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No Tomorrow for Our Old Dreams

No Tomorrow for Our Old Dreams

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Oleh:  Drunken DumplingTamat
Bahasa: English
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Sinopsis

Tragic Love

Plot Twists

Bias

Hypocrisy

Winning Back the Wife

In the seventh year of my engagement with Nathan Galloway, he has inherited everything from his dead older brother, including his newly widowed sister-in-law, Catherine Wilkins. Whenever Nathan is done sleeping with Catherine, he'll hug me and comfort me gently. "Just wait for a little longer, Jojo. Once Cathy gets pregnant, we'll have our own wedding." This is the Galloways' only condition for Nathan to inherit the family's assets. In the six months following his return to Ravelton, Nathan has visited Catherine's room 52 times. He initially started off with just one visit per month. But slowly, the visits have been increasing to the point that he now visits her once every two days. Finally, when I spend my 52nd sleepless night sitting in my room and waiting for Nathan's return, I receive the news of Catherine's pregnancy. But at the same time, the news of Nathan and Catherine's upcoming marriage breaks out as well. "Mommy, is someone getting married in this household?" As I stare at the wedding decorations in the villa, I just pull my son, Theo Huber, into a hug with a blank expression. "Yeah. Your daddy is about to marry the woman he loves. That's why it's time for us to move out." What Nathan doesn't know is that we Melshes couldn't care less about marriage.

