Lahat ng Kabanata ng After Eight Years, She Left Me at the Altar for Her First Love: Kabanata 71 - Kabanata 80

Lucas glanced at the rose hairpin and sneered inwardly.Of course he remembered it.He had spent his three months’ salary on it.He had planned to give it to Fiona on their fifth anniversary. In the end, she hadn’t shown up at all. She had gone overseas with Zac instead.After Lucas found out, he had been devastated. He left the rose hairpin in her room and never mentioned it again.So much time had passed since then. He had no idea where she had dug it out from.Only after Fiona said it did she belatedly remember that she had never spent their fifth anniversary with Lucas.A flicker of embarrassment crossed her face, but it was quickly replaced by a gentle smile.She looked at him with clear eyes and said, “I know I neglected you too much before. I gave too much of my attention to someone else, so you have every right to resent me or be angry with me. But I promise, it won’t happen again. From now on, you’re the only one in my heart.”It sounded like a heartfelt confession.

Fiona’s expression was cold, and she remained silent the entire time.Not far away, the other guests were clinking glasses, chatting, and laughing happily.But at their table, the atmosphere was frozen and deathly quiet.In the end, Zac couldn’t take Fiona’s coldness anymore. He wiped at his tears and ran out.Because he left in such a hurry, he stumbled as he went, his right leg dragging slightly.He looked unbearably pitiful.Xena’s heart ached for him, and her tone sharpened.“Fiona, Zac only came because he wanted to see you. Why are you being so cold to him?”Lucas glanced sideways at Fiona.Her gaze stayed on Zac’s back as he left, her expression impossible to read.Lucas let out a quiet scoff.She kept saying she didn’t care.But clearly, she cared very much.He looked away and calmly took a sip of champagne.Xena shot to her feet anxiously. “Fiona, Zac just recovered, and he still came all this way to see you. Can you really just watch him leave like that?”Zac’s

But after seeing the way Xena defended Zac today, Lucas knew he had been wrong.Xena had always liked Zac.Maybe she had kept it buried because she didn’t want to fight her own sister over a man.Lucas gave Xena one last meaningful look.Then he said nothing else and turned to leave.That single look made Xena feel as if he had seen straight through her. A fire seemed to burn in her chest.Who did that bastard Lucas think he was, looking at her like he was watching some kind of show?Shaken by anger and panic, she suddenly raised her hand and yanked the tablecloth off the dining table.The glasses, champagne, dishes, and plates all crashed to the floor in a loud, chaotic mess, drawing countless startled looks.As Lucas walked out of the hall, he vaguely heard the commotion behind him.He smiled, completely unconcerned.So that was all it took to make her lose control.If Fiona ever found out that her precious little sister had been secretly pining after her first love all t

Xena’s eyes widened. “Fiona?”“Who I marry is my business. You don’t get a say in it. All you need to do is act like a Shaw and stay out of my marriage.”Xena’s eyes reddened at once.In all her life, no one had ever scolded her so harshly.Even when her parents were still alive, they had spoiled her like she was the most precious person in the world.She wanted to argue.She wanted to talk back.But Fiona had always been more than just an older sister to her. After their parents passed, Fiona’s authority in the family had only become stronger.So Xena could only lift her chin stubbornly and stare at Fiona with red-rimmed eyes, refusing to back down.In the past, whenever Xena looked at her like that, Fiona would have softened immediately.After all, Xena was her closest family. She was the only blood relative Fiona had left in the world.But this time, Xena had crossed a line Fiona couldn’t tolerate.Fiona withdrew her gaze coldly and warned, “Don’t target Lucas again. Oth

Blake, however, looked completely unbothered. He was even rather enthusiastic.“Get in. We’re heading the same way anyway. We live in the same neighborhood.”Lucas was surprised.Blake was still a celebrity, after all. How had he fallen so far that he was living in the suburbs, just like Lucas?Blake had already opened the car door for him.Seeing that, Lucas no longer refused and got in.The car started and merged onto the expressway.Inside the car, Lucas spoke first.“Were you at the Shaw Corporation gala too?”Blake turned the wheel and gave a self-mocking smile.“Yeah. I was there to perform. A few hundred dollars for one night’s work. Not bad, right?”Lucas was even more surprised.He remembered that Blake had once been one of Elsa’s artists too. Surely, he hadn’t fallen this far.Blake seemed to guess what he was thinking and explained without being asked.“I used to be signed under Elsa Declan. I was even her top priority for a while. I know I don’t look like much