All Chapters of The Northern Wind Couldn't Keep Me: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Sam Anderson's smile froze when he saw me distributing my wedding invitations. He glanced at Theo George, whose expression darkened as he sat in the corner, and questioned me in disbelief. "Emma, you must be joking, right?"Back then, everyone knew that you're Theo's girlfriend. Even though you guys broke up over the altered college applications, you loved him so much back then. "How could you possibly end up marrying someone else?"He could barely speak. It was as if he had just heard the most mindboggling fact in history.The other classmates also voiced up. "That's right, stop joking around. Theo's going to be mad.""Theo didn't marry for so many years because he's waiting for you. Emma, you can't be this cruel." Every one of them tried to persuade me. They told me not to joke about it.Theo did not say a word, but he was staring intently at me, as if he was warning me to stop joking around. No one truly believed that I was really going to get married. Just like

Then, they would ask Lily to read the messages too. During all of this, Theo did not even help me at all. I pretended not to see those messages, and I did not respond to any of them. When the college application results came out, everyone waited for me to go insane. On our school forum, someone started a post and there were hundreds of comments. [Question: How long would Emma cry after seeing her college application results?]They posted an unflattering photo of me that they had secretly taken. [I bet ten minutes.][That's too long, maybe it would be three minutes.][Thirty seconds.]The owner of the post mentioned Theo. [What's your guess?]Theo commented. [I don't know, but it's easy to comfort her.]His answer was reposted 700 times. Everyone in my school and our neighboring schools knew me. Everyone waited to see me cry. However, they did not expect for me to block everyone on the day I got my college application results. I blocked Theo too, and I moved

Everyone trembled in shock. A man stood before the door. He was dressed in a black tux. His shoulders were broad, and his legs were long. His eyes were icy. The restaurant manager and two assistants stood behind him. All of them looked stern. The moment I saw William, the tears that I suppressed for the entire night immediately trickled down my cheeks. I was not upset. I felt comforted that finally someone was standing firmly by my side. William saw me and noted my swollen cheek, the blood on the corner of my mouth, as well as the red mark on my wrist. His gaze turned murderous. He strode toward me and freed me from Theo's grip. Then, he hugged me tightly. His hand patted the back of my head lightly as he whispered, "Sorry, I was late." I buried my head in his embrace and took in the familiar scent of his cologne. I shook my head. "No, I'm glad you're here." William gazed down at me and touched my face. His finger avoided the cut on my mouth as he softly wip

Theo finally stopped looking at William. Instead, he turned to me. "Emma."Emma, please, help me."You know how hard it is for me to become successful. "My parents have always been proud that I made it into Azure Technology Corporation. If they find out that I'm fired, they'll be upset. "Please help me, for the sake of our childhood." I looked at him and felt cold anger. Ten years ago, when I went to the tiny room that I rented in South City with my offer letter, I had found life difficult for me too. I had worked very hard and pulled many all-nighters to get into North University. In order to study science, I let go of my favorite arts and history subjects. However, when he ruined my future, he did not think of how hard it would be for me. He did not. He had claimed it was all a joke. I looked down and said indifferently, "Theo, I'm not a saint. I don't need to save those who have hurt me in the past." When the police arrived, the private room no longer reeke

I hadn't sent a single message in the group chat. Did they not notice?Or maybe they did notice it. Perhaps they just found me a buzzkill. Very soon, Lily appeared in the group chat. Her profile photo was a heavily edited selfie. She was smiling sweetly in the photo. [Emma, I'm sorry.][I didn't know Theo would really change your college application back then.][I had just simply grumbled about your closeness to him. I didn't ask him to do it.][If my presence caused you pain, I apologize.]Once she texted that, the group chat immediately exploded. Someone immediately attacked her. [Stop acting, Lily!][Aren't you the one who asked Theo if he had changed Emma's college application back then?][Now that things have gone wrong, you're trying to clear your own name?][If it weren't for you, do you think we'd follow suit?]Lily had been very popular ten years ago. However, they were putting the blame solely on her ten years later. Lily very quickly refuted. [How da