Guo smiled.
“They’re fine. The doctor said we got here in
time. But you need to rest, we are in the
hospital for a few days.”
“I’ll stay with you. I’ll work from here. Don’t
worry about me being here.”
Then, the nanny came in with my daughter.
“Mommy! Mommy!”
Guo tapped her head playfully.
“I finally have some time with Mommy, why
are you so clingy?”
My daughter pouted.
She held me tighter.
Guo pulled her away.
“Lily is just recovering. She’ll be back soon.”
く
The room was quiet.
“Jake’s trying to bid on a project at my
company. If you want me to choose his
company, I can…”
I grabbed his hand.
“Don’t. Just be fair. I don’t care about your
business. If Jake’s project is good, do it. I
have nothing to do with him, don’t do it
because of me.”
Guo smiled.
He kissed me.
“I knew it. My wife only has eyes for me.”
Guo was famous. but no one knew he was so
Г
Guo was famous, but no one knew he was so
whipped.
It made me smile.
He was working. I grabbed my phone.
I had tons of notifications.
It was a bunch of friend requests from the
group chat.
They were all apologizing.
“Lily, don’t think too much about what
happened. Jake forced us.”
“Yeah, we’re all jealous of how happy you
are.”
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“Forgive us, please. We used to be friends.
We should hang out.”
Jake sent me a request, with a long note.
He talked about our relationship.
He talked about the good times.
He talked about our wedding.
Then, he asked me to forgive him.
He asked me to see him.
I deleted the note.
I accepted the request.
I needed to finish this.
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“Lily, you still love me, right?”
“You married Guo to make me jealous?”
“I’m sorry for what I did. I’ll call off the
wedding. I don’t care that you’re pregnant. I
can raise your kid. I’m begging you…”
I frowned.
“You’re engaged. You shouldn’t say things.
like that.”
“You hurt me once. Don’t hurt Ashley. Make a
choice, and be happy. You’ll regret it.”
He didn’t reply.
Then, he posted about calling off the
wedding.
Г
Everyone went crazy.
The group started attacking Ashley.
“Ashley is a joke! What she do? If it wasn’t
for Lily, you would never see her.”
“Yeah, she made us do this. We almost upset
Guo’s family. Jake got screwed. It’s Ashley’s
fault!”
“I remember Ashley always trying to date up
in college. Whatever brand was most
expensive she would buy, and looked down on
Lily who would wear what ever she wanted.
She was so jealous. How the tables have
turned! She had it coming!”
Ashley didn’t say anything.
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I knew that feeling.
I saw it at my wedding.
I left the group chat.
Jake messaged me.
“I know you see this. I can prove that I love
you.”
“You promised me that you’d only love me.”
“Where are you? Can I see you?”
I told Guo.
He frowned.
く
“Ashley called me. She wants to meet, to
apologize for what happened.”
Ashley wasn’t going to apologize.
She knew Jake was nothing compared to
Guo.
She was going to hit on Guo.
I smiled, and ate the fruit that Guo peeled for
- me.
“Go ahead. Meet the bad girls. You’ll see how
good your wife is.”
Guo laughed.
“I already know. You’re the best.”
“But she hurt you. I’m going to fix this. Rest.”
Guo set up a meeting at a coffee shop near
the hospital.
I sent a message to Jake, asking him to come
to the hospital.
He looked awful.
He was still wearing the ruined suit.
His eyes were bloodshot.
He cried when he saw me.
He kneeled.
“Sorry. I shouldn’t have let Ashley hurt you.”
Г
“I can explain. Forgive me.”
“I’ll do anything.”
I deleted Jake’s contact info.
“Really? What made you betray me at the
wedding? Why did you not care about my
mom’s death?”
“Jake, I took care of you for eight years.
Where did I go wrong? Why did you do that to
me? Was it my fault?”
“Was it because my wedding got in the way
of you and Ashley?”
Jake went pale.
Г
“I’m sorry. It was my fault. I just realized what
Ashley is really like.”
“I didn’t want to hurt you or your mom. She
messaged me, saying that you hit her, so she
couldn’t talk to me.”
“She said you forced her to leave the country.
I just proposed. I thought…”
I laughed.
