Missed Happiness
Chapter 1
When Ethan chased after his white moonlight
overseas, I begged him not to go, but he
didn’t even turn around.
A year later, I got married, and Ethan flew
back.
Seeing my wedding ring, the always spoiled
Ethan broke down.
He forced a smile. “Lauren, do you want to
take it off yourself, or should I?”
His voice trembled. “I’ll buy you any ring you
want, just take this one off, please.”
My wedding was small, just a dozen close
friends and family for dinner.
My husband, bless him, didn’t let me lift a
finger, taking care of the guests while I
chatted with my best friend.
Zoe, my best friend, was quite emotional
seeing me married. “I thought you’d wait for
Ethan forever.”
I smiled faintly. “I thought so, too.”
She said, “Does Ethan know you’re married?”
I shook my head. “No. And he doesn’t need to
know.”
She paused. “I heard Ethan booked a flight
last night, went crazy, flew back from
America overnight.”
I said nothing.
Probably because his white moonlight ran off
again.
Just like before, she had a fight with Ethan
and ran to America, and he booked a flight
right in front of me to chase after her.
I was on my period that day, even wrapped in
a blanket, I felt freezing cold.
I sat shivering in front of him, watching his
long fingers tap decisively on his phone,
booking a flight that night.
I gritted my teeth and tried to keep him
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“Ethan, can you not go?”
Ethan’s bright eyes looked at me, a careless
smile on his face. “Stay home, I’ll bring you
back a gift.”
He lifted my chin, lightly kissed my lips, and
tucked the blanket around me. “Necklace or
bracelet?”
I didn’t speak.
Ethan loved giving people jewelry; he’d given
me tons, but never a ring.
He didn’t give Lily many gifts, but every one
was a ring.
I took a deep breath, looking at his lean,
handsome face, his pale skin, and still tried to
hold him back. “Can you really not stay?”
The smile faded from Ethan’s lips. He patted
my head. “You know what kind of relationship
we have.”
I stood there, speechless.
I was the one who pursued Ethan.
He had only one condition: our relationship
couldn’t be public, especially not in front of
Lily.
Simply put, I was a backup.
I had no right to stop him.
Even though we were living together and he’d
even brought me to family gatherings.
Seeing I wasn’t going to say anything else, he
smiled and kissed my forehead. “Be good, I’ll
bring you a gift when I get back.”
I lowered my head. “When will you be back?”
He stood up, slowly buttoning his shirt. “A
few days, maybe.” He probably didn’t expect
that this time, his white moonlight wasn’t just
going abroad for a break, she went to study,
and he ended up staying for a year.
I watched Ethan’s tall, broad back as he left,
sighing.
As if sensing my displeasure, Ethan turned
around. “Before I leave, think about anything
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you want me to do, I’ll do my best.”
Looking at his face, I thought for a moment.
“Can you help me look for someone? His
name is Kai, he’s a war correspondent.”
Ethan’s face darkened. “What’s your
relationship with him? If it’s unclear, I won’t
help.”
I pursed my lips. “My brother. My aunt’s son.”
Ethan’s expression softened slightly, he
nodded. “Wait for my news.”
He turned and left.
I watched his disappearing back, pulling out a
photo from my wallet.
The photo showed a lean, handsome man,
very similar to Ethan.
I stroked the photo.
Ethan was such a forgetful person.
I told him I grew up in an orphanage; I didn’t
have an aunt.
Lalso told him about the broth
care of me in the orphanage; we grew up
together.
But he listened and forgot.
He never suspected why I liked looking at his
face so much.
Only his face.
Ethan really loved Lily.
Even though Lily’s attitude was wavering for
so many years, unwilling to settle down.
He loved her wholeheartedly.
And I really loved Ethan-
His face.
A face similar to Kai’s.
I was always grateful to Ethan.
He saved me from a desperate situation.
When I met him, I had lost contact with Kai
for three years.
Many people said Kai was dead.
I was like a living corpse, lifeless.
Until I saw Ethan, my junior in college, one
year younger than me.
When I saw his face, so similar to Kai’s, I
cried.
I tried every means to get close to Ethan,
unconditionally kind to him.
Everyone knew I was Ethan’s shadow,
carrying his bags, his coat, buying things for
him, relaying messages when he fought with
Lily, helping him home when he was drunk.
Maybe because I was so good to him, so
good that he couldn’t ignore me.
So one night, after a fight with Lily, drunk, he
pulled me into his arms. “You like me?”
Looking at that lean, handsome face, I
nodded.
From that day on, I became Ethan’s secret
girlfriend.
If a backup could be considered a girlfriend.
This went on for years.
Ethan and Lily didn’t work out, but we ended
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Sometimes Ethan would hold me and sigh.
“Lauren, you’re the best woman to me. You
don’t even like my money.”
I smiled. “If you wanted to give me money, I
wouldn’t refuse.”
“But you don’t spend it,” Ethan’s bright eyes
stared at me. “You don’t wear my jewelry, you
don’t pressure me to go public.”
He said, “Sometimes I even feel like you’re
using me as a backup, too.”
I scratched his nose and buried myself in his
arms, laughing.
Backup or not, it didn’t matter.
People aren’t trees, we had already spent six
years together.
Those six years were important to me.
But Ethan didn’t think so.
Ethan still loved Lily so much, if Lily called
him late at night after a drink, he would
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him late at night after a drink, he would
immediately get dressed and go pick her up.
Before, Ethan would leave without
explanation.
But later, he started to explain, showing guilt.
I thought it meant I was starting to become
different in his heart.
But I was wrong.
He still chased Lily overseas, without giving
me a chance to hold him back.
He was gone for a year.
Ethan actually came back once during that
year.
He was drunk, and he asked me to pick him
- up.
When I picked him up, he was sitting in a
nightclub VIP room, video chatting with Lily.
Seeing me, he waved. “Lauren, come here.”
He showed me to Lily. “Let me introduce you,
this is my girlfriend of six years, Lauren.”
Lily still had a cold expression.
But her eyes scanned me, pausing on my face
for a few seconds.
Then she smiled. “Ethan, you’ve changed your
mind?”
Ethan also smiled. “Yeah. Why would I leave
my gentle and virtuous wife to chase after
your cold shoulder?”
Lily saw Ethan hugging me and asked how
long we’d been together.
I answered honestly, six years.
Lily hung up the video.
The always proud Lily, lost her composure
without even saying goodbye.
Ethan’s arm around me stiffened.
That night, Ethan was hugging me to sleep.
He took a call in the middle of the night,
came back and kept kissing me, didn’t sleep
all night, just kept looking at me.
In the morning, his voice was hoarse. “Lauren,
it’s over between us.
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I didn’t sleep all night either.
I guessed it.
I heard Ethan’s phone call.
Lily lightly told him to break up; she said she
would get back together with him immediately
as long as he did.
I knew I wasn’t as important as Lily.
I nodded, not wanting the scene to be too
ugly, turning my back and wiping my eyes.
Ethan hugged me from behind, so tight!
could hardly breathe.
He whispered in my ear, “Your aunt’s son, I
have news. He’s not dead, he just has
amnesia, he’s overseas.‘
My whole body froze.
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I turned around. “Can you bring him back for
me?”
