All Chapters of Tenth Delayed Wedding: I Finally Set You Free: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

"Edison, wait for me. I'm on my way. I'll be there soon." Katherine Winston ended the call before I finished speaking. I looked at the hotel staff awkwardly. "My girlfriend will be here soon. Could I have a little more time? Once she gets here, we'll go through the wedding rehearsal as soon as possible."The hotel staff smiled courteously at me and said hesitantly, "Apologies, sir, but your reservation for the hall has already gone ten minutes over. "The next couple is waiting to use the hall for their wedding rehearsal. I'm really sorry about this."My gaze drifted past him to the couple behind him. Seeing their impatient expressions, I forced an awkward smile and apologized. "It's my fault for holding things up. I'll pack up and go."A staff member from the wedding planning company followed me out of the hotel. "Mr. Jackman, just like the previous nine times, we didn't complete the rehearsal. However, the deposit is non-refundable."I smiled bitterly. "It's fine. I'm the on

Chapter 2

Katherine said, "Our company anniversary is coming up soon. Gavin's been working hard, so I wanted to buy him a suit."Nodding, I pulled up the dinner post she had made an hour ago—the one she had forgotten to block me from seeing."What about this, Katherine? What do you have to say for yourself?"Her face instantly darkened with rage. "Are you accusing me of cheating? Yes, I lied about missing rehearsal. That's because I had to take a client out to dinner!"Not everyone's like you, sitting around all day. All you do is make me go to rehearsals and force this wedding on me. "Come on. One day off could mean losing million-dollar deals. I'm really busy, okay?"Katherine's words left me completely speechless. I couldn't help but laugh. "We've known each other since we were kids. Both our families have their own companies. If you hadn't told me that taking over Jackman Corporation would affect our relationship, do you really think I'd be working some random job at some small comp

Chapter 3

When I got to the winery, I reached for a bottle of red wine and drank the whole thing myself. The surveillance feed on my phone was recording in real time. Katherine had hired movers to pack her things. Perhaps she sensed that I was watching her through the camera. She turned to it and asked, "What now? Afraid I'll steal your stuff?"I said over the feed, chuckling, "You've misunderstood me. I just wanted to remind you to take all those suits you gave me out of the room."Katherine gritted her teeth in anger. I exited the surveillance feed to answer Brandon's call. Before I could even say anything, he asked coldly, "Katherine postponed the wedding again, didn't she? I bet she didn't even show up for today's rehearsal, right?"When I said nothing, he grew angrier. "You idiot! Are you just going to accept this without fighting back? Just you wait. I'm going to make Katherine pay for this!"It wasn't that I didn't know how to fight back. I had simply given up on Katherine and w

Chapter 4

After a moment, Katherine continued over the phone, "I left a bottle of limited-edition perfume behind. Don't you dare keep it as a reminder of me. Bring it to me right now.""I already threw it away." With that, I ended the call.I thought Katherine would be upset, but I received a text from her almost immediately."Playing hard to get, aren't you? How ridiculous! If you've thrown it away, so be it. I don't want it anymore! Don't come looking for me again!" On Saturday night, to thank everyone for attending the party, Brandon suggested a Sunday outing. The group chat was soon buzzing with enthusiastic replies.I was about to opt out, but when I saw that Katherine had replied saying that she was busy on Sunday, I agreed to go.The next day was bright and sunny. Wearing sunglasses, I grilled meat by a stream. A few of Katherine's close friends gathered around, eyeing me with disdain. One of them even said sarcastically, "Valentine's Day is coming up."Did you get Katherine ano

Chapter 5

I ended the call right away and blocked Katherine's number. I even deleted everything related to her on my phone and took down the social media account documenting our relationship. Worried that I might have missed something, I decided to factory-reset my phone. When I turned it back on and saw a clean home screen, I finally felt at ease. I booked a 1:00 pm flight to Bawton. As soon as I landed, before I could even look for Brandon, who was supposed to pick me up, I heard a commotion nearby and caught a voice that sounded unmistakably like Katherine. I squeezed through the crowd and saw it was really her.Katherine got in Brandon's way and asked, "Edison must've kept in touch with you. Tell me—where is he?"Katherine had yanked on Brandon's shirt until it tore, so he didn't dare push her away too hard. He could only keep his shirt from tearing further, looking at her helplessly."I really don't know. Edison hasn't reached out to me.""Impossible! I'm his girlfriend. Do you real

