Chapter 1 Three Months Before Our Wedding, My Boyfriend Posted His Marriage Certificate with My Sister on Instagram
Three months before our wedding, my fiancé Ryan posted on Instagram – photos of his marriage certificate with my adopted sister Chloe,
along with pictures of her pregnant belly.
The caption read: “Legally welcoming our little bundle of joy.”
Chloe commented with a shy emoji.
My mom liked the post, commenting: “Once the baby is born, I’ll take care of it so you two can enjoy your time together.”
I couldn’t help but reply with a question mark. The next moment, Ryan’s harsh rebuke came at me like a slap in the face.
“She’s only borrowing my name for a year of marriage. Once the baby is born, I’ll be back with you.”
“Don’t be so petty. My mom also said we should only get our marriage license after you give birth to a son. It work the wedding first and get the license later.”
I gave a faint “Mm” in response, then deleted all Instagram posts related to Ryan before posting a new one:
“Need a new groom. Who wants to marry me?”
Ryan was the first to reply.
[Aria Young, are you out of your mind? I’m just marrying her on paper, why are you making such a big deal out of it?]
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[You don’t seriously think posting on Instagram will make me jealous, do you? That’s laughable. I’m warning you, stop causing trouble over nothing, and don’t you dare give Chloe a hard time.]
Chloe quickly followed up on Ryan’s comment.
[Sis, Ryan is just trying to help our baby be born legally. I won’t steal him away from you. After you and Ryan get married, my child can call you mom too.]
My mom scolded me for being ungrateful.
[You get to have a child without going through the pain of childbirth. Chloe is doing you such a huge favor, shouldn’t you be thanking her?]
Several comments followed from Ryan’s buddies, all chiming in.
[You and Chloe are sisters, so it doesn’t matter which of you Ryan marries, you’re all family anyway. How about Chloe gets him Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and you get Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday!]
Everyone was joking and laughing at my expense.
I stared at the screen in shock, tears welling up and spilling over onto my phone.
They were clearly in the wrong.
Yet they had the audacity to turn around and blame me.
How ridiculous.
These people weren’t worth my tears.
I wiped my eyes forcefully and scrolled through the mess of comments. One stood out from the rest.
It was from Sean White: “Can I be your new groom?”
Sean and I grew up together.
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After college graduation, I stayed in the city while he chose to study abroad.
We’d avoided each other since I started dating Ryan in college. It had been years since we last spoke.
