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I didn’t want to ruin my delicate makeup, so I tried hard to hold back the tears in my eyes. With a cold heart, I said: “Dad didn’t die because of me, but because of you!”
“The nitroglycerin pills Dad prepared for Grandma were always kept on the shelf. You carelessly threw away Grandma’s pill bottle and said you’d buy a new one on your way home from work. But you went to the mahjong parlor instead.”
“That night Grandma’s heart condition suddenly flared up. She couldn’t reach you on the phone, so Dad had to run to the nearby pharmacy to buy some. Who knew he would encounter an out–of–control car on the way…”
Mom stared at me in disbelief, “You’re talking nonsense. How could it be because of me? You’re the one who killed your father.”
I lowered my voice: “How long are you going to keep deceiving yourself? Do you think Grandma shut you out all these years for no reason? You’re weak–natured and irresponsible, always running away or blaming others when something happens.”
“But I never imagined you would make up stories, cowardly pinning your own mistakes on me, and even resenting me for it.”
“Mom, am I really your biological daughter?”
Mom’s face instantly turned ashen. She suddenly collapsed to the ground, wailing loudly, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry… It was all Mom’s fault…”
Ryan, who had been standing to the side, also apologized, “Olivia, your mom and I both know we were wrong. Can you forgive us this once?”
“Will you come back with us? I’ve prepared your wedding dress, and our marital home. As long as you come back with me, we can hold the wedding right away..”
“Shut up! Trying to steal my wife on her big day? Who do you think you are?”
Ethan appeared just in time. He pulled me into his arms intimately in front of Ryan.
Just like how Ryan used to hold other women in front of me.
Seeing Ryan’s extremely awkward face, I found it quite amusing.
“Honey, I don’t want irrelevant people attending our wedding.”
Ethan indulged me in everything. He smiled and tapped my nose, “Whatever my wife says goes.”
He called for security and had Ryan and my mom promptly tied up and thrown out of the wedding venue onto the street.
11:06 AM
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In life, there are always some people who will disappear like smoke, never stirring any ripples in my heart again.
And there are always some people who will remain in my heart, in my life, accompanying me for a lifetime.
I put on the most exquisite makeup, wore the most gorgeous wedding dress, and held the most beautiful bouquet.
Walking step by step towards my most handsome husband.
The composure Ethan usually carried had somewhat crumbled on this joyous day. Like the emotionally unguarded boy from our youth, he got teary–eyed with excitement the moment he saw me appear.
Ignoring the teasing from the guests, he eagerly came to greet me, firmly grasping my hand.
“Olivia, being able to marry you in this life is my greatest fortune.”
Ethan knelt on one knee under the officiant’s direction. His dark eyes gazed at me lovingly, as if wanting to drown me in their depths.
He gently slid the ring onto my finger.
“I love you, my dear wife. In this life, you are my one and only, my eternal love.”
I was moved to tears as well.
I leaned close to his ear and whispered softly: “Ethan, have I told you that I’ve fallen in love with you? From now on, I will love you more and more, just as you love me.”
His eyes gradually widened, full of joy and excitement.
We embraced and kissed passionately amidst the warm blessings from the guests below.
Next came the bouquet toss.
“Olivia! The bouquet! Throw it to me! Throw it to me!”
Sophie jumped up and down excitedly in the crowd.
Ethan and I exchanged an amused glance, shaking our heads. I discreetly tossed the bouquet in her direction.
Sophie caught the bouquet as hoped, showing it off to those around her like she had won the lottery.
That wedding day was the most romantic and happiest moment of my life.
Without those vexing people to disturb us.
Only the people I loved and who loved me.
We laughed and played together joyfully.
Later, with the help of a lawyer, I successfully inherited all the assets my father had left me.
I heard Chloe wasn’t having an easy time in prison. It seemed someone had deliberately arranged for that.
Mom admitted she had indirectly caused Dad’s death, and also admitted to emotionally neglecting her own daughter all these years. Overwhelmed with remorse, she gave up her life of luxury and went to a temple to become a nun, atoning for her sins.
Ryan somehow found that sapphire necklace Chloe had destroyed. He had it melted down and remade.
He had originally intended to give it to me, but realizing Ethan wouldn’t let him near me, he ended up wearing it himself.
A few years later, Ethan and I had our first baby.
Looking at the man lying on my belly listening to the baby’s movements, my mood was as sunny as the moment.
