All Chapters of Back to Her Wedding, Away From Her: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

I still insisted on going home. I immediately noticed the wedding decorations on the front door the moment the elevator doors slid open.Stella froze and quickly moved between me and the door. "Nicole visits every now and then, so this is all just for show. Why don't we just stay at the hotel tonight, Henry?"I ignored her and placed my thumb on the smart lock. "Access Denied."I tried it again, but it still failed. Mom and Dad had left me this apartment, yet here I was, locked out of it."We changed the smart lock a while back, so we never got around to registering your fingerprint," Stella explained while avoiding my gaze. She then placed her thumb on the smart lock and unlocked the door for me.There were two pairs of matching slippers by the entrance, and on top of the shoe cabinet was a Polaroid photo. Michael was wearing pajamas, hugging Stella from behind as she cooked. There was even a caption written beneath it—"100 Days Since We Got Married."Stella's face turned pale a

Everything Stella said, no matter how she put it, was aimed at protecting Michael.Just then, the door swung open. Everyone immediately surrounded the police officers as they walked in. "That's the guy! He went after another man's wife and stole his wedding ring!"In the end, the police officers were held up at the entrance, recording everyone's account of the situation.Michael suddenly sighed and said, "That's enough—don't give Henry a hard time anymore."He then walked up to me, snatched the wedding ring out of my hand, and tossed it to the side. "The ring is yours."He was just about to step on Dad's face in the joint portrait as he said that.I instinctively reached out to protect it, causing my palm to slam right into the glass shards and for me to break out into a cold sweat right after.Michael took advantage of the moment to stumble backward on purpose, knocking a chair over and slamming hard onto the floor."Michael!"Everyone rushed forward. Stella shoved me aside

Michael stepped in front of Stella. "We're having the wedding, Stella! We can always buy another house! We've already booked the venue, and the guests are already waiting for us!"Stella stared at the financial records on her phone. "Why was I kept in the dark about the 450 thousand dollars?"Upon hearing that, the employee from the finance department hesitated slightly before replying, "Mr. Sherwood asked us to keep it from you. He said you'd refuse the money if you knew about it, Ms. Leach."Stella noticed that the first transfer arrived on the same day the company ran out of funding. That night, Henry told her over video call that he was tied up with work, and barely minutes into the call, he'd slumped over his desk asleep. She had assumed he was just fed up with going through the tough times alongside her. She had no idea he had just finished a 16-hour workday.In the three years that followed, every time the company hit a financial squeeze, Henry would suddenly go missing in

The guard asked, "Do you want me to let her in, Henry?"I held the documents tightly and replied, "I don't want to see her."Stella was completely drenched as she stood outside the iron gate. She looked at me through the heavy rain and said, "I just want to say a few things, Henry…"I stated flatly, "I don't want to hear what you have to say. You're pregnant. You should just head home, Stella."Stella tried to come closer, but the guard immediately blocked her path.I swiped my access card and headed straight into the office building, never once looking back.It was the following day when the guard dropped off a cardboard box. "Ms. Leach left this behind last night, Henry."I was about to send it back when I suddenly noticed the label attached to it—"The Sherwood Family Keepsakes."I had just set the cardboard box aside when my office phone suddenly rang. "I-It's me, Henry…"I instantly tightened my grip on the phone when I heard Michael's voice.Just then, the low rumble of