Ethan stroked my hair. “Wife is so pretty, I
won’t let others see her.”
I looked at his face, smiled and said nothing,
my heart calm.
Just like that credit card in the drawer.
At that time, I didn’t complain, I knew what I
was going through.
But now Ethan was full of resentment.
“Lauren, say something. Am I really a
replacement?”
I sighed, deciding to lay some things out.
“And what about me, Ethan?
What were those six years?”
Ethan stopped.
I said to myself, “Six years, I didn’t complain
in front of you, Ethan, and you can’t handle it
after a few days?”
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Ethan’s breathing was ragged.
I sighed again, hung up the phone, and
blocked Ethan’s WeChat and phone number.
A complete farewell to those six years.
We got our marriage license and held the
wedding, all in one go.
I carefully decorated, chose a wedding dress,
giving myself a dreamy wedding.
From now on, I was no longer helpless, I had
my own home, and my family.
But at the wedding, Zoe told me that Ethan
booked a flight overnight, rushing back
crazily.
I didn’t really believe it.
After all, he and Lily were finally together, he
wouldn’t be so impulsive to leave Lily and
come back.
But I never expected him to actually show up.
In my impression, Ethan was tall, handsome,
and elegant.
But the Etnan wno appearea was paie,
haggard, holding a jewelry box, quietly
watching Kai and me.
Rather than looking at me, he seemed to be
looking at Kai.
I was shocked.
Ethan looked at Kai, then at me, beckoning
me with his finger.
Kai was greeting colleagues; fearing Ethan
would cause trouble, I went to find Ethan,
softly pleading, “Don’t cause trouble, this
wedding is so important to me, I don’t want
anything to go wrong.”
Ethan’s face darkened.
Although I was begging him, it seemed to
anger him.
He looked at Kai in the distance. “Lauren,
which one of us looks like whom?”
I was stunned, not understanding what he
meant.
L
Ethan asked again. “Wife, who is more like a
replacement, me or him?”
He called me wife, familiarly as if we were
still together.
But he only called me wife when he was in a
good mood.
And when he was in a good mood, it was all
because of Lily.
I’d rather he called me Lauren by my full
name.
My face turned cold. “Ethan, I’m not your
wife.”
I pointed to Kai. “I’m his wife, the legal kind.”
Ethan stared at me without saying a word, his
face livid.
Making me regret saying that.
He’s a spoiled rich kid; being talked to like
that, he might act out.
I froze, thinking how to get rid of this pest,
but I heard Kai calling me.
I was nervous, but I didn’t dare show it, my
mind full of Ethan’s cold expression, and my
uncertain wedding.
Kai seemed to notice nothing, hugging me,
gently soothing my anxiety. “Don’t run around,
you’ll get lost.”
He patted my shoulder. “Don’t be afraid, I’m
here.”
I leaned against Kai’s chest, listening to his
steady heartbeat.
My anxiety disappeared. I smiled and nodded.
“Mm–hmm!”
Kai kissed my lips, and I kissed him back.
Whether the wedding went smoothly or not
didn’t matter as long as Kai was with me.
I wasn’t afraid of anything with Kai by my
side.
I kissed passionately.
When we finished kissing, Ethan was gone.
He didn’t cause a scene; he left quietly.
Zoe said Ethan hurried away, like he was
running from a wild beast.
And I received a text from an unknown
number: “You’ve never smiled at me like that.”
Zoe was still by my side. “Ethan seemed
really shocked, I’ve never seen him so
disheveled, he even stumbled. What happened.
to Ethan?”
I shook my head, saying nothing, holding Kai’s
hand, unwilling to let go.
We depended on each other when we were
young, we loved each other when we were
young, and now we were finally together.
What others did didn’t matter, what mattered
was that
I was with the person I loved.
When Ethan left, he asked Zoe to give me the
ring.
Zoe sneered. “Now he knows to buy a ring,
what was he doing before?”
く
Zoe really didn’t like Ethan much.
She had always been exasperated but
helpless about Ethan and me being together.
Ethan was very generous to me, necklaces,
bracelets, earrings, brooches, he sent me so
many different kinds of jewelry.
But no ring.
When we were having dinner together, Zoe
jokingly asked Ethan when he would give me
a ring.
Ethan made a call; a driver brought me a jade
necklace shortly after.
Zoe was so angry her hands shook. “I said a
ring! Lolo’s been with you for so many years, doesn’t she deserve a ring?”
Ethan put his hand on the back of my chair,
in a posture that showed he had me under
control.
