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After daybreak, I was woken up by the ringing of Audrey‘ s cell phone.
“Chase, are you awake? I ordered your favorite soup dumplings for you. I won’t go back today. There’s something urgent at the company. Let’s take the wedding photos another day. You don’t have to worry about what happened last night. I apologize to Harold for you.”
“Okay.”
Audrey didn’t expect me to agree so readily.
A little embarrassed, she added, “The wedding is just a face–saving project. We have such a good relationship that we don’t need to use these to prove anything. Just keep it simple.”
“Okay.”
Keep it simple.
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There was no marriage certificate, no
wedding photos, no emcee and no groom at this wedding.
After hanging up the phone, I used a marker to cross out the “wedding photos” schedule on the calendar.
Audrey was very busy at work and didn’t have time to accompany me.
So I wrote down all the things I wanted to do most on the calendar.
I wanted to take advantage of the time of marriage to realize all my wishes at once.
Unfortunately, each wish was covered by thick markers.
It became an unspeakable regret.
I no longer put my mind on Audrey.
After submitting my resignation to the company, I met with a few colleagues who were on good terms and said goodbye.
In the next few days, I contacted my
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friends one after another and told them the news of the cancellation of the wedding.
“Actually, we all guessed it…”
My friend opened Audrey‘ s Instagram story and showed it to me.
“During this period, Audrey has been with Harold. People who are not familiar with him think that the person in her Instagram story is you, but we recognized it at a glance.”
Audrey, who had never posted a photo of me, now had Harold‘ s back in her
Instagram story.
They went to the amusement park to relax, went to the wedding shop to try on dresses, went to the beach to drink and watched the sunrise.
Her love for Harold was open and
generous.
But she blocked me,
My friend looked at me with some concern,
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“Chase, don‘ t be too sad. Harold is not
worthy of you. If Audrey knew Harold‘ s true face, she would regret it.
“It’s okay. I don’t care anymore.
I looked at the busy streets.
99
In a few days, I would leave here forever.
I didn’t have extra time and energy to be sad for Audrey.
So when Audrey, who had not returned for many days, appeared, I still had no
reaction.
After returning, her hands kept replying to messages and she looked around casually.
“Why is the house empty? Didn’t you decorate it?”
“Don’t you tell me to keep everything simple?”
Audrey was speechless and her eyes fell on the countdown “7” .
“Time flies so fast, our wedding will be in
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a week.
I tore off two pages and said, “Our wedding will be in five days.”
The wishes written on these two pages were “ride the Ferris wheel together” and
“watch the sunrise and sunset together”
But Audrey would never notice anything about me.
At this time, my father called and I went to the balcony to chat briefly.
When I came back, Audrey was still looking at her phone and asked, “What’s
the matter? I seem to have heard
something about visas.”
“Nothing, it’s about work.”
“Okay, don’t prepare any honeymoon trips. I’m too busy and don’t have time to go.”
“I know.”
After Harold came back, she couldn’t
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bear to be separated from Harold for a
moment.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a little awkward, I gave the star necklace to Audrey.
Her calm eyes lit up instantly.
“I had been looking for it for a long time.”
“I know, I saw the high–priced lost item post you posted on the Internet.”
It said: [140.496 dollars, looking for an old star necklace.]
Meanwhile, the total cost of our wedding was only 28.099 dollars.
I looked at Audrey and suddenly asked,
“Where is your wedding ring?”
She was stunned for a moment and then looked at her bare fingers belatedly.
“I don’t know when I lost it…‘
Audrey wanted to explain, but another
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message came on her phone.
It was Harold‘ s exclusive notification
tone.
She took a look, stood up and kissed me on the forehead.
“I’m sorry, husband, I’ve been too busy recently, so I’ll leave the wedding to you. After this busy period, I promise to make you the happiest man in the world.”
The taciturn Audrey suddenly spoke sweet words.
If it were in the past, I would definitely be touched and happy.
I felt that I had warmed up the iceberg.
But now, I just washed my face with disdain and continued to be busy with my own things.
Time passed by little by little.
Soon, it was the day before the wedding.
The corresponding wish on the calendar
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was “have a reunion dinner together”
This was my biggest wish for more than 20
years.
But I also knew that this wish would never
come true.
Dad would not forgive Mom.
I would not forgive Audrey either.
I went to ride the Ferris wheel by myself and watched the sunset on the Ferris
wheel.
The sunset covered the city where I grew up and all the memories seemed to have dissipated in the evening breeze.
And Harold posted a new status.
The whole family was having dinner.
Mom smiled as she watched Audrey pick up food for her.
The caption read: [Both parents met to discuss the final wedding details.]
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I wasn’t angry, I just found it funny.
Whose wedding? Mine, or Harold‘ s?
I blocked, deleted Harold and wanted to say something to Audrey. I edited it for a long time but didn’t send it out.
Just when I was about to go home, Audrey called me.
“Where are you? Why aren’t you home?”
“Send me your location, I miss you.”
