All Chapters of Wastime Time and the Bellflower: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The color drained from Clementine Knaupper's face as she cried out, "No way! Have you forgotten how important our arranged marriage is to us?"I clenched my fist and had to force the tears from coming out as I calmly met her gaze."Fine, I'll let you take your pick."Option one. We call off the engagement, and you'll marry him instead. You will pay what you owe me according to what is stated in the original engagement contract."Option two, you get rid of the baby and cut things off with him for good. We can still proceed with the engagement on the condition that I get to amend some of the terms."Clementine froze. She looked at me like she was looking at a stranger."Luke Everett, what are you talking about?" Her voice dropped several decibels and became filled with equal disbelief and anger. "How could you be so heartless?"How can you make me abort the baby when you know I have health issues? How am I supposed to live with it for the rest of my life?"I looked at the woman w

Chapter 2

I looked at her.Her eyes were frayed with red. I could tell she was anxious.I suddenly had an impression that she looked like a stranger."Alright. One week." With that, I grabbed my coat and walked out."Luke!" She called out after me, but I didn’t turn around.It was raining outside. I got into the car, then I looked at my reflection using the rearview mirror. My eyes were red and swollen, but there was a sharp look of clarity in my eyes.In that instant, I suddenly realized how meaningless it all was: the engagement, the relationship, all of it. The woman I had loved for the last seven years of my life had made a joke out of me.It was all too meaningless.Three days later, it was my birthday.My family threw me a birthday party. They invited our business partners, as well as the mutual friends I shared with Clementine.Over the years, Clementine and I made it a tradition to share the first dance."Luke, where’s Clementine?" Mom asked softly. Her eyes were glazed with w

Chapter 3

Mom froze.I looked calmly into her eyes."Didn’t Miss Keegan from Hafort mention an engagement with me in the past? I’m interested."Mom stared at me for what seemed like ages before releasing an exhausted sigh, "Have you thought about it thoroughly?""Yes."My phone vibrated again. It was Clementine who had sent me a stream of messages, but I did not open them.Her name, which was once capable of stirring all kinds of emotions within me, was nothing but an insignificant symbol displayed on the screen now.It had been seven years. It was time to move on.By the fifth day, I had yet to see any tangible outcome of Clementine "settling matters". Instead, all I received was a visit from Stanley himself.He had somehow found out where I live and had shown up at my front door with his eyes visibly red and swollen from crying."Mr. Everett, I beg you…" He got on his knees."Mr. Everett, the baby is innocent. The doctor said that if Clementine gets an abortion, it will be very diff

Chapter 4

The airbags deployed instantly like a bomb going off. The smell of gunpowder came rushing into my nose.The car was overturned, leaving me hanging upside down with blood streaming down my forehead and dripping onto the roof of the car.Meanwhile, someone was punching at the car window.“Sir! Sir, are you alright?”I tried to speak, but no voice came out. My left arm was throbbing with pain. I must have broken a bone.When the rescuers pulled me out, I realized I had been hit by a car. The other car driver's door was pried open, and soon, a young man was helped out.It was Stanley. He did not seem to have sustained serious injuries.While I was lifted onto the stretcher, my left arm was bent at an unnatural angle. I could hear the paramedics shouting urgently.“It seems like a bone fracture. There could be internal bleeding. Hurry up!”When I was being rushed down the hospital corridor, I was blinded by the lights overhead. I was wheeled into the emergency room.The doctor tol

Chapter 5

The plane landed in Hafort around two in the afternoon.Streaks of sunlight spilling through the glass dome of the arrival hall blinded my eyes.I squinted and dragged my suitcase with my uninjured hand. The cast on my left arm felt especially heavy.When I got to the exit, I spotted someone holding a sign spelling my name, so I approached them.The man holding the sign was a young man dressed in a black suit. He greeted me courteously. "Mr. Everett, Miss Keegan requested me to pick you up. The car is right outside."I followed him out of the airport.Before getting in the car, I glanced back at the terminal. I was now thousands of kilometers away from Ambrough, but her face would not stop flashing across my mind.I shook my head to brush off the thought before entering the car.The driver took me to downtown Hafort.The climate in Hafort was warmer than in Ambrough. I saw rows of trees I had never seen before lining the streets, and there was a damp, salty smell lingering in

