If He Wants Her, He Can Go Down With Her

I handed the bag in my hands to Crystal Amos, Clayton's younger sister. She was one of the few people who had treated me with kindness for the past few years."Please burn this dress after I'm gone. I don't deserve to wear this anymore."Crystal accepted the bag from me, the anger showing in her eyes because of how unfairly she thought I was being treated."Clayton's truly gone overboard this time! I'm going to give him a piece of my mind! I'll make sure he gives you a hefty break-up fee before you leave! "Crystal turned to leave in a huff, but I quickly stopped her."There's no need for that anymore."She was well aware of how I'd been treating them both for the past few years, and she committed it to heart. After all, I was the one who had tried to help them improve their relationship and bring them closer to each other.As soon as I was done speaking, Clayton reappeared while pressing against the wound on his arm. His voice was icy-cold as he asked, "Where are you going?"I

Sometime in the middle of the night, I looked at my neck in the mirror and couldn't help touching it.It had been a full day, and my injury had been in plain sight, but Clayton never even noticed it. It was as if he were 100% sure that I wouldn't get hurt.It had been quite chaotic that day. The only one who helped me up was Crystal, and she was also the one who brought me to the hospital after."It's been so long. I initially thought that my brother was also in love with you. After all, he's such a private person, but he was willing to invite so many guests to witness the wedding."But you were right next to him, and he still shoved you aside and ran toward Gladys, who was so far away—all to protect her!"I can tell that he doesn't even love you in the slightest!"I had been deathly pale that day, and droplets of blood had stained my wedding dress. However, Clayton never once turned to look at me or check on me. He just kept his arms tightly around Gladys, shielding her from the

Clayton froze for a couple of seconds before finally saying, "Then, wait at home for me. I'll be there in a bit. I won't care about her this time."He slid the ring back on my finger as he spoke, and I didn't fight back. He just assumed that I agreed with him.When he turned his back on me, however, I immediately pulled the ring back off and threw it into the trash can outside.I knew that Gladys wouldn't let him off the hook that easily.She would never marry Clayton, but she was extremely possessive of him.As expected, Clayton still hadn't returned home two hours later.The system appeared once more and said, "Hailey, it's time.""Let's go," I replied. "I tried my best to rewrite his fate, but maybe I'm just too powerless to make such a change. Nothing I ever did worked."So, instead of putting up with him, I might as well end my suffering now."I had started reading this novel while I was bored out of my skin one sunny afternoon in college. The sunrays were piercing into m

Hailey's POVAfter I returned to my own world, I immediately got rid of my habit of reading novels in my free time.I was so worried that I would develop feelings for the characters in the novels again and end up transmigrating into the novel as the antagonist or some other pitiful character once more.Some time later, I heard one of my friends, Pattie Jensen, bring up that specific novel again. But this time, Clayton's and Gladys' stories had changed.Clayton was madly in love with Gladys at the start of the novel, but only until a new character named Hailey Paltrow appeared.Pattie sighed and said, "Look, the character doesn't just share your name. I think her personality is a lot like yours, too!"I felt my heart squeeze. However, I pretended to be calm about it."That's quite a coincidence. I never thought that I could be a side character in a book."Yet, Pattie kept chirping as she continued reading the novel. Over time, Clayton came to see that what he believed he felt

I said nothing in reply. A long while later, Clayton reached into his pocket and retrieved a ring that he had forged again.I took a closer look at it and saw that he even had my name engraved inside the band."It's been three years, and I've been carrying this ring around with me ever since. I told myself that I would slide it back onto your finger if I ever saw you again."I kept regretting the fact that I hadn't been able to sort out my feelings for you back then and forced you to leave me."Lately, I keep recalling the past. Right at the beginning, when I stabbed you near the heart, you never even moved to avoid me. Instead, you kept telling me that you were worried about me."And then, we did a lot of things together. You even insisted on searching for me all day and night after I got into a huge accident during the race. I would have died then if it weren't for you."Tears began falling from his eyes and trickling down his cheek. However, I wasn't fazed in the slightest.