I opened my mouth, speechless in shock.
I had never seen Ethan like this.
Never.
The proud young master of the Shen family,
even though he and Lily had been awkward
for so many years, had never begged her like
this.
Lily was also stunned.
Her face flushed and paled, finally saying,
“Don’t regret it, I won’t give you a second
chance,” and ran away crying.
Ethan didn’t turn his head.
I reminded him, “Lily really left.”
But Ethan reached out to pull me. “I didn’t
intend to be with her for long, she was just an
obsession, when it comes to marriage, no one
else is in my mind but you-”
“Ethan,” I rubbed my temples, interrupting
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him.
I was afraid Kai would wake up and couldn’t
find me, so I decided to lay it all out.
“Actually, I didn’t always see you as a
replacement. I did have feelings for you.”
How could I not have feelings? Six years of
close contact, physical intimacy, how could I
not have feelings?
Ethan’s eyes lit up.
I sighed. “But you pushed me away, Ethan,
don’t you remember?
Every time I was about to develop feelings,
you chose Lily.”
I smiled bitterly. “You pushed me away. You
kept reminding me that Kai would never treat
me like this, you couldn’t replace Kai.”
The light in Ethan’s eyes dimmed.
He still struggled to say, “I can change,
Lauren, I’ll change…”
I shook my head to interrupt him. “Ethan, you
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don’t love me. You just can’t accept that
someone doesn’t love you. Before it was Lily,
now it’s me.”
I pointed to my heart. “But I can’t get
entangled with you anymore. My heart is now
filled with my husband, there’s no room for
you.”
The last light in Ethan’s eyes suddenly went
out.
I didn’t say anything else, just walked past
him and went home.
At the entrance of the building, I suddenly
found Kai standing quietly there, not knowing
how long he’d been awake.
I panicked immediately. “You heard
everything…”
Kai embraced me. “Don’t worry.”
He patted my back. “Ethan called me, told me
about you two, asked me to give you up to
him.”
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“Then what did you say?” I asked in surprise.
“I returned the money he paid for my
treatment, doubled. And I sent him a wedding
invitation.”
“Oh…”
I was speechless.
I told him how Ethan found our wedding hotel.
Kai was good at dealing with people.
I don’t know when Ethan left.
And I didn’t care.
I was busy preparing for my honeymoon with
Kai.
One sunny afternoon, Kai and I went to an
island for our honeymoon.
Blue sky, white clouds, blue sea, golden sand,
a gentle breeze blowing, Kai and I
comfortably closed our eyes, basking in the
sun by the beach, until the evening, we
returned to our beach hut.
I told Ethan about this hut years ago, I never
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had time to come.
Then Kai heard me and booked the room
immediately, deciding to bring me here for
our honeymoon.
I stood at the window of the hut, wanting to
see the night sea, but I saw a familiar figure
in front of the hut next door, sitting on the
beach drinking beer.
He was alone, surrounded by empty bottles.
I pursed my lips and closed the window.
Before I could close the curtains, Kai came
and hugged me, kissing me.
I saw Ethan’s lonely figure on the beach,
constantly tilting his head back to drink, and
Kai carried me to the bedroom…
When I got up to drink water in the morning, I
glanced over and was surprised to find Ethan
still on the beach, motionless.
I was startled, quickly ran out, knelt down to
check his breathing.
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Thankfully, he was still breathing.
I patted my chest, just as I was about to
leave, Ethan grabbed my hand and opened his
eyes.
Those once spirited eyes were now hazy with
intoxication, sad and helpless, quietly looking
at me in the morning sun.
He hoarsely begged me. “Lauren, can I… hug
you again?”
“Just a hug. Just one.”
I shook my head, pulling my hand away,
standing up. “I’m married, Ethan.”
Ethan was very drunk, seemingly crying and
laughing, his voice mixed with the sound of
the rising tide. “But I can’t let you go, Lauren.
It wasn’t that I wanted something I couldn’t
get, it was love without knowing. Lauren, wife,
give me another chance, okay? I won’t dare
not cherish it for the rest of my life!”
I stopped, then walked back.
This constant entanglement wasn’t a solution.
Let him give up completely.
Walking back seemed to give Ethan hope, he
looked at me with anticipation.
I took out my phone, pulled up a picture, and
silently placed it in front of him.
It was a picture of a pregnancy test, two
lines.
“I’m pregnant, Ethan.”
Ethan froze.
After a few seconds, he forcefully pushed the
phone away, as if pushing away a poisonous
snake, not wanting to look at it again.
He couldn’t say a word.
I stood up, looking down at him, repeating his
words when he broke up with me. “It’s over
between us.”
Then, I walked back to the hut.
Silence followed.
Later Leompletely forgot Ethan
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Kai and I lived a happy life, forgetting
everything that had happened before.
Ten months later, I got pregnant and gave
birth to a daughter.
At my daughter’s 100–day celebration, Kai
held my daughter and showed her off, smiling.
happily.
I sat on the side, looking at Kai and my
daughter, my heart warm.
A waiter came running over, handing me an
exquisite gift box. “Ma’am, a gentleman asked
me to give this to you.”
Thinking it was a gift from Kai’s friends, I
thanked him and took it, opening it to see.
There were two things inside.
One was a golden locket.
The other was a large diamond ring.
I recognized the ring.
Zoe came over, exclaimed, “Isn’t this the ring
Ethan was going to give you at your wedding?
He asked me to give it to you, and you gave it
back to him?”
I froze, not knowing what to say.
After a while, I realized, I picked up the box
and chased after him.
But I was too late, seeing Ethan’s tall and thin
back, getting into his familiar car, the engine
roared as he left.
Zoe chased out with me, sighing, “If he had
done this earlier, you two wouldn’t…”
I shook my head and smiled. “What are you
thinking, there aren’t so many ifs.”
Missing out is missing out.
There are no ifs, and no regrets.
I returned to the banquet hall, looked at my
husband and daughter, feeling grateful.
Kai came over and hugged me, asking, “Is
there something on my face? Why are you
staring at me?”
I shook my head, leaning into his arms. “I’m
grateful that I didn’t miss you.”
I didn’t miss out on my true happiness.