Chapter 6

There were hundreds of unread messages.I read the latest ones."Luke, where are you?""Luke, I was wrong. Please come back.""I received the agreement to annul the engagement. I’m not signing it. It’s never going to happen.""I went to your family to look for you. Your Dad says you’re in Hafort. What are you doing over there?""Luke, quit scaring me…""Are you there to see Juniper Keegan? Do you know her? How could you trust her?""Luke, I'm going to Hafort tomorrow. Wait for me."The latest text was from this afternoon."I’m in Hafort right now. Which hotel are you at? Tell me so we can talk in person."I stared at the screen for ages. Then, I switched it off again before tossing it back to the bedside table.I heard the sound of waves crashing against something outside the window. I shut my eyes.She should manage to track me down by tomorrow. Given her resources, I was sure she could manage it.Fine, I would meet her. I would tell her everything that needed to be said

Chapter 7

I took a deep breath. "Clementine, I’m done knocking."With that, I shut the door.She stayed outside for a long time. I heard her knocking and calling my name until her voice turned sore. Eventually, it turned into choking sobs.Still, I did not open the door.Juniper invited me to dinner with her the same evening. We went to the rooftop restaurant at the hotel. It boasted a panoramic view of Hafort’s skyline at night.When I arrived, she was already there."Is your hand feeling better?" she asked."Much better."As she proceeded to pour me tea, I noted how delicate her movements were."I heard Clementine is here," she spoke calmly.I nodded."Did you see her?""Yes.""What did she say?""She begged me to go back."Juniper picked up her teacup but did not look at me when she asked, "What did you think of it?"I turned to look at the city at night. Thousands of lights, and yet not one of them was mine. "I’m not getting back with her. What’s done is done, there’s no use

Chapter 8

When I looked at Stanley, I felt surprisingly calm deep down."I know she loves me, but love isn’t all that there is."He froze."She may love me, but she loves herself more. The fact that she loves me is the reason she thinks I would forgive her, no matter how she treats me. It’s the reason she takes my patience for granted." I fixed a look at him. "Stanley. I want you to know that I never resented you."He looked up at me."You’re only twenty-two. You’re a young man who used the wrong approach to love someone. But it’s not the same in her case. She was the one who was supposed to protect me, but she ended up pushing me away."Stanley cried.I handed him a tissue. "You should go. Don’t do something like this ever again."He nodded before turning to leave.I watched as his figure disappeared into the crowd.Soon, my phone rang. It was a text from Juniper. "Are you free tonight? I’d like to take you somewhere."I replied, "Sure."That evening, she drove to pick me up.We dr

Chapter 9

I looked at her. She was the woman who had once sworn to spend her life with me.I had known her for the past seven years.I had seen her at her best and at her worst. I knew what she was like when she was flourishing and when she was worn out.But now, she looked like a stranger to me."Clementine, go home.""I won’t!""Go." I shut the door in her face. "And don’t come back."She wailed for a long time before the security came to take her away.The same night, Juniper came to have dinner with me."Is she gone?" she asked.I nodded."Are you sad?"I thought for a moment before shaking my head. "No, I’m not. It just feels… like I just took off a coat that I have been wearing for many years. I’m not used to how it feels, but it doesn’t feel bad."She looked gently at me. "Luke, can I ask you a question?""Go ahead.""Would you say yes if I proposed to date you now?"I was caught off guard.She chuckled. "Just kidding. I know you need time.""Juniper," I suddenly blurted

Chapter 10

She stopped sending me texts after that.Last I heard, she went back to Ambrough. She seemed not to be coping very well after Stanley left.However, it was none of my business anymore. What’s in the past should stay in the past.I had spent the last seven years of my life knocking on that door. I was not going to look back.A year later, it was spring in Hafort. The flowers had bloomed earlier than expected.My wedding with Juniper was set for May. We were going to get married in a small chapel by the sea. We did not invite many guests. It was just going to be our families and some close friends in attendance.A few days before the wedding, I received a letter. It was from an anonymous sender. My name was written on the cover.Upon opening it, its only contents were a picture. It was a picture of Clementine and me on my eighteenth birthday. She was wearing a white dress, while I was dressed rather casually. We were both smiling happily.Written on the back of the picture was a

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