All Chapters of Forgetting You in the Light: Chapter 1 - Chapter 9

Just as I walked out of the banquet hall, the wedding planner called."Ms. Hull, you booked this venue six months ago. It'll be almost impossible to get this date back once we release it, and your deposit is non-refundable. Are you sure you want to cancel?"I looked down at the faint indentation on my ring finger."Yes. Cancel it. I'll cover the loss."After hanging up, I hailed a cab and headed home.As the city lights blurred past the window, I took out my phone to text my parents about my decision to call off the wedding. But when I opened my social media feed, a notification for a new video caught my eye.It had been posted by one of Elton Werner's friends. The clip showed a rowdy nightclub, where everyone was shouting and cheering Elton and Lula Buckley on."Kiss her! Kiss her!"Lula sat in the middle of the couch, looking up at Elton with barely concealed anticipation."Fine, I'll kiss her," Elton said with a helpless chuckle. "But let's get one thing straight. This is j

That afternoon, the planetarium lounge was quiet.I was sorting through the final handover documents when a notification appeared on my phone. It was a new post from Lula.In the photo, Elton was resting his head on her shoulder with his eyes closed, apparently fast asleep. In the corner of the frame, my blurred figure stood in the distance.The caption read: [The groom-to-be is such a handful. It takes both of us to keep him in line.]Our mutual friends had already flooded the comments with jokes.[If I didn't know better, I'd think you were the bride.][Elton gets a buy-one-get-one deal. Not bad!][Maybe keep these pictures in the private chat next time, or Betsy's going to overthink things again.]...Elton hadn't asked Lula to take the post down. Instead, he'd replied to one of the comments himself.[Betsy knows how we've always been. She won't overthink it.]I stared at those words for a long time before opening the comment box and typing a single sentence.[Wishing yo

Elton stared at the shattered phone on the floor, his voice hoarse."Impossible."He shoved past the groomsmen and strode toward the elevator. Lula hurried after him in her high heels and grabbed his sleeve."Calm down. Betsy might just be throwing a tantrum. Maybe she's hiding at home and refusing to answer your calls."Elton shook off her hand."Get out of my way!"She stumbled sideways and crashed into the hallway wall.He didn't even look back.Instead, he turned to his assistant, who was struggling to keep up."Check every flight and train. Get all the security footage! Find her. Now!"...A month later, the Arctic research station had entered the polar night, plunging the region into almost perpetual darkness.I sat at the observation station, studying the fluctuating data on the screen, when my team lead pushed open the door and handed me a folder."The sensor in Sector B is malfunctioning. We'll have to collect today's data manually."I grabbed the recorder and go

The sharp crack of the slap echoed through the quiet room."I was wrong," Elton said bitterly. "The tattoo was fake. Lula used a temporary sticker and bribed the wedding planner to deceive me. I've already driven her out of Verolvale. She'll never show her face around us again."He clutched my snow boots with both hands. "Betsy, please. Come back with me and marry me, okay?"I looked down at his tear-streaked face and felt nothing but disgust. "You only came looking for me because your ego can't stand being dumped."I kicked his hands away and continued, "The moment you sided with Lula and humiliated me at our engagement party, we were over."Elton stared at me in disbelief. "You're throwing away years of our relationship over something so trivial?"He scrambled to his feet, his desperate pleading instantly giving way to anger. "Do you really have to be so heartless?"I pointed toward the heavy front door. "Get out!"He gritted his teeth and gestured at the sophisticated equipm

He lunged at me and clamped both hands around my ankles."Betsy! I finally found you!"Screams erupted from the crowd. Security guards immediately drew their batons and rushed forward.I looked down at the man sprawled at my feet.It was a filthy vagrant, reeking of body odor and grime. His hair was matted into hard, tangled clumps, and his face was covered in bruises and patches of frostbitten skin.The guards struck him across the back with their batons."Get away from Dr. Hull!"Elton cried out in pain, but he refused to let go of me. Instead, he pulled a filthy, crumpled blueprint from inside his coat."Betsy, look! I've drawn up the plans for the observatory I'm building for you. Everything's ready. Construction can start right away! And I broke Lula's other leg. No one will ever come between us again!"He lifted his grime-streaked face toward me. Tears mingled with the dirt on his cheeks, leaving two clean streaks behind."Please forgive me, okay? I sacrificed my entire