All Chapters of A Bride Rewritten: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

"I have something to say to him."Julia remained calm. "He doesn't want to hear it."Melissa's anger broke through."What gives you the right to decide for him?"Julia looked at me.I walked over and spoke into the intercom."I made the decision myself."The person downstairs froze.Even through the screen, I could see how miserable she looked."Zane."I bought your favorite breakfast."I answered calmly, "I don't like it anymore."Melissa gulped."Then come downstairs."Let’s talk.""Talk about what?"Your bracelet with Chester?"Her face went pale. "I know I messed up yesterday."I shouldn't have kept saying next time."However, I really never thought we'd run out of time."I gave a small laugh."We ran out of time because of you, not me."Because you were always waiting for him."Melissa panicked."I never meant to hurt you. I'm just used to taking care of Chester."He never felt secure growing up. We grew up together and I cannot just ignore him."I had he

"It is the Zane you used to leave standing there, waiting."He has already given up."Her body shook violently.Julia took the grocery bags from my hands and quietly asked, "Ready to go?"I nodded.However, Melissa suddenly blocked the car door. She stared at Julia."What did you do to him?"What did you put in his head to turn him into this?"Julia placed the bags in the trunk. Her voice remained calm."Ms. Jones, you still don't understand."He became this way because of you, not me."Melissa clenched her fists."Shut up!"Julia looked at her."You hurt him for seven years, and now you blame him for not wanting to forgive you."Your version of love is pretty cheap."Melissa suddenly raised her hand, and I jumped. Julia quickly stepped aside, but Melissa's fingernails still grazed the corner of her mouth, leaving a thin line of blood behind. The sight sent a surge of anger through me, and before I could think, I rushed forward and stepped between them. "Melissa! Have

"What did you say?"Melissa's voice was hoarse. "I said get out."From now on, I never want to see you again."Chester shook his head through his tears. "You cannot abandon me."You said I wasn't an outsider."Those were the exact words Melissa had spoken that day at the County Clerk's Office. Those words were what had finally pushed me away.Now she was finally feeling what it was like when the consequences came back around.However, I was no longer standing where she had left me.Julia took my hand."Let’s go."I nodded.Melissa hurried to block my path. "Zane, please give me one more chance."I looked at her. "Melissa, you used up all the chances I gave you a long time ago."Then, I walked past her without stopping or looking back....After that day, Melissa really did cut Chester out of her life.Ryan told me she had Chester transferred out of the Jones family company. She deleted all his contact information and threw away everything he had ever given her.Chester

She was not very good at saying sweet things. However, she handled every little detail with care.When I worked late, she would bring me a late-night snack and wait downstairs at the office.Once, I casually mentioned that I was craving roasted pecans. She drove halfway across the city to get them for me.When my stomach started acting up, she would make plain oatmeal ahead of time. My medicine and a glass of warm water were always waiting beside it.She never asked when I would fall in love with her.She never pressured me for an answer. Instead, she simply stayed by my side, quietly helping me piece my broken sense of security back together.Meanwhile, Melissa continued finding ways to appear in my life.Once, when Julia and I went to take our wedding photos, Melissa was waiting outside the studio. She was holding a bouquet of gardenias.When she saw me walk out in a white suit, she froze.It was simple and perfectly fitted, the clean white fabric standing out against everyt

"Wherever he is, that is where my home will be."Tears slipped down my cheeks.The officiant turned to me."Do you take Ms. Julia Lawson to be your wife?"I looked at her, and suddenly, so many memories came rushing back.I remembered the final minute at the County Clerk's Office, when she held out her hand to me. I remembered the slippers she had left in the car, the warm water she brought me that night when I had a fever, and the umbrella she always tilted toward me whenever we walked through the rain.All those little things came rushing back at once.Every time she asked me, "Is this okay?"I finally smiled."I do."Applause filled the beach, and even the sound of the waves seemed gentle.As we exchanged rings, I spotted someone standing at the very back of the crowd.Melissa.She wore a black dress, her face pale. She did not come closer or make a scene. She simply stood there and watched from a distance.The moment I slipped the ring onto Julia's finger, Melissa low