warm, appreciative smile graced his elegant features."Eliza, you are incredibly talented," he said softly. "You've breathed life back into her soul.""
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Chapter 7
I stared down at the vibrant green stone.Once, I had stupidly believed that slipping that piece of bracelet onto my wrist would mean finally securing his unconditional love and validation. Now, it looked like nothing but an invisible shackle."Sabine already wore that bracelet," I said evenly.He froze, unsure how to respond."I don't want something another woman has already put on. It makes my skin crawl."His pupils contracted with sudden horror. His hand shook so violently that the velvet box nearly dropped."Please, just let me explain!" He lunged forward a desperate step, trying to close the gap between us. "There is absolutely nothing going on between Sabine and me! I only ever saw her as a sister. The stunt at the birthday dinner was entirely my mother's doing. I screamed at her for it afterward."The words tumbled out of him in a panicked, breathless rush, the broken capillaries in his bloodshot eyes looking ready to burst. "I've exiled Sabine to an overseas branch. She
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Chapter 8
Ryan didn't go back to the States.Instead, he holed up in a hotel directly across the street from my apartment, lingering on the perimeter of my life like a stubborn ghost.Every morning when I left for the studio, he'd stand on the street corner, holding a warm croissant from my favorite bakery. He never dared to approach me. He just watched from a distance with eyes that were desperate and pleading.One afternoon, a torrential downpour hit Phaelis. I hadn't brought an umbrella, so I stood under the awning of the studio waiting for the storm to pass.A black car pulled up to the curb, and Ryan stepped out under a large black umbrella, walking briskly toward me. One side of his shoulder was already drenched."Eliza, it's pouring," he said hesitantly. "Let me give you a ride home."He tilted the umbrella toward me, but I refused flatly, "No need. I've called a ride.""It can't navigate this narrow alleyway," he argued anxiously. "It isn't the time to throw a tantrum. What if you
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Chapter 9
I flipped through the journal casually. The first entry was dated the day I flew out of the country.[Eliza is gone. She doesn't want me anymore.[I tore the apartment apart looking for something, anything, but I couldn't even find a single strand of her hair. She cut me off so cleanly, so ruthlessly, it's like she never even loved me at all.]The handwriting was a chaotic, ragged scrawl. The pages were warped and buckled from where old tears had dried into the paper. I turned the page without feeling a single pang of sympathy.[I pulled the security footage today. I watched her wheel that black suitcase out of the lobby, never once looking back. I was such a fool. I thought she was just throwing a tantrum. I genuinely believed she'd come back home tomorrow.[I deserve to burn in hell. Sabine came over to the apartment earlier, and I screamed at her to get out. The moment I saw that bracelet on her wrist, I felt physically sick. I wanted to vomit. I finally understand what I've lo
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