All Chapters of I Said No To Reinstating An Engagement: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

10 Chapters

Chapter 1

The moment Cameron Grant saw me, a flash of panic crossed his eyes.However, it vanished almost instantly.He quickly buried his emotions and put on a polite, distant smile. He said indifferently, “Ms. Sinclair, nice to meet you.”Then, he raised his hand and gave the back of Moon Sinclair’s hand a reassuring pat. His voice was gentle, but there was no room for argument.“Moon, don’t say things like that. The engagement was arranged a long time ago. Nothing is going to change.”The comments exploded.[Here we go! The villain is about to play the victim and expose their relationship so she can force the male lead to marry her!][She’s about to use her pregnancy to pressure the male lead and steal the engagement!]I took a deep breath and looked away from him. I said calmly, “Hello, Mr. Grant. Nice to meet you too.”The comments fell silent for a moment.[That’s it? Why isn’t she causing a scene?][She’s putting on an act. Let’s see how long she can keep it up.][I get it now

Chapter 2

I looked at the room, which was even smaller than Moon’s bathroom, and nodded. “Okay.”After my parents left, someone knocked on the door.Cameron stood outside. He lowered his voice and said, “Mindy, watch what you say. Those five years meant nothing. I only took pity on you. It was a deal.“Moon is the one I’m going to marry. You’d better understand your place.”I brushed my hand over my stomach. The pregnancy report I had received yesterday was still in my pocket.I thought returning to a wealthy family would close the gap between us.I thought I could finally stand beside him openly.All of that turned out to be wishful thinking.I forced down the bitterness rising in my chest and looked up at him.“Cameron, this ends here.”He froze.I turned around and closed the door. I did not look back.However, my words made Cameron angry.He raised his hand and blocked the door before it could swing shut. He was about to speak when footsteps came from the hallway.Moon walked o

Chapter 3

He nodded.I believed him.From eighteen to twenty-three, I gave him the best five years of my life.I learned how to take care of his daily necessities. I memorized all his preferences. When he was tired, I stayed quietly by his side. When he needed comfort, I spoke to him gently.I even learned how to taste wine, read financial reports, and understand the insider language of their world.He said his family wanted him to marry someone of equal status and told me to wait.He told me to wait until he had enough power to speak for himself, wait until he could make us public, and wait until he would marry me.Yesterday, I found out I was pregnant. I had not had the chance to tell him before the Sinclair family brought me back.I thought that, at last, we would be on equal footing.However, he told me that the person he would marry had always been Moon.Moon was not even the biological daughter of the Sinclair family, which meant she no longer matched him in status either.My vi

Chapter 4

He had probably taken Moon shopping to cheer her up.It was not until evening that Cameron and Moon returned from their shopping trip.A short while later, Moon came into my room in tears.“Mindy, my pink diamond necklace is missing! It was Cameron’s engagement gift to me…”She held up her phone and showed me a photo.My eyes widened.I recognized that necklace.A year ago, Cameron took me to an auction. He told me to pick the item I liked best from the catalog.I chose that pink diamond necklace.He placed the winning bid at an astonishing price.I waited a long time, but he never gave it to me.I could not help asking about it. He said, “I gave it to my cousin.”So, it had belonged to Moon from the very beginning.[Why does Mindy look so upset? She must be the one who stole it!][Search her room!]Cameron looked at me coldly. “Mindy, you were the only one at home today. Hand it over.”“I didn’t take it.”My mother hurried over. Her tone was far from friendly. “We’re

Chapter 5

“Give it back,” I walked over and said with a quiver in my voice.Moon jumped in shock and let go.The bracelet hit the marble floor.It cracked and broke into several pieces.The whole hall went silent.Moon’s tears instantly fell. “Mindy… I didn’t mean it…”The guests whispered to each other. They looked at me like I had lost my mind.Cameron walked over. He looked at the broken pieces on the floor and said in a perfunctory tone, “It’s just a bracelet. Is it really worth this?”I crouched down and picked up the shattered pieces one by one.The fragments cut my fingers. Blood dripped onto the crystal shards, but I did not feel any pain.“This was left to me by my grandmother,” I said. My voice shook.“Her last words before she died were for me to keep it safe.”Cameron’s expression changed.No one understood its meaning better than he did. He had been with me when I sent my grandmother off.However, Moon only cried harder. She threw herself into his arms.He paused, the