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Chapter 1
Joanne's POVAfter putting my son, Theo Galloway, to sleep, I tap into my phone and book the next flight back to Cloudingham.Unfortunately, it was peak season, and the next available flight was only in seven days.I stared at the date on the screen and found myself blanking out.February 14 was Valentine's Day and also the seventh anniversary of my engagement to my fiance, Nathan Galloway.It seemed like fate played a hand in me this time.I smiled bitterly. Maybe it was for the best. Maybe it was good that we started and ended on exactly the same day.A thick scent of gardenia suddenly enveloped me from behind, and Nathan's gentle voice sounded from the top of my head. "What are you looking at, Jojo?"I instinctively turned off my phone screen and said dismissively, "Just reading up some news on gemstones."It had only been half a year, but Catherine Wilkins' signature gardenia perfume was already practically marinated into Nathan's flesh by now.I pushed him away in disgus
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Chapter 2
Just as I had expected, Nathan never came home for the entire night. Yet, when I turned over and felt the cold on his side of the bed, I still couldn't stop my heart from aching.A series of rapid knocks sounded at the door, every knock louder than the last.I went over to answer the door, and Robert Wiley, the butler, simply glared at me with contempt."Mrs. Galloway Senior wants you to bring the kid to Galloway Manor."Marina Boyle, Nathan's grandmother, had never liked me and always looked down on me. No matter how much I explained things to her about my co-parenting arrangement with Nathan, she refused to accept it and simply treated me as a promiscuous prostitute who hated the idea of settling down.She also looked down on Theo.And since Nathan's family all treated me with disrespect, naturally, the butler and maids in the household also looked down on Theo and me.When I arrived at Galloway Manor, I realized that all of the Galloway relatives were also present.Nathan, w
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Chapter 3
I stared straight at Nathan and asked, "Is this what you want too, Nathan Galloway?"I then glanced at the series of hickeys littered all over Catherine's neck when she cocked her head at me. It felt like there were a million needles jabbing into my heart at that moment, making me numb with pain.The purple amethyst necklace had been Nathan's engagement gift to me.We'd met at the Cloudington Gemstone Conference back then, when we both laid our eyes on this amethyst at the same time. And on the day of our engagement, he personally wove the amethyst into a necklace with a leather cord and put it around my neck, vowing to love me for the rest of my life.I knew that Catherine had always been coveting it, asking Nathan for it time and time again, but he never gave it to her.This time, though, Nathan just averted his gaze when I stared at him, deliberation and guilt appearing in his eyes."If you don't—""Okay."I chuckled aloud as I yanked the necklace off and handed it to Cather
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Chapter 4
Joy immediately filled my heart. I showed Theo the text message on my phone and exclaimed, "Look, Teddy! Your dad remembered!"Theo, who'd been hanging his head earlier, snapped his head up as a huge, happy smile graced his lips."Daddy must have prepared a lot of presents for me, Mommy! Let's go! Hurry!"Theo was so excited with Nathan's response that he wouldn't stop chattering all the way there, wondering out loud what presents Nathan had probably prepared for him.However, as we reached Galloway Manor, the yard full of roses had my heart squeezing all of a sudden.This was not the typical birthday decoration for a kid's birthday party.However, Theo didn't seem to have noticed and excitedly tugged me into the venue. I had no choice but to follow him with a heavy heart, getting more and more anxious by the second.Nathan had better not have done anything that would completely destroy our relationship and render it unsalvageable.Theo caught sight of Nathan standing next to t
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Chapter 5
The guests were all in morbid shock.Nathan and Catherine also stood rooted to their spots, their expressions as dark as thunder.Yet, Theo was the only one who looked up to me like I was his hero."Mommy! That was so cool!"I picked him up and said to Nathan, "My deepest apologies, Mr. Galloway. Theo is just my child. He has absolutely nothing to do with the Galloway family."We will make a move now."A split second later, however, I was pinned to the floor by the bodyguards behind me.Catherine gritted her teeth as she yelled, "What do you think a place like Galloway Manor is? Somewhere you can just come and go as you please?"Beat the shit out of that woman and throw her out!"Swift, powerful punches were immediately dealt all over my body, and I could hear my bones cracking and popping in every joint. Theo burst into tears and tried to crawl toward me, but I would push him away every time through gritted teeth.I looked at Nathan through the crowd. He looked very slightly
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Chapter 6
Third-person POVNathan listened to the cold dial tone on the phone, his brows furrowed. He impatiently urged his driver, Edgar Duffy, to hurry up."Can't you drive faster than this? It's not like the Galloways can't afford to pay the fine for running a couple of red lights!"Edgar wiped away the sweat on his forehead and said, his smile awkward, "It's not that I don't want to hurry, Mr. Galloway, but there are just too many people on the road today because of Valentine's Day! Can't you see that the traffic is just horrible?""Wait, it's Valentine's Day today?"Nathan echoed in complete shock.It was supposed to be the anniversary of his engagement to Joanne Huber that day, but he'd forgotten all about it.He'd thought that he would just go home to her after the wedding today to comfort her as usual. He'd come up with all sorts of reasons and excuses for her, but he never thought that Joanne and Theo would have already left him before he had the chance to say them.The other dr
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Chapter 7
Joanne's POVAfter reaching the company, Nathan flopped onto the couch as he scrolled through the chat history with me.Our chat messages in the past six months were few and far between. Most of them were from me, asking him if he'd eaten and if he'd had a good night's sleep.And every time he went into Catherine's room, I would never reply to any of his messages the following day, as if I was venting my anger and frustration at him like this.The number of messages between us got fewer and fewer, and up to one week ago, I'd stopped asking him about his day altogether.Nathan sat up on the couch, feeling bothered as he frowned.The messages from the past week could all fit on the screen.There had only been a total of three.The first two messages were from two days ago, when I asked him if he was going to be attending Theo's birthday party.He suddenly realized that I had indeed reminded him about it, but he forgot about everything right afterward. He even thought that Theo h
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Chapter 8
Third-person POVThe car spun to a stop right in front of the villa.Nathan got down from the car, straightened his clothes, and put on his usual poker face.He thought to himself that he didn't mind coaxing Joanne again this time, but he was still going to put her in her place no matter what and teach her a lesson.She should never even have thought about trying to run away from home with Theo, and she certainly should never do it again next time.He pushed the door open, waiting expectantly for her to run straight into his arms.However, when the person in his arms looked up at him, he realized that it was Catherine instead.She was on the verge of tears."Nate! Where have you been all day? I thought that you abandoned me and didn't want me anymore…"She then broke down in sobs.Nathan frowned hard. He'd never thought that Catherine could sound so naggy and noisy. He pushed her off in frustration and went straight upstairs."Jojo…"However, there was no sight of Joanne an
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Chapter 9
Joanne's POVThe passengers on the plane to Cloudingham were buzzing with gossip, saying that Nathan had run away from his wedding, leaving his bride at the altar.Nathan? Run away?But wasn't this the wedding of his dreams?"I heard that Nathan ran away to get back together with his ex-girlfriend!""Isn't his ex-girlfriend Catherine Wilkins? I'd heard a long time ago that they used to be lovers, and Catherine was the one who first abandoned him, making him escape to Cloudingham with a broken heart.""Haven't you been keeping up with his news? He found himself another girlfriend in Cloudingham! I heard that he even had a son with her!"I couldn't help laughing coldly when I heard that. Meanwhile, Theo took off his sleeping mask next to me and asked quietly, "Mommy, are they talking about Uncle Nate?"I put the sleeping mask back on him and said, "No, Teddy. You heard them wrongly. Go to sleep, alright? I will be right here."Theo ended up sleeping until it was time to leave th
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Chapter 10
The smiles on Theo's and my faces immediately disappeared as soon as we heard that Nathan was here.With how powerful and influential the Galloways were, I wasn't that surprised that he managed to find us so quickly.I dusted off the Melsh traditional clothing I was wearing and walked out, heading for the village entrance.Before I'd even reached the entrance, I could hear the mocking voices of the elderly ladies from afar."Wait, you're the man our Annie got engaged to? You don't look the least bit useful at all.""Yeah, exactly! He's not strong or tan, and he certainly isn't worth my second glance!""Really? Well, how many heifers would you pay for a man like him?""What? Heifers? I'm not paying more than a dozen eggs for someone like him, and that's me being extremely generous already!"Nathan's voice was cold and dark as he exclaimed, "How dare you women judge me like that like I'm an object! You're all out of your minds!"I don't want to argue with any of you. Go and tell
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