Lahat ng Kabanata ng I Stumble Upon My Girlfriend's Wedding: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 9

Jeremy's POVTara Diaz's expression shifted from nonchalance to sheer panic as she instinctively hid her phone behind her back."Is Madeleine getting married today?" I asked.Her silence was answer enough.I didn't even know what emotions were churning inside me. I only heard myself say, "Take me to see her. We were together for ten years, after all."The pain in my chest was agonizing, as if someone had carved it open. We'd been together for ten years—four years of dating in person and six years of a long-distance relationship.I'd brought up getting married more times than I could count, but she always used distance or the fact that her promotion prospects were bleak as an excuse to say no.She once told me, "Jer, I'll only marry you when we can afford a house in Shoreville."So I'd worked myself to the bone, and finally, I'd saved enough.I'd come here planning to surprise Madeleine with the news, only to walk straight into this instead.The whole way up, Tara looked like

Jeremy's POVThat night, Madeleine knocked on my hotel room door.She got straight to the point. "Rick and I… It's an arranged marriage between our families. In families like ours, a lot of things are beyond our control."Instead of responding to that, I asked, "When did I sign that NDA?"Her eyes darted away from mine. "Three years ago."My mind went blank. That had been the year I'd worked harder than ever, obsessively saving every penny. At one point, I'd pulled an entire week of all-nighters and nearly collapsed at a bus stop.When Madeleine called, she noticed something was wrong with my voice. She rushed over that very same night to see me, bringing a stack of documents with her."It's an NDA for a new project at my company. It needs a family member to sign as a guarantor," she said.I blinked at her. "But we're not married yet."She looked at me and said with absolute certainty, "Isn't it just a matter of time anyway?"Overjoyed, I'd signed my name without a second tho

Third-Person POV"What did you say?" Madeleine gasped.Kathy, pale as a sheet, handed over her phone. Someone had already edited the live stream footage into short clips.Madeleine's heart dropped. She wanted nothing more than to drop everything and rush out right then and there."You're not going anywhere," Richard said, his eyes darkening. "Have you forgotten what you promised me yesterday?"Sid glanced at the screen. "The video could be fake. It's ridiculously easy to generate a fake video these days. Besides, his mom is still around. Jeremy would never just abandon her."Hearing that, Madeleine's heart gradually calmed down."That's true," she thought. "Jeremy has always been rather resilient. There's no way he'd actually just jump like that. It has to be fake."It wasn't as if Jeremy had never acted up before. During the years they were in a long-distance relationship, if he somehow couldn't reach her on the phone, he'd send dozens of messages threatening to break up.In

Third-Person POVIt wasn't until the following afternoon that Madeleine returned to the Petty residence."Are you done throwing a tantrum? I can't believe you actually had the nerve to storm out of the birthday dinner yesterday. You're truly something else!" Tamara snapped coldly."Abandoning your own family for some lowlife? How did I even end up with a daughter like you? Go apologize to Richard right now!"But Madeleine merely replied, "I want a divorce."Tamara stared at her in disbelief. "Have you lost your mind? You want a divorce? For some random man? Everything aside, Rick is your husband now. Have you forgotten what you promised us?""You all arranged this!" Madeleine snarled angrily. "When did any of you ask what I wanted? You said I had to enter into a marriage alliance five years ago. You even used Jer's family to threaten me!""Enough!" Tamara growled, slamming her hand on the table. "What nonsense are you spouting? Making such a fuss over a man? Aren't you embarrass

Jeremy's POVI used to believe that the problem between Madeleine and me was the distance. Only later did I realize it stemmed from the difference in our values.She never understood what I actually wanted, and she never cared enough to find out. From the moment she pretended to be poor, the rift between us had appeared."But I don't like you anymore, and I don't love you," I said. "From the moment you lied to me, we no longer had a future."Madeleine's face turned pale. She hurried forward, desperate to explain."I can explain, Jer. I never meant to deceive you. You were the one who said that you'd break up with me if I came from a wealthy family, and that's why I…"I froze. She had indeed hinted at it before, whether intentionally or unintentionally, but I'd always assumed she was joking. I never imagined it was true."When I was in college, my family deliberately cut off my living expenses, wanting me to fend for myself. So I really was broke during that time. Later, I wanted