บททั้งหมดของ Ghosts of What We Had: บทที่ 11 - บทที่ 20

Wendy felt as though she had been struck by lightning. The niggling feeling she had based on what she noticed thus far had finally been proven right. I was indeed breaking up with her!But why?We were supposed to get married today, and she knew that was something I'd dreamed of for two decades. How could I possibly bear to give up on our relationship?Amid her flurried thoughts, a memory of my eerily calm expression before she last left the house emerged in her head. It looked like I had something to say to her, but she had been too rushed to check on Harvey at the hospital, so she didn't listen to me.Just before closing the door, she spotted me sitting on the couch. My expression was devoid of both joy over our impending marriage and rage over her hurrying off to see Harvey. I looked completely calm and still.She now wondered if I'd been planning to ask for a breakup last night.Wendy fell weakly onto the couch, her mind a mess. Her phone, which she left on the coffee table,

With no time to think of anything else, I quickly composed myself, took a deep breath, and opened the door.It had been five years since I last saw Professor Kelley. I could see that he had a few more gray hairs now. As I recalled how I ignored his requests for me to stay and left with Wendy, I couldn't help but feel ashamed of myself.Meanwhile, Professor Kelley was staring at me as well. He'd thought the most highly of me, but I'd also made choices that saddened him the most. What was there for him to say? All he did was sigh."Since you're here now, you should put all your focus into doing research with me."Suppressing my surging emotions, I nodded firmly.Professor Kelley made no further mention of anything else. He simply waved us off, telling Cecily to show me to the dorm where I could leave my things.Once I got to my dorm room, I set my backpack down and lay on the bed at once, exhaling comfortably as I did.Since last night, the only sleep I got was a short nap during

Ian couldn't believe Wendy would forget such a monumental incident. He felt even more indignant on my behalf and even more disdainful of Wendy."My, my. What a busy woman you are that you even forgot something as significant as what happened that night on New Year's Day six years ago. Not only did you not even thank Nathan for what he did, but you're even treating him like this now!" Ian huffed.The more he spoke, the more indignant he became. He talked about all the sacrifices I'd silently made for Wendy throughout the last two decades, including what happened that perilous night six years ago. He even got his phone and showed her a photo of me being hospitalized after the incident back then.Wendy wasn't sure how she managed to leave Ian's house. She was in a complete daze, feeling like her world had fallen apart. The sky had come crashing down. Everything was dark, and there was no light to be found.According to her memories, it was Harvey who had saved her that night six years

Wendy arranged for an abortion that very day. Upon hearing the news, the Sniders rushed to the hospital and caused a scene, saying the hospital killed the only grandchild they could ever have. Alas, Wendy had signed the consent form for the abortion herself.The hospital called the police, who took the Sniders away for causing a public disturbance.Wendy paid no attention to anything involving the Sniders. Refusing to accept that she had lost me just like that, she went to Ian's house and began hounding him about my whereabouts once more.At Ian's continued silence, Wendy started camping out at his house every day. After a few days, having had enough of her pestering, Ian finally said I'd left Rockshire to join a research lab. Nevertheless, he refused to tell her where the research lab was.Wendy and I attended the same college, so she immediately thought of Professor Kelley. After getting in touch with many of our old college friends, she finally found out that Professor Kelley ha

Wendy was standing right outside the private dining room Ian had booked. Just moments ago, she had gone to the washroom specifically to touch up her makeup.She was having a meal at the restaurant too. Who would've thought she'd run into me here? Since she knew I was here, she couldn't wait until another day before seeing me. Thus, she rushed off to the washroom to freshen up a bit before coming over to the room.Before opening the door, she had imagined what my reaction would be. Perhaps I would still be upset and refuse to forgive her. Or maybe I'd moved on from the past and merely considered her a friend now. Nevertheless, she thought she could accept it, no matter what I thought of her now.Wendy had full faith that as long as she saw me, she'd be able to reignite my love for her.The only possibility she never considered was that I might already have a girlfriend and was even about to get married soon.Thus, when she heard the word "fiancee", she felt as though someone had po