บททั้งหมดของ You Don’t Want Me Marrying Someone Else: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Harper froze briefly before reaching for the juice on the table and pouring me a glass.“Alright, Jayden. You can fool everyone else if you want, but there’s no point fooling yourself.”The warmth in her voice had been replaced by a hint of coldness.“Regarding marriage, I already made myself clear the last time we talked about it. I don’t want to spend any more energy on something I’ve already made up my mind about.”By “the last time,” she meant our eighth anniversary two weeks ago.After all those years together, I had thought it was time for us to move on to the next stage of our lives.I knew Harper had spent the past two years completely absorbed in her startup. She barely ever had a moment to breathe. So, I had decided to take the initiative and propose to her.I was willing to take care of every aspect of the wedding myself. She only had to show up on the day and be my bride.That night, I took out the matching rings I had prepared. While blushing deeply, I had asked he

My hand froze midair. I instinctively held my breath.The faint click of a lighter came from inside.Harper had picked up smoking during the early stages of her business, but she only smoked when she was especially stressed.After a long silence, I finally heard a familiar voice.“I honestly don’t know.”Harper’s usually calm voice carried a faint sense of uncertainty.“At first, I wanted to get married. Even starting the company was tied to that thought. I wanted to succeed and marry him in style.“But for some reason, whenever marriage comes up now, Eugene’s face keeps popping into my mind.”“What?” Her best friend gasped in disbelief.“Didn’t you detest him the most back at university? You even said he was like chewing gum that wouldn’t come off.“I found it strange when you first started the company and hired him as your secretary. I never thought you’d actually fall for him. But what about Jayden?”Harper fell silent for a long time before she finally answered.“I woul

Harper stood frozen in place while staring at me in disbelief.“Jayden, what did you just say?”I observed the panic she could not conceal in her gaze.“I said we broke up, and I’m getting married to someone else at the beginning of next month,” I repeated calmly.Harper staggered back a few steps. Her voice shook.“No… that’s impossible. When did we break up? I won’t accept this. We’ve been together for eight years. How could you marry someone else?”As she spoke, a flicker of hope appeared in her eyes. She stepped forward and grabbed my wrist.“You’re saying this because I didn’t accept your proposal on our anniversary, aren’t you? You’re lying to upset me.”I almost laughed at how absurd it sounded.How could I be lying when I had already printed the invitations?She was simply refusing to accept reality.I wrenched myself free from her grip and shoved the invitation page with the bride and groom’s names in front of her.“Do you see it clearly now? It’s right here on the

I slowly pulled my hand away and regarded her with calm detachment.“That’s enough, Harper. It’s over between us.”Harper shook her head desperately. “No! Jayden, I can’t stand by and watch you become another woman’s husband. You wanted to get married, didn’t you?”She seized my hand as if possessed and tried to drag me out of the private room.“Let’s go get our marriage license right now. Tomorrow, I’ll start planning the wedding. I’ll take care of everything. You just need to be the groom-to-be. Yes, let’s go now.”Just as I was about to break free, Eugene appeared at the doorway.“Harper, Jayden is about to marry someone else. Why can’t you just let him go?“Besides, you promised me you wouldn’t get married for five years. You just said you wouldn’t break your word. Are you going back on it now?”Harper’s gaze toward Eugene no longer carried the earlier complexity or reluctance. Only coldness and disgust remained.“Get lost. From this moment on, you’re fired. Jayden would

“W-What? You’re getting married?”Susan stared at the wedding invitation in shock. Her voice was filled with disbelief.Mom explained gently, “After Jayden and Harper broke up, a friend of mine happened to mention she had a niece and asked if Jayden would be willing to meet her. “He’d been cooped up at home for days, so I took it upon myself to agree. I just wanted him to go out and clear his head.“I didn’t expect them to click so well, and they ended up setting the wedding date.”I froze for a moment.My mind pieced it all together, and I understood Mom’s intention. She did not want Paul and Susan to harbor any resentment toward me.After all, Harper was their daughter.Paul and Susan were no fools.They had watched Harper and me grow up, so they understood the nature of our relationship.Since Harper had refused to explain the reason for our breakup, they had already formed their own conclusions.Harper had most likely done something to hurt me, which explained why I end