Chapter 2

After Brandon said that, the crowd was shocked.

Howard and Jessica frowned. Jessica said sternly, “Brandon, we know Sadie’s character very well. She wouldn’t do this.”

Brandon continued his accusation through clenched teeth.

“In order to seduce Sadie, Conrad even drugged himself.

“He even hurt himself to threaten Sadie, so she would stay in the room with him.

“Look at him all drenched and bloodied. I’m telling the truth!”

The guests’ discussions immediately turned into vicious curses.

“Oh my God, this is too shameless. His fiancee is just outside, and he dares to seduce the bride?”

“He looks like he’s a good man. I didn’t expect him to be such a horrible person!”

The other groomsmen immediately rushed forward and grabbed my collar. Then, they pressed me against the floor.

“What a creep! How dare you seduce a bride? You don’t deserve to be Brandon’s groomsman!”

They tore my thin shirt apart and spat on me.

I kept shaking my head. I wanted to say that I was drugged, but they kept hitting me.

“Why are you still playing the victim? Did you say that you were drugged? I bet you’re the one who couldn’t control himself!”

I collapsed on the cold floor as my vision started to blur.

Through the crowd, I saw Aspen watching the scene unfold with cold eyes.

She did not say a word for me. When others tore my clothes apart, she looked away in disgust.

A pair of rough hands pushed the crowd away.

When Howard saw my bone-deep wound on my arm and cold water dripping off me, his face fell.

“Stop! He doesn’t look good.”

Jessica put her hand against my forehead and exclaimed, “He’s burning up! Call the ambulance!”

Brandon tried to stop them, but I could no longer hold on. I succumbed to the darkness.

While I was unconscious, I had a long dream.

In my dream, I was at the school’s field. Aspen was holding my hand and smiling sweetly.

Brandon was there too.

Aspen said, “Conrad, Brandon once saved my life. I’ll always treat him as my younger brother, but I will only love you.”

I believed her, so when Aspen treated Brandon well, I never complained.

I tolerated her sending supper to Brandon in the middle of the night and spending every festival with him.

However, she sent me to another woman’s bed because of him.

When I woke up, I was in a private hospital. There was no one around me.

The nurse told me that Howard and Jessica had paid for my medical expenses.

“Mr. Smith, there was a dangerous cocktail of drugs in your body, and it may cause nerve damage.

“Besides, there are twenty stitches on your arm. You have to be careful.”

The nurse paused. “Do you want to call the police?”

I stared at the white ceiling as tears streamed down my cheeks and into the pillow. “Forget about it.”

If I called the police, it meant that I had to burn the bridges with Aspen completely.

To me, I still had a glimmer of hope that she only did it because she had not thought it through.

However, when I returned to our marriage home with my wounds, I was hit by reality.

As I stood at the entrance, I saw Brandon’s suit on my couch.

Besides, their underwear was scattered across the room.

I could hear their disgusting moans coming from the bedroom.

I opened the door and saw the most disgusting scene I had ever seen in my life.

Aspen was entangled with Brandon on the bed that we shared.