The Northern Wind Couldn't Keep Me

Sam Anderson's smile froze when he saw me distributing my wedding invitations.

He glanced at Theo George, whose expression darkened as he sat in the corner, and questioned me in disbelief.

"Emma, you must be joking, right?

"Back then, everyone knew that you're Theo's girlfriend. Even though you guys broke up over the altered college applications, you loved him so much back then.

"How could you possibly end up marrying someone else?"

He could barely speak. It was as if he had just heard the most mindboggling fact in history.

The other classmates also voiced up.

"That's right, stop joking around. Theo's going to be mad."

"Theo didn't marry for so many years because he's waiting for you. Emma, you can't be this cruel."

Every one of them tried to persuade me.

They told me not to joke about it.

Theo did not say a word, but he was staring intently at me, as if he was warning me to stop joking around.

No one truly believed that I was really going to get married.

Just like ten years ago, no one believed Theo would secretly change my college application because of the newcomer, Lily Smith.

We had agreed to attend North University together. He altered my college application to South University, which was thousands of miles away from home.

No one could believe that he did that to me.

Everyone treated it as a joke.

Ten years ago, during our first class reunion after the final examinations, I had arrived half an hour late due to the traffic jam.

When I went into the private room, I heard my first boyfriend, Theo, flaunting to Lily.

"I've done as you said and secretly altered Emma's college application. Once she receives her offer, she will go to South University. Both of us will go to North University.

"We'll be on the opposite ends of the country. You won't have to worry about her anymore."

My mind had immediately gone blank.

I had grown up with Theo, and he had repeatedly told our parents that he would marry me when we were older.

In our first year of high school, he confessed his feelings to me.

We agreed to go to North University together. In order to go to the same university as him, I was even willing to drop my favorite subject, arts.

Everyone thought that we would get married after we graduated college.

However, he secretly altered my college application because of Lily, who had just transferred to our school last semester.

I gaped, yet no voice came out of my dry throat.

However, everyone started cheering in the private room.

"Way to go, Theo!"

"In order to date Lily, you even left your childhood lover behind."

"Actually, I wanted to say this for a really long time, who does Emma think she is? Just because she has good grades and knew Theo for a long time, she's always meddling into other people's business. I hate girls who don't have any boundaries."

"That's right. She can't compare to Lily, who's beautiful and kind."

"Nonsense!"

Lily said sweetly and leaned against Theo's embrace. Her expression was delighted, yet she sighed.

"It's just too bad I transferred so late."

"So what? Theo still chose you."

Our art class rep, Fiona Brown, teased her.

Lily blushed and put her head on Theo's shoulder.

Theo smiled lovingly. Then, he reminded them, "Keep this to yourselves and don't tell anyone else. Tomorrow's the college application deadline. I don't want anything to go wrong.

"Besides…"

He paused and smirked.

"Let me think of how to pacify her. After all, Emma's a cry-baby. We're going to get married in the future anyway. It's not good to let our parents know about this."