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Although I had expected not to get my mom’s support, actually hearing her say this still hurt.
Once again, I clearly realized that in my parents‘ eyes, I was nothing but a commodity to be sold. It certainly wasn’t a pleasant realization.
Ethan had finished talking with my father and came out.
He assessed the situation at a glance, came forward to put one arm around my waist, and extended the other to my mother. “Hello, Mrs. Morgan. I’m Ethan Rivers,
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My mother’s expression changed slightly, then she smiled broadly and shook his hand, her gaze filled with utmost satisfaction as she looked him
As we were leaving, she held my hand and said. “Mia, why didn’t you tell me that you ran away from the wedding to be with Mr. Rivers? If you had told us, your father and I wouldn’t have had to worry about the company”
My already cold heart froze even more. I smiled bitterly, keeping my head down without a word.
Seeing their broad smiles, I guessed they had sold me for a good price this time.
On the way back to the villa with Ethan, I remained silent, staring blankly out the window.
Ethan held me in his arms, his fingers playing with my hair. “Feeling unhappy?”
I nestled in his embrace and nodded. “Mm, I don’t like that you gave up so many benefits for me.”
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He chuckled, his voice tinged with pride. “Mia, I’m really happy you think that way, but I didn’t lose out at all. Think about it – you’re your parents‘ only daughter, so everything in the Morgan Family will be yours in the future.”
“And you’re mine, so I’ve hit the jackpot. Don’t worry about me.”
I laughed at his deliberately greedy act.
Seeing me laugh, he let out a sigh of relief. “Finally, a smile. You’ve been so gloomy this whole trip, your face could have dripped water.”
He sighed softly, “Mia, I’m here for everything
Be happier.”
Ethan resolved my family company’s
Unexpectedly, Finn remained quie
I thought Finn would cause more trouble.
and thre
days passed peacefully.
I thought my issues with him were completely over.
My marriage to Finn had been arranged by our elders since childhood. As soon as I could remember, adults told me I was Finn’s little girlfriend and would marry him when I grew up.
They said it so often that I believed it.
Later, when I first began to understand love, I naturally fell for Finn.
When we were young, Finn was very good to me and took care of me.
But I don’t know when it started, he began
dislike me a lot.
Now that I’d left on my own, he should feel relieved, right?
As for him cutting off cooperation with my family’s company, I thought it was just because my running away made him lose face, and he wanted to get even.
Finn only wanted to force Mia back, not to make enemies with the Morgan Family.
Besides, he was busy trying to mend the wedding dress Mia had cut up, hoping to rekindle their relationship, so naturally he wouldn’t cause more
trouble.
He had managed to find an old tailor whose ancestors were imperial robe embroiderers for the royal family.
The tailor was elderly now and had long since retired to enjoy his golden years.
But Finn still managed to persuade the old man to help.
The wedding dress Mia had cut up was sent to the old man in the second week after she left.
Today, the old tailor called to say it was repaired.
Finn came to collect the dress with a heart full of joy.
He never knew that the wedding dress for their marriage was personally designed by Mia.
If it wasn’t for Mia’s best friend accidentally revealing it while defending her, he wouldn’t have known how much she cared about this wedding.
He had been too terrible on their wedding day.
But that girl was just a momentary whim, and putting the ring on her finger was just an act of defiance against family pressure.
The day after Mia ran away, he had broken up with Daisy.
Without Mia, looking at any other girl felt meaningless.
He suddenly realized that the person he truly cared about was Mia.
Some people didn’t seem special until you lost them, and then you realized how important they were.
In the days since Mia ran away, everything irritated Finn, and he had no energy for anything.
When gathering with friends, amidst all the excitement, he felt desolate.
At night, as he was lying in bed, his mind was full of her.
Even her constant nagging about what he shouldn’t do, which he found annoying at the time, now made him nostalgic.
Finn thought that when Mia returned this time, he wouldn’t hold her from running away and embarrassing him against her, as long as she promised not to run away again.
He had never imagined that Mia would fall for another man.
