All Chapters of A Fairytale's End: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

9 Chapters

Chapter 1

Sienna signaled her bodyguards to pull Lance away and gripped my icy hand.“Let’s continue.”“Time to put on the ring.”She handed me the velvet ring box. Her gaze was calm and unreadable.Lance, dragged across the floor, was still screaming at the top of his lungs.“Sienna! I won’t allow you to marry him with our child inside you!”“You said you felt nothing but gratitude for Zach Quiroz! Why are you insisting on marrying him?!”Nothing but gratitude.Those words felt like a rusted saw, cutting back and forth across my heart.I looked at Sienna and said with a trembling voice, “Don’t you have anything to explain?”She avoided my gaze, her eyes scanning the whispering friends and family gathered below.“Let’s finish the proposal first. People are watching.”She knew perfectly well how many eyes were on us.I was being humiliated in front of everyone. My reputation was torn to shreds, a crown of shame placed upon me, and she wouldn't even give me a single explanation.Lanc

Chapter 2

Three years ago, Sienna made a comeback thanks to a single movie.Lance crawled back into her life, shameless as ever.When Sienna refused to reconcile, he tried to run her over.I pushed her out of the way, got caught under the car myself, my insides shredded. I died on the operating table more than once before they managed to pull me back.When I woke, Sienna was holding my hand, sobbing so violently it tore at my heart.She swore that she would make him pay for what he had done if she ever saw Lance again in this lifetime.Now, he had hurt me again, and she was choosing to protect him with her own body.I picked up my phone and sent him a message:[You win. Give me three days to settle things here, and then I’ll go back.]It did not matter.I did not have to marry Sienna.…The emergency room was a blur. The doctor was wrapping up my wounds.Sienna burst in, storming past the nurses like a whirlwind.She looked at me. My face was pale, battered, and scolded me,“Zach!

Chapter 3

Since then, that old house had become a silent, unspoken boundary between Sienna and me.After she rose to fame, she had the best cleaning crew come every month to maintain it, keeping it spotless.Every holiday, she would accompany me back, lighting incense for my mother. She would share a quiet meal with me in that cold, empty house.She said it was about keeping my mother’s company. It seemed I would be the only one paying my respects at this mid-autumn festival.I had not even reached the door when a harsh crash echoed through the air.My chest tightened. I ran inside and saw several workers swinging sledgehammers at the walls.“Stop!”I shouted and stormed in.The house was a wreck. Furniture was smashed to splinters.Lance stood amidst the ruins, seizing my mother's ancestral tablet and smashing it to the ground.Crack! The tablet shattered into pieces.He was not satisfied. He stomped on my mother’s black-and-white portrait, grinding it into the floor.“Zach, loo

Chapter 4

”You look good in that suit, but not as good as me.”“Did you know? Sienna had it custom-made to my measurements from the start. She’d been waiting for me to come back and marry her.”I had spent over half a year meticulously planning this wedding.The lead role was not mine from the very beginning.On the wedding day, two bodyguards pinned me in place at the venue.Sienna appeared in the wedding gown I had chosen for her. It was stunning enough to take my breath away.She lifted the hem of her dress and gracefully twirled. Happiness was written all over her face.“Zach, do I look beautiful?”“I can’t give you a wedding, but the first eyes to see me in this gown are yours.”She crouched to reach for my hand.I coldly pulled my hand back.“The one you’re marrying isn’t me. It’s Lance.”Lance was jealous. He reached out and pulled Sienna into his arms.“Why’d you make him do this? Sienna, I won’t be happy if this ceremony isn’t flawless.”She looked torn, glancing back and

Chapter 5

A thunderous shout ripped through the grand hall like a bolt of lightning.Guests whipped their heads around.A figure strode in against the light. Dozens of black-suited bodyguards trailed behind him. An intimidating force filled the room.“Is that Sebastian of the Stone Corporation?”“Oh goodness, he’s the CEO of the top-tier Stone family! How is he even here?”“I thought the Stone family’s headquarters were still in England?”Amid the murmurs and gasps, Sebastian waved his hand impatiently. His bodyguards sprang into action.They charged onto the stage, roughly shoving aside the two bodyguards trying to restrain me.They pushed my wheelchair through the stunned crowd straight to Sebastian.He looked down at me with furrowed brows. “Great. I thought my only cousin was dead.”Sienna hurriedly lifted her gown and tried to rush forward, but one sharp glance from Sebastian froze her in place.She stared at me. There was panic and confusion in her eyes.“Zach, what’s going on

