Chapter 6
“Hiss-
Gasping in pain, I was about to cry out when he grabbed my shoulders with both hands.
Sienna, can you please stop being so cruel! You have been bullying Carolina since we were kids, always taking everything away from her!”
“Snatched toys, snatched clothes, snatched Joey, snatched you! You even snatched the person she liked!”
“You had already won, everything is yours! I had also agreed to marry you! Why do you still have to be so dominant and not willing to take a step back?”
Carolina lay on the only carpet in the room that had not been affected by the shattered glass, crying her heart out.
Brayden grabbed me with both hands and shook me continuously, v
veins popping
gon his forehead, his tone filled with hatred and despair. But I lowered my head and looked at the broken glass jar, the body of the jar was snapped in half, revealing pink star–shaped cards inside.
My breathing suddenly became heavier, and despite Brayden’s increasingly furious roar, I blurted out, “It wasn’t me!”
day made
The wound on my ankle caused intense pain, and the fluctuation of emotions throughout the day
made my head ache as well.
I could feel the soreness in my eyes and saw my own tears reflected in Brayden’s amber pupils. But I couldn’t care about anything else, I just trembled and grabbed onto his sleeve tightly.
Just like ten years a
ago, I wanted to do my best to make him believe in me.
“Brayden, it wasn’t me, I didn’t bully her! She grabbed me first and I didn’t push back, I didn’t!”
There seemed to be a glimmer of water in Brayden’s eyes, but my own vision was already blurred, making it impossible to distinguish if those were tears. But I could feel his heavy breathing gradually becoming steady, and he even reached out to wipe my tears.
However, Carolina
that’s why I fell!”
ubbed and spoke up, “Brayden, don’t hit Sienna, Sienna is right, she didn’t hit me hard. It was my own fault, I didn’t stand firm and
“But Joey, it seems like I twisted my foot. Can you take me to the hospital?”
Brayden hesitated for a moment, his gaze wavering between me and Carolina. In the end, he ruthlessly pushed my hand away.
“I will first take Carolina to the hospital, and we can discuss any matters when we come back.”
He squatted down and picked up Carolina, sighing heavily as he said, “Joey and our parents are comforting the
you said those things out of anger, so our wedding has been postponed.”
I have also agreed, let’s have the wedding, stop malding a fuss! Wait for me here!”
He kicked the broken glass with his shoe, stepping on the card and brushing past me without a care
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guests, saying that
had a quarrel and
And in his arms, Caroline silently clenched her hand upon hearing the words “wedding,” her eyes filled with hatred as she looked at me.
I felt as if I had lost the perception of pain, and like a lost soul, I squatted down and picked up the card with shoe prints on it.
Sienna was not afraid. Mr. Colller and Joey liked Carolina more, but I liked you, liked you
the most, only liked you!
This was given to me by Brayden in class, two years after Carolina was brought home. The classmates were all laughing and cheering, speculating whether there was a sweet love message written on it.
But I only opened it and took a glance, and tears tell.
Even though time has passed and things have changed, I still find this childish promise more touching than any sweet words. Fifteen–year–old Jory, sensing my fear and unease, conforted me with his youthful spirit, easing the pain of losing my mother. I consoled my gradually depressed mood due to the loss of la
of favor from my father and brothers
But, so many years have passed, and we love become like this. We have become like this,