Mia was the most stubborn person. Over the years, many excellent men had pursued her, but in her heart, there had only ever been him.
He would explain everything to her, and from now on, he wouldn’t philander anymore. He would stay faithful to her and live a good life.
The old tailor’s craftsmanship was truly impressive.
The wedding dress was restored almost as if it had never been cut up.
Finn paid satisfactorily.
Carrying the wedding dress, he was about to go find Mia.
Just as he got in the car, his phone suddenly rang.
For some reason, he felt a bit nervous.
Until he saw the caller ID was one of his usual friends.
His frantic heartbeat finally slowed down
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“Finn, I have something to tell you.”
“What is it?”
“Don’t get too excited when you hear this. Maybe I saw wrong.”
“Stop wasting time. What did you see?”
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“I… I was accompanying my girlfriend to choose a wedding dress at ‘This Life With You‘, and I saw Mia… selecting wedding dresses with someone… It seems they’re planning to get married…”
Finn’s fingers suddenly tightened, his voice straining to remain calm as he asked, “With whom?”
The man was silent for a moment, then he said, “Ethan Rivers!”
Finn’s breathing instantly became heavy and uncontrolled. “I see.”
Over the years, he and Ethan had been at odds.
Especially the year he got engaged to Mia, Ethan had snatched several big projects from him, causing him to waste half a year’s work.
Because of this, the two had become incompatible rivals.
“Finn?”
“If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
Finn ended the call and looked at the paper bag containing the wedding dress.
He took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, fumbled for his lighter, but failed to light it several times. Frustrated, he threw the lighter away.
“Mia, you really know how to anger me!”
Finn didn’t believe Mia would fall in love with someone else; he only thought she was deliberately trying to anger him by being with his arch–enemy.
After meeting my parents, Ethan was afraid I might run away, so he eagerly wanted to make our relationship official.
The wedding date was set very hastily.
The time was so tight that we could only rush to make one wedding dress; the others needed to be purchased.
What could I do?
I had to cherish the man I chose!
I came out of the fitting room wearing the store’s masterpiece.
Ethan’s eyes lit up, his face full of admiration and fascination. “Mia, you’re so beautiful!”
With the store manager and sales assistant still nearby, he wrapped his arm around my waist and kissed me, oblivious to others.
I could hear his heart beating.
It was pounding quickly and urgently!
Just like mine.
Only when I was nearly breathless did he release me, his gaze burning as he looked at me. “Mia, I feel so happy I might faint.”
I teased him deliberately. “If you’re this happy just seeing me try on wedding dresses, what will you do on our actual wedding day?”
“If I faint, pinch me awake.”
After saying this, he buried his face in the crook of my neck and whispered. “I don’t want to miss a single second of the most important day of our lives together.”
My arms encircled his waist, pulling him closer. “I can’t bear to pinch you. What should I do?”
“Clap, clap, clap…”
A round of applause interrupted our intimate moment.
Finn strode towards us with a gloomy face, his eyebrows slightly raised in mockery. “What a touching performance!”
In the twenty–plus years I’d known him, I had never seen Finn look so disheveled.
Haggard and unkempt, his face bore undisguised weariness, his brows deeply furrowed, his eyes bloodshot.
The way he looked at me was strange, filled with hatred, resentment, and also… love.
It was a complexity J couldn’t decipher.
Perhaps it was because his appearance was so unexpected.
Ethan instinctively moved in front of me.
But Finn’s expression was surprisingly calm. He extended his hand towards me, his voice gentler than I had ever heard. “Mia, come here…”
I stood motionless.
He walked towards me step by step, his gaze fixed on me, as if he had never seen Ethan standing in front of me.
When he spoke again, his voice was full of coaxing. “Let’s go back and finish our wedding. From now on, I won’t do anything foolish to make you angry. We’ll live well together, okay?”
His expression was so serious that I almost thought my memory had played tricks on me.
The Finn who had put the wedding ring on another girl’s finger seemed like a figment of my imagination.
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