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Unlearning You

Unlearning You

By:  Washing WheatCompleted
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In the fifth year of my marriage to Raymond Lowe, Lilian Smith, the woman he had never been able to forget, returned. From that moment on, cracks began to form in our marriage. Raymond started breaking his promises. The first time was the day I won a major design award. He had promised to take me out and celebrate. Instead, a single phone call from Lilian was enough to make him leave. The second time was on my birthday. The candles had been lit, and I had not even made a wish yet when Lilian called. Once again, he walked out without hesitation. The third time was Valentine's Day. I sat alone in the private dining room I had reserved, waiting for Raymond for four hours. He never showed up. Later that night, I saw Lilian's post on social media. Raymond was with her, standing on a bridge beneath the stars. The fourth time was our wedding anniversary. That was the night I became the laughingstock of Liberty City. The humiliation was so public that there was not a single person in the city who did not know about it. I sat alone in a nursing home that evening when a message from Lilian appeared on my phone. After reading it, I walked into the operating room without looking back and terminated the pregnancy. In that moment, I also took back the love I had once given Raymond. Raymond, it was only because I loved you that you were able to hurt me again and again. However, the moment I stopped loving you, you became nothing to me.

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Chapter 1

Chapter 1

The painless abortion did not hurt at all.

The moment the anesthetic took effect and I was laid on the operating table, exhaustion pulled me under. Within seconds, I slipped into a heavy, dreamless sleep.

Just before consciousness faded completely, I heard the doctor sigh.

"She looks so glamorous on the surface, but she's actually pitiful."

A nurse let out a dismissive laugh.

"Pitiful? What's there to pity? The person who isn't loved in a marriage is the real mistress. Annie stole Lilian's love. She's getting exactly what she deserves."

Deserves it?

Maybe I did.

After all, what had happened the night before was no longer a secret.

By now, everyone in Liberty City knew.

Everyone knew that I, Annie, was the wife Raymond Lowe had never truly loved.

Everyone knew I was the obstacle standing between Raymond and Lilian Smith's great love story.

Last night, Raymond had made sure no one would ever forget it.

In front of an entire ballroom filled with Liberty City's elite, he humiliated me in the cruelest way possible.

Yesterday had been our fifth wedding anniversary. It had also marked the ninetieth day of my pregnancy.

For weeks, Raymond had personally arranged every detail of the celebration. In the five years of our marriage, it was the first time he had ever gone to such lengths for me and, for a while, I had foolishly allowed myself to believe things were changing.

The banquet was lavish.

The guest list included nearly every influential figure in Liberty City.

Dressed in a custom-made gown, I entered the ballroom holding Raymond's arm. Beside me stood the man everyone admired — handsome, polished and effortlessly distinguished.

A towering ten-tier wedding cake was wheeled into the center of the hall as champagne flowed freely and the orchestra filled the room with music. The atmosphere was perfect, every detail unfolding exactly as planned.

At least, it was until Lilian arrived.

The moment I saw her walk through the ballroom doors, I knew the celebration was over.

Lilian was my cousin.

Five years before this, she had been the woman everyone expected Raymond to marry.

Back then, they had been the golden couple of the University of Liberty City. Raymond was the campus heartthrob, while Lilian was the undisputed beauty queen. Their relationship had been public, passionate and impossible to ignore.

Raymond had done countless outrageous things for her. He once lit up the tallest skyscraper in Liberty City with a declaration of love. For her birthday, he arranged an entire drone fireworks show.

Once, simply because she wanted to see them, he spent an entire night catching a thousand fireflies by hand.

Their romance had been the kind people talked about for years. To everyone around them, they were inevitable. No one had ever doubted that they would end up together.

Then, five years ago, everything fell apart without warning.

They broke up. Lilian left the country and, not long afterward, Raymond married me.

Me.

The ugly duckling no one had expected him to choose.

Now, after all those years, she was back.

Wearing a dress identical to mine and balancing effortlessly on eight-inch heels, Lilian walked toward us with the confidence of someone who had never once doubted she belonged.

A glass of wine rested loosely in her hand and a brilliant smile illuminated her breathtaking face.

"Happy fifth wedding anniversary, Mr. Lowe and Annie," she said warmly. "And congratulations on the baby."

As soon as she spoke, I felt Raymond's hand tighten around my arm.

The movement was subtle, almost imperceptible to anyone watching. The message behind it, however, was impossible to miss.

Lilian simply smiled and lifted her glass as if nothing had happened. Just as the rim touched her lips, Raymond suddenly let go of my arm and stepped forward.

"Lilian." His voice carried an urgency I had never heard him use for me. "You're not well. You can't drink."

Without hesitation, he took the glass from her hand.

The next second, Lilian swayed. As though losing her balance, she stumbled neatly into his arms.

I stood beside the enormous wedding cake, watching the scene unfold.

Watching my husband hold another woman as if she were the only person in the room.

The ballroom had fallen silent and every guest was staring, yet Raymond seemed completely unaware, or perhaps he simply did not care.

Lowering his head, he spoke to Lilian in a voice so gentle that it made my chest ache.

As he looked at her, there was a tenderness in his eyes I knew all too well. It was the look of a man protecting something precious, something fragile, something he cherished above all else.

Lilian pouted and leaned closer, whispering something into his ear.

After a brief exchange, Raymond finally looked up and walked toward me.

"Annie," he said, "I'm taking Lilian home. I'll be back soon."

A faint smile touched my lips. Whether I agreed or not no longer mattered. The intimacy between them had already humiliated me far more thoroughly than any slap ever could.

The banquet was over and so was my dignity.

Raymond wrapped an arm around Lilian's waist and guided her toward the exit.

They almost reached the door, then Lilian suddenly stopped.

After a brief pause, she turned around and walked back toward me.

"Annie," she said softly, guilt filling her expression, "I'm sorry for interrupting your party."

She lowered her gaze. "I'm really sorry."

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