LOGINI experienced my first snow in Salvania three months after I married Flynn. Snowflakes drifted in the sky as I walked back from a trip to the hospital. At home, I prepared a table full of food to celebrate the good news they had just given me.Someone rang the doorbell, and I opened the door happily. I thought it would be Flynn, but unexpectedly, it was Harry.Several months had passed since I last saw him. It took me a moment to recognize him beyond the scruffy beard and the dark circles under his eyes. He was so different from the Harry I knew who always obsessively groomed himself.The second he saw me, his eyes filled with tears.He studied me closely. “I’ve finally found you, Suz!”Hearing that, I cringed, and goosebumps popped up all over my arms. Even when we were passionately in love with each other, Harry had never called me that.I stared at him calmly and inquired, “Anything I can help you with, Mr. Cole?”Harry reached out to take my hand, but I stepped aside to avoi
After a moment, Harry mustered the strength to push the door open and stepped in.Joanna was doing the deed with the doctor.Upon seeing him, they immediately pulled away from each other.Joanna did not even take the time to put her clothes back on. She fell on her knees before Harry.“He forced himself on me! I had to say yes because he wouldn’t take no for an answer!”Harry grabbed her by the throat. “Really? Then, why did I overhear you admitting that you faked your injury and set Suzie up?”Joanna’s face paled instantly. Harry no longer wanted to hear what she had to say. Police officers walked into the office and handcuffed both Joanna and the doctor.Harry went home alone.His agonized wail echoed in the empty house.The person he wanted would never come back.……The day I almost bled to death was the day the housekeeper was scheduled to work. She found me and sent me to the hospital. The hemorrhage was due to my stomach rupture. Luckily for me, the housekeeper could d
Suzie was not home.Nothing in the house had been moved, and everything felt cold and empty. Harry went to the bedroom with disbelief and found that it was just as he had left it.Everything he had given to Suzie was still there.He grabbed his phone and began calling Suzie over and over again, but every call remained unanswered. Harry immediately panicked and hurriedly called one of his friends. As soon as the call was picked up, his friend confronted him, and he could not even speak a word.“Hey, Harry, why didn’t you tell us that you and Suzie had called off the wedding? We all went but found no one, and neither of you answered our calls!”Startled, Harry asked in a faltering voice, “What did you say? Suzie didn’t go to the wedding either?”“Yeah, no one was there, and, at the end, the hotel manager came to tell us that Suzie had called off the wedding!”Harry frantically went looking for the hotel manager, but he was told that Suzie had called them from a payphone. For seven
A long time ago, a man told me that if I ever needed help, he would come to me no matter what. That person was Harry. He used to go against his own name for me. He kneeled in front of his family home to beg for their blessings.After quite some time, my call was finally answered.“Why are you calling me, Suzie? Do you know Jojo has a serious burn injury because of you? Now she needs skin grafts. She’s always cared about her looks. Thanks to you, she will have scars on her body!“You’re truly a wicked woman. Jojo brought you dinner, only to be attacked by you. When did you turn so vile and hateful?”His tirade and insult drowned out my cry for help.“Listen here, Suzie, after our ceremony, I’ll make you pay for what you did! Don’t think I’ll let you off the hook.”Once he was done, Harry hung up without listening to me.I smiled weakly. My desire to call for help and survive faded like dust.More blood poured out of my mouth.Memories of my life with Harry flowed back to my min
By the time I got back home, it was already afternoon. When I opened the door, the first thing I saw was a bunch of photographers.Harry was wearing the suit I handpicked for him, and Joanna stood right next to him in a beautiful, pure white wedding gown. They were both good-looking, like a match made in heaven.Joanna saw me walk in and looked at my fiance in panic. Harry frowned but showed no intention of stopping the photographers. I sat down on the couch and watched the photographers tell them how to pose for the pictures. Harry used to be too busy with his company affairs to take wedding photos with me. But here he was, taking wedding photos with Joanna.It all made me feel foolish and laughable.I swallowed back what I wished to say to him; that a man’s actions spoke clearly of the care he held in his heart, and that a person truly in love would never do what he was doing to me.Once the photoshoot was done, Harry noticed that I had not thrown a tantrum and was pleased with
When I stepped into my bedroom, I was overwhelmed by the heavy rose fragrance in the air. A few hours of absence had turned it into a completely different place. A third toothbrush had appeared on the bathroom countertop that used to belong to just me and Harry. Joanna’s stuff also was on my vanity table.She walked into the room and stood beside me with a smile.“My tenancy at my previous place was over. Harry said that there was still plenty of room in the house, so he invited me to stay here for now! The housekeeper has yet to clean the guest room, so I moved my things into yours. I didn’t touch any of your belongings. You don’t mind me sleeping in your room for a few days, do you?”I turned to look at Harry, who seemed unbothered.He said, “The housekeeper will come over tomorrow afternoon, so she’ll just be in the room for one night!”I could not contain my laughter, which made Harry glare at me angrily. “What are you laughing about?”I looked down and shook my head before s