Chapter 6

Rondon time was seven hours behind Somera.When I landed, it was 2 p.m. local time.No one came to pick me up, and no one knew where I was.I stayed in a hotel near the airport for one night. The next day, I went to register at the college. After that, I rented a small apartment near campus.The apartment was not big, but it faced south.There was sunlight.I took out the broken crystal pieces my grandmother had left me and placed them one by one on the windowsill.Sunlight fell on them. The cracks were clearly visible, and they reminded me of my broken heart.However, I would not cry anymore.The day I left the hospital, I had already decided that I would not shed another tear for Cameron ever again.After I settled down, I registered a new phone number and new social media accounts.The old ones, along with the SIM card, were left in the airport trash bin.I did not tell anyone my new contact information—not the Sinclair family, not Cameron, and not those so-called relati

Chapter 7

“Start over?” I could not help but laugh.Rain drowned out my laughter. My expression must have looked especially ironic in the rainy twilight.“Cameron, how can we start over? What’s left of us? You said you gave those five years to me out of pity. You said it yourself. Have you forgotten?”His face turned pale.“You also said Moon was more suitable for you. You said you were a perfect match. She grew up in the Sinclair family for twenty years. Me? I was just something you kept on the side.”“I didn’t—” he tried to explain.“You did,” I said, cutting him off. “You hit me in front of everyone. That slap sounded louder than my grandmother’s bracelet breaking. Don’t you remember?”He had nothing left to say.I stepped back and lifted my umbrella slightly so I could see his face clearly.“Leave. Don’t come here again.”“Mindy—”“I said, don’t come here again.”I turned around, swiped my card, and pushed the door open.The door closed behind me.He did not follow.I heard hi

Chapter 8

My mother was crying so hard that she could barely catch her breath.“I just found out. I was wrong… Can you come back? I’ll make it up to you…”I leaned against my bed and looked out at the moonlight.“Mrs. Sinclair, I don’t need compensation.”“Mindy—”“Do you have anything else to say? If not, I’ll hang up.”“Wait!” Her voice turned urgent. “Your father knows he was wrong too. He’s going to kick Moon out. Please come back. This family is yours—”“That family was never mine.”I hung up.I blocked the number without hesitation.Some things could never be forgiven.Some places could never be returned to.Later, I learned what had happened in Somera during those days.Moon had finally reached her limit.While Cameron was in Rondon, she secretly accessed his computer and found photos of me he had taken from the past five years.There were photos of me in a rented apartment, at school, and by the seaside. In them, I was smiling, sleeping, and cooking.She took those photos

Chapter 9

The secretary came in with some documents. He saw Cameron staring into space and called out to him several times before Cameron finally came back to himself.“Mr. Grant?”“Leave it there.”He never contacted me again.It was not because he did not want to, but because he knew he would never get a response.…Three months later, my “Rebirth” collection was finished.I used the broken crystal from my grandmother’s bracelet as the inspiration for an entire jewelry collection. It included a necklace, a pair of earrings, and a bracelet.The cracks were filled with gold thread. They looked like scars after a wound had healed.I said, “Scars are not ugly. They prove that you survived.”The collection caused a sensation at the school design exhibition.My tutor recommended me for the All-United Kindom Emerging Jewelry Designer Competition.I did not have high expectations. I simply submitted my work.A month later, I received an email.I had made it to the finals.Zara was even

Chapter 10

I thought about it and shook my head.“I don’t hate him anymore. But not hating someone doesn’t mean forgiving them. Some people are not worth remembering.”“Do you still miss him?”“Why would I miss him? I have my studio, my friends, and my grandmother’s jewelry. I’m busy.”Zara laughed. “You are starting to sound more and more like me.”I smiled too.Yes. I was becoming more like myself.It was the version of me that did not depend on anyone, did not try to please anyone, and did not lower myself for anyone.News from Somera still reached me from time to time.I heard that Cameron had stayed single. There was a photo of me in his office.I heard that Moon had gone to Austoria and was not doing well. She often posted unhinged messages online, cursing the Sinclair family, me, and the whole world.I heard that my parents got divorced. My mother lived alone in the old house and kept repeating, “When will Mindy come back?”I heard all of this while I was eating breakfast.Zar

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