Chapter 6

I stayed silent for a long time before I finally spoke. My voice was hoarse and unfamiliar.“The house my mother left me is still in Sienna’s hands.”“Can you help me to get it back?”Sebastian shot me a glare full of barely contained frustration.“My aunt’s property? Don’t worry. I’ll get every last bit back for you. No need for you to fret.”He pushed a glass of whiskey toward me.“I’m just afraid once your wounds heal, you’ll forget the pain.”“The moment that woman sheds another tear, you’ll soften again.”I lifted the glass and downed it in one go.The burning liquid scorched my throat and stomach, yet I felt relieved.“I’m not a fool.”“I won’t cling to her even after getting betrayed like this.”“Ha, you never know.”Sebastian smirked, mercilessly pulling apart my vulnerabilities.“You’re hopelessly love-struck, remember?”“When grandpa asked you to return to the Stone family and inherit your mother’s shares… What did you say?”“You said you only wanted to be wit

Chapter 7

I thanked him sincerely.“Zach! Why did you block me?”Sienna stood in the doorway. Her face was haggard and pale. There were dark circles under her eyes.When she saw me, her eyes lit up, but the words that followed were sharp with accusation.“Do you know how miserable I’ve been these past few days? I can’t oversee anything without you!”I turned my wheelchair to face her. I gave her a cold look.“Sienna, there’s nothing left between us to talk about, except as enemies.”Her eyes reddened. She stepped closer. Her voice trembled.“No, Zach, I’ve always loved you!”“Lance was just an accident! If you really care…”She took a deep breath, as though summoning all her courage.“I can get rid of the child. We can go back to the way we were, okay?”“Oh? And now you conveniently forget your promises to Lance?”I looked at her with biting sarcasm. “Or do you think I suddenly became more valuable again?“So, my family name makes me better than that loser Lance, huh?”“That’s not

Chapter 8

I thought it was over. I really did. However, Sienna always had a way of turning things into something far more insane.It was Sebastian who slid a phone across the table to me.“You need to see this.”The screen showed Sienna’s live stream.She stood on the hospital rooftop, dressed in an oversized patient gown. The wind whipped her hair into a tangled mess. She was gaunt. Her face was as pale as paper. She was crying so hard her voice cracked and tore.“Zach, I know I was wrong! I really know I was wrong!”“Please forgive me. Pull me back again!”“You were the one who dragged me out of hell, you promised you’d always protect me!”“Ten years, our ten years together, was it all a lie?”The live comments exploded.[Sienna, calm down! Use your words and explain yourself!][Scumbag! You drove her to this! Zach, what kind of man are you?!][My heart hurts for Sienna. Something this huge happened, and her boyfriend’s nowhere to be seen!]When Sienna saw the flood of support f

Chapter 9

I could not hold back anymore. I was sobbing uncontrollably.Even though I had heard it before, listening to that whole sequence again made it impossible to breathe.Tears poured down, mixed with a storm of rage.I fixed my gaze on the stunned woman on the screen.“Sienna!”“My mom treated you better than anyone!”“You broke your leg, your own mother abandoned you, and it was my mom who took you in.”“She cared for you like her own daughter, made you soups, stayed by your side during rehab!”“She gave you the motherly love you lacked the most and this is how you repay her?!”“How could you do this?!”Every accusation was a knife twisting in my own heart.It shattered whatever defenses Sienna had left.[What?! A murderer?!][Oh my god, this woman is pure evil! You’re feeding a snake that’s about to strike!][I actually felt sorry for her. Just kill her already!][Police! Arrest her! People like her should be taken out!]Sienna stared at the barrage of insults on the scre

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