Chapter 6

By the time I realized what was going on, Katherine had me trapped in my own room, and I couldn't leave. She banged on the door from outside, yelling, "Edison, I know you're in there. Why are you hiding from me? "You don't have the guts to face me, do you? If you've got something to tell me, come out here and say it to my face!"Through the peephole, I saw her face twisted in rage, and other guests on the same floor coming out of their rooms to see what was going on.How embarrassing. I furrowed my brows in annoyance and reached for my phone to call the front desk.Soon, a hotel staff member came to handle her. "Miss, you're disturbing our guests. Please leave right now."Perhaps the staff member's words snapped Katherine out of her frenzy. Or maybe she was a little embarrassed when she noticed that many people had gathered to watch her cause a scene. Just as I was about to call the police and have her kicked out of the hotel, she suddenly stopped banging on the door. She smo

Chapter 7

I didn't know what to say, so I lied to Mom and told her that there was a jewelry auction in Torsia. Mom wasn't into handbags or designer clothes, but she absolutely adored jewelry. As expected, she was delighted by my answer and praised me for being so thoughtful. I sighed in relief, knowing that I had Mom fooled for now. As expected, after searching everywhere for me and coming up with nothing, Katherine went to my family's home. I heard from the maids that she didn't say why she was there. She only said that she hadn't seen my parents in a long time and wanted to catch up. I wasn't surprised. Katherine might be crazy, but she wouldn't dare cause a scene in front of my parents. After all, she had cheated on me. If things blew up, she would only be the one at fault. After a few days of causing trouble, Katherine finally quieted down. Just as I thought she was done with her manic episode, she rushed to Brandon's house and sobbed her heart out, begging him and Layla to pass on

Chapter 8

Mom stayed silent for a long time. She kept wanting to ask me something, but all she said was, "I'll let you young people sort out your own problems."But there's one thing—if I find out that you cheated on Katherine and caused your falling out, I'll never forgive you."In front of my parents, Katherine had always been cheerful and well-behaved. Because of that, they always assumed I was the one at fault whenever we had a disagreement."Don't worry. Enjoy your vacation." After ending the call, I dragged Brandon to a pool hall. He knew I was in a good mood after getting Mom's reassurance and wanted to let off some steam. After taking me to get my old number reactivated, he brought me to the pool hall.However, luck wasn't on our side that day. We had only finished our first game when we ran into Gavin, who was just arriving for his shift in his uniform."Oh? Gavin, right? It's only been half a month. How did you already end up like this?"He gritted his teeth and walked over to

Chapter 9

Katherine cried her heart out, drawing everyone's attention. But all I felt was pure embarrassment. After reactivating my number, she kept bombarding me with phone calls. Brandon was having drinks with me. He looked like he wanted to say something, but stopped himself. "If you have something to say, go ahead." I knew he wanted to speak up for Katherine. Even though I didn't really want to hear it, I still wanted to know what he had to say."Mrs. Winston reached out to me yesterday. She was trying to find out what happened between you and Katherine in a roundabout way. I could tell she was really worried, so I told her the truth."I downed the glass of wine and looked up at Brandon. "You want me to check on Katherine. You don't want Mrs. Winston to panic and do something reckless."Before I finished speaking, Mrs. Winston's call came through. Brandon knew my family was close with the Winstons, and I didn't want to take the call, so he said, "Answer it. Talk things out with Mr

Chapter 10

"You bastard!" Katherine and Gavin started fighting like cats and dogs. Many neighbors gathered around to watch the drama unfold. I turned and left before anyone spotted me. After returning from his business trip, Dad found out about how messy my breakup had been. He immediately made up his mind to send me to the Torsian branch."You've been wasting your life away, and now you've gotten yourself into this mess? Go to Torsia and sort yourself out. Don't come back until you've made something of yourself."Mom agreed wholeheartedly, and the decision was final. I was sent to Torsia. For half a year, I cut off contact with the outside world and focused on tackling problems at work. In the end, I was able to make some progress.Finally, a few days before New Year's, Dad flew to Torsia to bring me home for the holidays. The moment we stepped through the door, we heard someone sobbing in the living room.When I recognized Katherine's voice, I immediately felt a headache coming on.

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