I took some effort to persuade them.
Love isn’t as tangible as money.
Jaxon, despite his flaws, was the only son of
the Johnston family. As long as he didn’t
commit any crimes, he would live a life of
luxury and ease.
I was telling the butler to have someone put
the gifts away when I turned around and saw
Willow walking in arm–in–arm with Ethan.
Seeing the dazzling jewelry, a hint of jealousy
flashed in Willow’s eyes.
Ethan frowned, displeased. “Didn’t I tell you
to get married after six months? Why did you
tell others that the wedding will still take
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place? Preparing so much dowry is annoying,
you know?”
I was stunned. He seemed to have
misunderstood something.
He thought the dowry sent by the Johnstons
was the dowry I was preparing for my
wedding with him?
Willow looked pitiful. “Samantha, please, lend
Ethan to me for a while. I really don’t want to
marry the Johnstons.”
She reached out to hold my hand. My gaze
fell on the diamond ring on her ring finger,
and I was momentarily stunned.
It was the family heirloom of the Lucas family,
which Ethan’s mother wanted to pass down
to her daughter–in–law. I had begged him to
put it on my finger on our official engagement
day, but he only gave me a pair of ordinary
rings.
And now, it was brazenly on Willow’s finger,
and they hadn’t even had a proper wedding.
Willow looked at me, her eyes full of triumph.
She put her ringed hand affectionately into
Ethan’s arms, pulled out a box, and put it in
his hands.
“You specially prepared a gift for Samantha,
don’t be angry, quickly coax her!”
Ethan coldly and reluctantly shoved the gift
box into my hands.
I didn’t take it; the box fell to the ground with
a thud, and a crudely made silver bracelet fell
out.
Ethan became furious. “Samantha Stevens,
what are you doing!”
What was I doing?
That thing wasn’t even as good as our dog’s,
collar, and he dared to say I was being
difficult?
My expression must have been too sarcastic
because Ethan angrily kicked the bracelet/
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away.
“Fine, if you don’t want it!”
Willow said sadly, “Samantha, what are you
doing! Ethan and I chose this for you!”
Ethan glared angrily at me, implying that I
was ungrateful.
Willow bent down to pick up the bracelet and
hesitantly looked at me. “Samantha, I know
you’re angry with me, but you can’t disappoint
Ethan’s feelings.”
She acted as if she were heartbroken, gently
wiping the nonexistent dust off the table.
I looked at her feigned distress and laughed.
She was still as manipulative as ever, using a
few words to blame me.
Moreover, it was she who proposed the bet.
Since she won, I unconditionally gave up
Ethan, I didn’t even say a word, yet she was
still acting pitiful in front of me?
I looked at Willow coldly and said, “Your
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marriage is done, and I’ve broken off the
engagement too. We are parallel lines. If there
is nothing else, let’s meet less often.”
But they thought I was just saying it in anger
and that it wasn’t serious.
Willow picked up the silver bracelet and was
about to put it on my wrist. “Samantha, don’t
be angry. Ethan made it himself; I don’t even
have one.”
I was annoyed and directly waved her hand
away.
“I said I don’t want it!”
i didn’t use much force, but Willow fell
towards a nearby shelf, as if someone had
forcefully pushed her.
She immediately burst into tears, looking
pitiful. “Samantha, I overstepped. I just hope.
you can accept Ethan’s feelings and get back
together with him.”
Ethan held her in his arms, looking up angrily
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at ́me.
“Samantha Stevens, you’re too much!
Apologize to Willow immediately!”
Seeing my indifference, he grabbed the silver
bracelet from Willow’s hand and threw it in
the trash can.
“Someone who disrespects other people’s
feelings like you doesn’t deserve my efforts. I
hope you won’t regret it and come crawling
back to me like a dog later.”
With that, he supported Willow and left
without looking back.
A few steps away, Willow pretended to
casually look back, a silent smile on her face.
She said: You lost completely.
Willow was an illegitimate child, and she was
only brought back to the Johnson family when
she was eleven.
I heard that she didn’t know table manners
and was mocked by her peers.
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Not only that, but her sister pretended to lose
her grip and smashed a piece of cake onto
her skirt.
It was Ethan who saved her when she was
helpless.
After that, she, like a bird, kept following
Ethan.
Ethan, seeing her pitiful state, tacitly allowed
her to approach him and would take extra
care of her, which led to an uncontrollable
situation.
Anything delicious or fun, he would remember
Willow’s share.
After Willow went abroad, Ethan and I met,
got to know each other, and fell in love.
But the stories of them two kept circulating in
the circle.
When she wasn’t around, I often got jealous
of Willow, and he would comfort me: “You
know, I just pity her situation.”
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I really thought his feelings for Willow were
pity and sympathy.
But I never expected that as soon as Willow
returned, he changed.
He abandoned me nine times for her, and
after receiving the news that she was going
to marry Jaxon Johnston, he directly took her
to get a marriage license, performing a fait
accompli.
Their marriage announcement filled my social
media with blessings, childhood sweethearts,
a perfect match.
And I, was the one he could easily abandon.
His feelings for me changed, or maybe they
never existed.
I couldn’t help but feel self–deprecating. Why
did I bother to get involved with him when I
couldn’t let go of someone else?
The day before my wedding was Valentine’s
Day.
Every year, I would ask Ethan to spend it with
- me.
