All Chapters of Thirty Days to End Our Doomed Love: Chapter 1 - Chapter 8

The red light outside the emergency room had been on for three hours with no sign of change.Dad had heart bypass surgery the year before last. He had told me clearly that Jasper Eaton wasn't a good man, but I had stubbornly insisted on believing that Jasper loved me.Now, that certainty felt like a slap to the face—so hard it left me suffocating with pain.My mother, Dolores Norton, was crying beside me."What do we do? If your father doesn't make it, I—""He will." I cut her off, trying to convince myself as much as her. "Dad will be fine."But my voice was trembling. I had never been this scared in my life.Just then, my phone buzzed again. This time, it was a video sent by Wendy Klein.In the video, a disheveled Jasper rushed into a hotel room and confronted her."Why did you come back?"Wendy said nothing, but Jasper was the first to lose control, his eyes reddening."You left without a second thought back then, so what gives you the right to show up now and turn my lif

Wendy's expression stiffened for a fleeting moment, but I saw it all too clearly.Jasper pressed his lips together.As I watched him hesitate, my heart sank further and further.Without waiting for him to speak, I turned around, grabbed Wendy by the arm, and pulled her out of the office.A crowd had already gathered."Celeste, you—" Jasper started to say something from behind, but I acted as if I hadn't heard a word.Right there in front of everyone, I pulled up the surveillance footage. The timestamp showed 12:23 pm. After everyone in the executive office had left, Wendy had approached my computer. The monitor displayed, with perfect clarity, every single move she made as she altered the contract.Jasper's expression turned grim. Gasps rippled through the onlookers."It really was Wendy? Why would she do that?""Why else? Have you forgotten Wendy is Jasper's ex-girlfriend? It's the ex framing the current girlfriend. Now it all depends on whose side Jasper takes.""My bet's

Jasper took Wendy traveling and sightseeing. They didn't even set foot in the company once.The two of them held each other at the foot of Mount Alpenglow."Jasper, tomorrow is the 30th day. Our relationship is over, isn't it?"Jasper stiffened, his arms tightening around her abruptly. Yet, his eyes were clouded and unreadable. "Yes, I made a promise to Celeste, so I can't break my word again."Wendy showed no reaction, let alone any reluctance. Deep down, she was confident that the wedding was merely a formality. As long as she wanted it, Jasper would still side with her afterward. Still, she let her eyes redden and put on a show of being unable to part."Alright. Whether you love Celeste or not, I'll always be right here waiting for you."Jasper's heart softened, and he held Wendy even tighter. But then he recalled how every call and text he'd sent me lately had gone completely unanswered, and an irrepressible wave of anxiety and restlessness welled up in his chest.He had del

To me, time was nothing more than the rising and setting of the sun and the ebb and flow of the tides.Five years had slipped by in the blink of an eye.This New Year marked the fifth year since I had brought Mom to Wheelport.When I first arrived here five years ago, I had no idea what lay ahead of me. All I knew was that I had to flee Princeville, which had become suffocating and agonizing.I never thought of myself as lacking. It was just that after graduating from the finance program at Everdale College, I had willingly buried my potential to work as a secretary for Jasper.Thankfully, after coming here, I met someone who helped me rebuild my life entirely.I stood lost in thought before the floor-to-ceiling windows.The office door behind me swung open, and the sound of familiar footsteps drew closer.The next moment, I was pulled into a warm and passionate embrace."What's wrong? Feeling down?"I turned around and wrapped my arms around Lucius Beltran."No, I was just