บททั้งหมดของ The Stars Align for Us to Say Goodbye: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

"Alice, Luke has treated you really well all these years. Are you sure you never once felt anything for him?" Miranda Green, the friend of my fiancee, Alice Moore, asked her.My breathing stalled when Alice didn't answer right away. For those brief two seconds, I felt an absurd dash of hope. Perhaps…"Nope," Alice responded decisively. "Cole Jenkins has always been the only man I loved."The hope that bubbled up inside of me popped.Miranda seemed to have more to say. She sounded worried when she said, "You're seriously playing with fire right now. Aren't you worried that things might blow up in your face? To think that you pulled something like this right before the wedding. Luke and the Sheltons must be humiliated! Luke's parents—""Humiliated? Well, he deserves it!" Alice snapped shrilly, her voice laced with venom. "You have no idea how awful it is to be with a man as controlling as Luke! He tries to stick his nose into everything I do and meddle in every part of my life. I fe

"What the hell are you trying to imply, huh, Luke?" Alice shrieked hysterically. "Don't even think for a second that I can't live without you! You know what? I'm not going to be a part of this wedding! It's over between us!"She acted as if she truly had nothing to lose and had made up her mind to end our relationship. Even though her voice was shaky, there was a hint of exhilaration in it as well.The fact that she'd spat out that ultimatum with such careless indifference completely chilled me to the bone. In her eyes, our impending marriage was something so insignificant that she could cast it aside without a care in the world."Fine." I calmly nodded back at her. "Since you're so unwilling to be with me, you can move out of the house right away."Alice's breathing hitched. My unusual reaction made her uneasy. But in the end, out of spite, she grabbed her handbag and stormed out of the house without looking back.As I stared at the mess on the floor, I felt completely drained.

Feeling rather frantic as she sat in the cab, Alice began spamming me with calls, but they all went unanswered. She only ever heard a robotic voice telling her that the number could not be reached at the moment.She was on the brink of a meltdown when her phone screen lit up. Thinking that I was returning her calls, she hastily accepted the call and cried out, "Luke—"However, it was her mother's shrill voice that blared through the phone."Alice! What the hell is going on? Why are they stopping our entire family from entering the hotel? And why aren't you the bride?"Mr. Moore, Alice's father, who only cared about personal gain, snatched the phone away from Mrs. Moore and snapped, "Did you piss Luke off again? I told you long ago that your job is to keep him happy!"You've already let some other man sleep with you first. Why are you still so blind to what you should be doing? Well, look what you've done. You've humiliated our entire family!"Her parents' rebukes drenched her li

Throughout the entire video, not once did Alice show the slightest attempt to struggle or break away from Cole. There was no sign that she'd been abducted or taken against her will.The timestamp in the lower right corner of the video clearly showed that the footage was from the day Alice had supposedly been "sexually assaulted".The crowd was in an uproar again. Everyone bore varying looks of confusion, shock, and contempt.Alice's sobbing stopped abruptly as the color drained from her face."This was edited! The video's fake! You're loaded, Luke. I'm sure you can create any kind of video you want! This was fabricated! This is slander!"She alternated between pointing at the screen and at me, her eyes filled with both fear and the unwillingness to accept this situation.The live stream chat instantly descended into chaos as well."Holy crap! What kind of plot twist is this?""Well, I knew it. There's no way Luke Shelton's the kind of man she said he was. This is wild.""I fee

I knew it would be pointless to attempt to reason with her. There was no way she'd listen to me. I marched over to the phone and called the security office. "Hello. Please send a few security guards to my house. Someone is trespassing."Alice panicked when she heard me calling for security. She cried out in despair, "You seriously don't want me anymore? You once said that you'd never abandon me no matter what I do!"That familiar promise sounded nothing but ironic to me now. My heart was as cold as ice as I looked at her tearful expression.Sneering, I remarked, "I think it's important for everyone to at least have some principles, Alice. Didn't you think I was being too controlling toward you? Well, you're free now. Why aren't you happy?"She opened her mouth to argue, but I couldn't be bothered to continue talking to her. Just then, two security guards arrived. They stood on both sides of her, each grabbing one of her arms."Let go of me! I'm Mrs. Shelton! I'm Luke's wife!"She