However, I felt exhausted. I used to dream about my wedding day all the time, with Simon as the groom, thinking I would be the world’s happiest bride.
Never did I imagine I would end up in a whirlwind wedding with someone else.
In the end, I went for a dress with a simple elegance.
Once the dress and makeup were sorted, I headed home with Yvette.
Tossing and turning in bed, sleep just would not come, so I ended up scrolling through my phone.
By chance, I came across Sophia’s social media.
She had posted a video of Simon with her by the sea, the two of them cozied up together, watching the sunset.<
The timestamp of the post was when Simon had called me. Talk about irony.
Bored with my phone, I decided to pamper my skin a bit early.
When the makeup artist showed up, Yvette was already up and about, bustling around and greeting people with a smile that was contagious.
The wedding party was impressive, and that was when I first laid eyes on Eric.
He was just as my sister had said, even more handsome than Simon, and such a gentleman.
The wedding venue was a sight to behold, as lavish as the most extravagant weddings of old.
The crowd was buzzing, a clear sign that the Chapmans really thought highly of me:
Backstage for a makeup touch–up, my phone buzzed with texts from unknown numbers.
They were all from Simon.
[Yoana, just let me know where you are, and I’ll come get you, okay?)
(I’m asking you to marry me right now. I’m nothing without you.]
[Can we stop this, please? Just give me a chance to make it up to you, will you?]
[Yoana, I’m missing you.]
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Each text was a raw outpouring of emotion, something I had never really felt from Simon before.
In the old days, his words would have had me bawling my eyes out, and I would have raced to his side in a heartbeat, no matter where I was.
However, by then, my heart had already been shredded by him, and nothing he did could have made me look back.
I was about to marry someone else.
I simply closed my eyes.
