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“Hazel, it was Steve who sold his house and car and even his own blood to save you from that car accident that disfigured you. He loves you so much, yet you ended up registering your marriage with Yves right before getting married to Steve. How could you do this to him?”“I know it’s not fair to him, but I can’t stand idly by watching Yves get forced into a marriage with another woman by his own family. He’ll lose all his freedom for the rest of his life.”As I heard my girlfriend’s voice of helplessness through the door to her room, I stood right outside as a cold dread washed over me, leaving my whole body trembling.Just moments ago, a folded-up marriage certificate had dropped out of her pants pocket when I was doing laundry for her.The groom’s name was Yves Landon, her first love.I felt a huge weight over my chest, suffocating me so much it hurt. I had wanted to demand an explanation from her but ended up accidentally overhearing her phone conversation.Five years ago, Yve

It was a pity that I had seen through her facade.I ignored her text and finished ordering my food. I took out our couple outfits from the wardrobe and scheduled a pickup service for recycling.A text from Yves then popped up on my phone screen.[We’re now taking a trip down memory lane at our old school. You might not know this, but this tree was where Hazel and I shared our first kiss.]I switched my phone off, turned on my laptop, and submitted the documents for my request to go abroad.When I received a verification code, another text from Yves popped up, accompanied by a photo.[We found a confession letter we buried in the sand previously. Hazel wrote that I’m the only man she’ll love in her entire life. Do you see it?]Such blatant displays of affection continued till the evening.I didn’t wait for Hazel to return, unlike what I had always done in the past, and went to bed immediately.After a long while, the lights in the living room were switched on, and Hazel walked

Back at the wedding venue, Hazel was panicking after I hung up on her.She felt something of utmost importance leaving her. When she tried to call me back with trembling hands, she could only hear the robotic voice telling her that I had switched my phone off.“Steve, what’s going on?”Her voice shook as she repeatedly dialed my number to no avail.Just then, the wedding planner approached her. “Is this Ms. Bale? The wedding is ready, and the ceremony can begin anytime…”“Why is Yves Landon indicated as the groom? I remember telling you very clearly that the groom is Steve Yates!” Hazel questioned the planner agitatedly, her voice trembling.The planner explained, “Oh, that was Mr. Yates’ instruction. Is this Mr. Landon? Your groom’s suit is ready and in the dressing room. Please try it out…”Yves looked rather surprised, but he was secretly delighted at getting his way. He deliberately said with furrowed brows and feigned confusion, “How did things turn out this way?“Hazel, d

Hazel nodded chokingly.“He was outside my room when we were on the phone that day. He saw the marriage certificate, too.”Priscille paused for a long while before saying helplessly, “Any man who hears that would lose his mind.”“What did you do after he found out?“Perhaps there’s room for reconciliation on account of the time you’ve spent with each other?”Hazel thought back on our interactions over the past few days, and her face paled.She had belatedly realized that after that day, I started to quietly abandon her.She, on the other hand, knew that it was wrong of her to see Yves. Reason told her that she couldn’t get herself involved with Yves.Yves had almost taken her life back then. If it weren’t for me, Hazel would have destroyed herself and left this world.However, reason eventually lost out to emotion. Each time Yves pleaded with her, she would tell herself, “I’m only going over to see how he’s doing. I’ll never give in to him!”Yet, she would always end up recal

Yves’ texts were all accompanied by photos of Hazel taken from his point of view.She peeled prawns for him, brought him to the shopping mall to pick a suit, and accompanied him back to their alma mater for a stroll down memory lane.They even managed to dig up their confession letters to each other.She repeatedly used the excuse of business trips to reclaim the sweet memories of their past with Yves behind my back.As it turned out, I knew what was going on.“Yves, Yves… why did you do that? Why…”Hazel mumbled under her breath and suddenly stood up and rushed out of the cafe.I hurriedly ran after her, worried that something untoward might happen to her. I ended up seeing her fainting on the street, surrounded by people.I had no choice but to send her to the hospital.I called her parents to ask them to bring her back. Her parents treated me as their son-in-law when they saw how I stopped at nothing to save Hazel.When they found out over the phone that I had broken up wi