Weddings have a lot of rules. You know that
the bride and groom can’t see each other the
day before the wedding, right?”
“So before the wedding, I’m going to stay in a
hotel for a while.”
He looked at me, as if waiting for me to give
in, waiting for me to beg him, hoping that I
would find a reason to keep him.
But I just replied indifferently, “Okay, go!”
The man behind me obviously stiffened, then
slowly retracted his arms, turned around in a
huff, and left me with only his back.
<
Countdown: two days.
When I woke up in the morning, Jake was
gone.
After I had processed all the items from our
love affair, I took a cab to the hospital and, as
he had wished, had the scar removed.
Lying on the operating table, I suddenly
hesitated and called Jake at the hotel.
“Jake, where are you?”
Jake hesitated for two seconds before
speaking, his voice clearly hoarse.
<
“Busy, what’s up? Missing me?”
I was just about to speak when Lily’s
coquettish voice came from the other end.
“Honey…”
The sound in the earpiece suddenly
disappeared. A few seconds later, I heard
Jake’s slightly nervous voice.
“Brittany, three o’clock this afternoon, I’ll be
waiting for you at the bridal shop.”
The phone hung up, I put away my phone, and
looked calmly at the doctor.
く
“Okay, let’s start.”
The surgery went well, and it was painful, but
not as painful as my heart.
During the two hours of my surgery, I
received another message from Lily.
“So what if tomorrow is your wedding day?
Do you believe that as long as I show up, he
won’t choose you?”
“If you’re smart, you should give up your seat
as Mrs. Jacob sooner rather than later.”
“He doesn’t even love you anymore. Why are
still holding on to your seat as Mrs.
you
く
Jacob? Is it interesting?”
Her tone was assertive, and she made no
secret of her ambition.
In the picture, Jake was wearing custom-
made clothes, his head lowered to look at Lily
with affection.
Lily was wearing the wedding dress I had
chosen, smiling and snuggling in Jake’s arms.
If you didn’t look closely, you would really
think it was 40–year–old Jake and 18–year-
old Brittany.
And their background was the Golden Gate
L
Bridge, where Jake and I fell in love.
How ironic.
Jake was not only deceiving his own eyes, but
also deceiving his own heart.
At three–thirty, I appeared at the bridal shop.
Jake was already waiting inside, his face free
of any impatience.
I looked at the hem of the wedding dress that
Lily had deliberately trampled on, and chose
another backless dress.
Jake’s eyes darkened, and he smiled and
reminded me.
く
“Didn’t you say that a wedding dress with a
train looks good?”
“That’s what 18–year–old Brittany liked, but
28–year–old Brittany likes backless dresses.”
When I came out of the fitting room, Jake’s
eyes flashed with amazement, but then a hint
of regret.
Until his eyes fell on my smooth back, he
could no longer laugh.
He looked at me in disbelief, and his fingers
trembled as he stroked my back.
“That scar… you got rid of it?”
<
I looked at myself in the mirror with
satisfaction, and my tone was indifferent.
“Didn’t you always want me
to get rid of it?”
As soon as the words fell, Jake’s eyes
instantly turned red.
He did care about this scar. Every time he
saw it, it was as if he was constantly
reminding him.
The eighteen–year–old Brittany had
completely died on the way to his rise.
Wedding countdown: one day.
<
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