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After finally breaking free from Jaylon’s entanglement, I was unexpectedly faced with Nadia, who began pestering me.
Seeing her standing outside the gate of the company with a look of resentment, I could not help but feel baffled.
“Aurora, can you please talk to Jaylon? He has locked himself in his studio like a madman. No one can get in, and he has not eaten for three days and nights! If this continues, he will die!”
“Why should I care whether he lives or dies?” I turned to look at her, and she still had that pitiful expression on her face.
“Weren’t you the one who wanted us to break up? Now you want me to go see him? Is our breakup not enough for you?”
Tears welled up in Nadia’s eyes. “It is all my fault, okay? Please. I cannot lose Jaylon. Only you can save him!”
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I scoffed.
I remembered the time she had flaunted Jaylon in front of me, wrapping herself around him while I had cried and begged her to let him go.
Now that she had him, why was she putting on this poor, helpless act?
“Aurora, if you are still angry about the wedding dress, I can apologize to you…”
Nadia knelt anxiously as if she really intended to bow and beg for forgiveness.
“Nadia, what are you doing? Why are you apologizing to her? Get up!”
A voice called out angrily. I glanced up and saw the girl from the dinner who had deliberately made things difficult for me.
She hurried over and pulled Nadia to her feet, glaring at me with fierce eyes.
“Jaylon and Nadia have true love, and you are the outsider trying to interfere. You are the one who should be kneeling in shame!”
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I laughed, “You know what? You are right.
They are perfectly matched, equally shameless!”
“You…”
Nadia quickly stepped between us, pleading, “Aurora, please, I am begging you. Just go see Jaylon. You are the only one who can help him.”
I replied indifferently, “What, your care is not enough for him? What could I possibly
do?”
She looked as if she had been shocked. “I always thought that if I gave Jaylon all my heart, everything would work out. But now I see that without you, he won’t be happy.
“If he can be happy with you, then I will let him go.”
I had completely lost my patience by then. I ordered a ride through the app and, as I was about to leave, said to her.
“Are you giving him to me just because you
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I laughed, “You know what? You are right.
They are perfectly matched, equally shameless!”
“You…”
Nadia quickly stepped between us, pleading, “Aurora, please, I am begging you. Just go see Jaylon. You are the only one who can help him.”
I replied indifferently, “What, your care is not enough for him? What could I possibly
do?”
She looked as if she had been shocked. “I always thought that if I gave Jaylon all my heart, everything would work out. But now I see that without you, he won’t be happy.
“If he can be happy with you, then I will let him go.”
I had completely lost my patience by then. I ordered a ride through the app and, as I was about to leave, said to her.
“Are you giving him to me just because you
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cannot have him? Sorry, I am not interested in leftovers.”
I could not for the life of me understand
what kind of tragic love story they were trying to act out.
I wanted nothing to do with Jaylon anymore. After two days of peace, I came home to find Jaylon waiting outside my door, looking pale and weak.
I had no intention of having a conversation. with him, so I just ignored him.
“Aurora, please, hear me out. Let’s talk.”
Looking at his dark circles, I sighed.
“Fine. What is it?”
Seeing that I did not tell him to leave, his eyes lit up with hope. He soon pulled a small jewelry box from his pocket.
When he opened it, I saw the diamond rings I had thrown away.
I could not imagine how long he had spent
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searching for them or what kind of filthy places he had gone through.
His eyes welled up with emotion as he tried to slip the ring back on my finger.
“Aurora, it is all my fault for neglecting you before. I will never abandon you again.
“So, will you marry me? Let’s start over again.”
Jaylon’s face was full of affection, his gaze
tender and earnest.
In the past, I would have been overjoyed for a long time, eager to marry him as soon as possible.
But now, all I saw was his hypocrisy.
“Wouldn’t Nadia be upset if she knew it?” I asked calmly.
“She is just like a sister to me. You are the one I love!”
“Jaylon, stop deceiving yourself.” I looked up at him, my tone flat. “Every time you
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had to make a choice, you chose her over me. Do you really even know what love is?”
Guilt flashed across Jaylon’s face.
I sighed. “Even if you find the rings, it does not change anything. It is not just about the wedding dress. It is about you lying to me.
“When you finally understand what it means to love someone, you will
understand me.”
Every girl wanted to be the only one in their lover’s eyes, not the backup option.
But Jaylon didn’t understand that, and he
never loved me.
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