Chapter 2
Not replying to Ricky Grayton’s messages must have caught him off guard.
The “typing…” indicator on his side of the chat kept flashing.
I ignored it, tossed my phone aside, and watched a movie.
It wasn’t until I was about to sleep that I noticed Ricky had sent me over a dozen messages:
“They have your favorite pineapple cakes here. I’ll bring a few boxes back for you.”
But I knew he wasn’t being thoughtful. He was just testing my reaction.
Yesterday afternoon, right after he posted the video in the family group, his sister immediately noticed something was off.
She couldn’t resist tagging Ricky:
“Brother, delete that message quickly. If your future wife sees it, she’ll make a scene again.”
Ricky replied in seconds:
“Doesn’t matter. I’m tired of her tricks anyway.”
In his mind, he believed I could never leave him, so he didn’t bother sparing a thought for my feelings.
He humiliated me like that, openly, in front of his family–even knowing I was part of the group chat.
It was true.
In the past, I would have called him, sobbing and demanding an explanation.
I had loved Ricky for seven years, and after finally becoming his fiancée, I couldn’t bear the thought of any woman taking him away from me.
Whenever a younger woman showed interest in him, I’d do everything I could to push her
A Love Left Behind
Chapter 2
away
Ricky called me paranoid.
In the fourth year of chasing him, I accidentally saved his mother from nearly being hit by a truck. The Grayton family was grateful and accepted me as Ricky’s fiancée. That’s how we
finally got together.
Even though it was a family arrangement and not because he truly loved me, I naively
elieved that if I gave him my heart, he’d eventually be moved.
Four years of pursuit, three years together–seven years in total.
But now, I was starting to feel like enough was enough.
I didn’t say anything. I just sent a “Goodnight” sticker and turned off the lights.
The next morning, I discovered that Ricky had disbanded the family group chat.
Then he messaged me, saying he needed to stay another day on his business trip.
But one of his colleagues had just contacted me, saying that today was Ricky’s birthday and they were planning to surprise him with a celebration when he returned from his trip that
evening.
His colleagues also mentioned that the company hadn’t asked him to stay an extra day.
This lie of his?
He must have wanted to spend more time with the woman from the hotel video.
