Semua Bab Everyone Knew She'd Leave Me but Me: Bab 1 - Bab 10

Kristen exchanged rings with Leroy at their wedding the next month. Leroy held her hand in his and gently slid the diamond ring onto her finger.The crowd below the stage held up their phones to record the moment while some others cheered them on and teased them loudly.Kristen's cousin, Victoria Rivers, yelled out, "Kiss the bride! Kiss the bride!"The other wedding guests, including the employees, business partners, and even Mitchell, began echoing after her."Kiss the bride! Kiss the bride!"However, everyone's laughter died down the moment they caught sight of me at the door. Kristen's arms froze mid-air as she looked at me, her eyes lighting up for a bit."Joshua! You're here!"Leroy turned to the side to glance at her and gripped her hand tightly."You're the one who invited me," I said. "You said that you'd know that there was still a chance for us if I came. But that chance is no more."I'm only here to return a few things to you."I then pulled out a few items one af

The team of specialists was due to arrive at 8:00 am on Thursday.As Livia wheeled Jennie into the examination room, Cindy tossed an envelope at me and said, "Joshua, your sister has been lying in the hospital for three years, and you've spent all three years by her side. Tell me, do you even think that she's ever going to wake up?"She took a menacing step closer to me and said, "You're clinging to someone who'll never wake up while dragging my daughter and the Fox family down. Don't you think you've dragged this on long enough?"This is 300 thousand dollars," she said, pointing at the envelope. "Take the money and leave with your sister. The Fox family has no obligations whatsoever to keep a vegetable alive in the hospital for the rest of her life."You and your sister have both taken too much money from the Fox family. If you're really being considerate of your sister, then you should just let her rest in peace."I stared at the envelope, but I didn't reach out to take it."I

After the wedding, Leroy firmly established his position as the son-in-law of the Fox family.He took the initiative to oversee Fox Technologies' internal operations. On the very first day, he completely altered the format of the financial ledgers and reorganized the existing transaction classifications.The CFO, Henry Spears, immediately brought the revised spreadsheets to Kristen. After she reviewed them, she told him to revert everything to their original format.When Leroy found out about it, he flew into a rage."I spent the entire night getting that right, and you just told them to delete everything?"He knew nothing about managing the business, but he insisted on interfering with everything. He even made a decimal point error on a supplier's price quotation, and it was only when the supplier called to verify the figures that Kristen realized Leroy had dismissed their inquiry by simply citing "market rates".Ultimately, she was the one who had to personally apologize to the

Joshua's POVWith Jennie now gone, there was nothing holding me back in this world anymore.I hopped off the train in a small riverside town. And with the money I had left, I rented a storefront in the southern part of town. It wasn't particularly big, just about 200 square feet, and it faced the east.I spent half a month fixing the place up—painting the walls, scrubbing the floors, and building up the counter. I bought a few sets of chairs and tables, set them up inside, and hung up a wooden sign by the entrance that said, "JC Artisanal Coffee".There were no customers on the first day.I sat behind the counter and brewed myself a cup of coffee, watching the people walk by outside my shop.That night, the owner of the florist shop next door came over with a plate of sandwiches."You're new here, aren't you? I'm Vince Gibson. Here, try some of my sandwiches."I took the plate from him and thanked him. He just waved amicably at me and left.I eventually got used to a slow-pace

I suddenly remembered that Vince had just mentioned a news update on the old case from a year ago.Apparently, Cindy and Leroy had been released from prison a couple of years early due to good behavior. However, I never expected them to show up here so soon.The man turned around and ducked into an alley next to him. I didn't bother chasing after him. He didn't appear again for the next two days. But while closing up shop in the evening on the third day, I felt as though someone was watching me.When Kristen showed up at my door one particularly windy morning, she told me, "Leroy's just been released from prison. He's come here. You need to be careful."She continued, "All this happened because of me. I'll stay here and protect you and not let them get anywhere near you."That afternoon, I was clearing away the mugs on a table when he suddenly appeared at my store entrance.Leroy.He wore a cheap jacket and held a sharp knife in his hands, smiling chillingly when I met his gaze.