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00:01At my best friend's wedding, the bouquet was grabbed by a girl, bounced, and landed in my arms.
00:07All eyes knowingly turned to Nathan.
00:09They clambered and egged on our eight-year relationship.
00:12Marry her! Marry her!
00:14The bouquet is in her hands! Hurry up and propose!
00:17Blushing, I quietly waited for the words,
00:19Marry me.
00:20But he just calmly took the bouquet from my hands.
00:23He turned around and casually handed it to the bridesmaid beside her.
00:27She caught it first. Babe, let's wait for the next time.
00:30The spotlight followed the bouquet and moved away.
00:32I watched the surprised and shy expression on that girl's face and gave an awkward smile.
00:37Nathan didn't know that there wouldn't be a next time.
00:40My wedding is next week. Face darkened immediately.
00:43She turned where eyes the my redder.
00:44That woman did it on purpose! I had clearly told all the bridesmaids that this bouquet was for you!
00:48Diana, the wedding isn't over yet.
00:50All eyes had long since followed that bouquet and landed on the face of the bridesmaid named Scarlet Hayes.
00:55She held the flowers and glanced at Nathan.
00:58Throughout the whole banquet, I sat at the main table for Bianca's family and friends,
01:03enduring the stares from all directions.
01:05Nathan often brought her to various occasions.
01:08Even to my best friend's wedding, he could bring her along.
01:11Nathan was at another table, chatting and laughing with his friends.
01:15Scarlet sat next to him.
01:17She originally wasn't a bridesmaid.
01:19The groom's side had an extra bridesman at the last minute, so she filled in.
01:25That woman has been trying every trick to get close to your Nathan for half a year.
01:29I had someone look into it. Her tactics are something else. Nathan...
01:32Bianca, today you are the most beautiful bride. Don't talk about...
01:35Huh.
01:38The banquet was drawing to an owns.
01:41Let's go back.
01:41He took my clutch from my hand, and his other hand habitually moved to drape over my shoulder.
01:46I turned slightly away and avoid it.
01:48You've been drinking. I'll call a designated driver.
01:51Fine.
01:51The car drove into the night.
01:53The car window vaguely reflected the exhaustion in my eyes.
01:57Today, after all, Scarlet caught the bakun first.
02:00She probably wanted some good luck, returning it to its rightful owner.
02:03Don't take it too seriously.
02:05I didn't respond. Just looked out the window.
02:08Angry?
02:10Didn't we agree? Next time, for sure?
02:13Our wedding will definitely be even better than Bianca's.
02:15You can have as many bouquets as you want.
02:17Hmm?
02:21It was like this every time. He would make a vague promise, thinking that the turmoil should settle just like
02:27that.
02:27Hmm.
02:28Bianca and I made a vow when we were little. Whoever has her wedding first, the others must be no
02:31more than a week apart.
02:32We would wear the bridesmaid dresses we made for each other, and be the first to witness each other's happiness.
02:37You're taking a childhood joke seriously?
02:39Nowadays, plans can't keep up with changes. Hotels, schedules, plans, these all need to be prepared at least half a
02:44year or even a year advance.
02:45We'll plan properly and give you the most perfect one.
02:48What's the rush?
02:51It's not bad.
02:52His gaze dropped back to the screen, his fingers tapping swiftly.
02:55In that instant, apart from feeling happy for my best girlfriend, I also felt a bleakness for my own eight
03:00-year relationship.
03:01The car slowly pulled up in front of the apartment building and came to a stop.
03:05Nathan unbuckled his seatbelt. He leaned over to give me a kiss.
03:09I raised my hand and gently pressed against his shoulder.
03:14I'm tired, Nathan.
03:15He looked at me, silent for a few seconds.
03:18Being a bridesmaid is a bit tiring. Get some rest early.
03:22Scarlett said she can't get an Uber. It's not safe this late. I'll go back and give her a ride.
03:26He didn't move immediately.
03:28He seemed to be waiting for me to tell him to be careful, as I usually did.
03:32But I just opened the car door and got out.
03:38I closed the door and collapsed onto the sofa.
03:41A long while later, I got up and walked toward the bedroom.
03:44Passing that nursery, my footsteps paused for a moment.
03:48This had been planned four years ago when we bought this apartment.
03:51Now there was no child, just piles of clutter.
03:54I walked in.
03:55From the dusty crib, I pulled out a thick stack of things.
03:58The one at the very bottom was taken at our college graduation.
04:01He was carrying me on his back, standing on a tree-lined path in Central Park,
04:05my arms wrapped around his neck, long hair and fallen leaves flying together.
04:09The sound of a key turning in the lock, footsteps deliberately softened.
04:13After a moment, the door was gently pushed open.
04:15Not asleep yet? Why did you dig these out? Feeling nostalgic?
04:18Did you drop her off?
04:19Dropped her off. She lives in a remote area.
04:21That neighborhood is indeed hard to get a car.
04:24It's late. Let's sleep.
04:25I braced myself on my knees and stood up with some effort.
04:29Nathan.
04:30Hmm?
04:32Let's break up.
04:33He stopped, looked at me for two seconds, then laughed in disbelief.
04:37Still thinking about the bouquet? Don't be petty.
04:40All right, I'll order you an even bigger bouquet tomorrow, okay?
04:42Go wash up and sleep. I have a meeting early tomorrow morning.
04:45He turned and walked toward the bathroom.
04:47Within a week, I'm getting married.
04:53A few seconds later, he turned around.
04:55The perfuctuous gentleness on his face finally completely peeled away.
04:59He raised a hand and pressed his temples.
05:01Elena, stop it.
05:04Marriage is a big deal, not something you just decide out of spite.
05:07October 28th.
05:08The hotel is booked.
05:09The wedding dress is chosen.
05:13Did Bianca say something to you again today?
05:15She had a world wave marriage herself, so she thinks the whole world should be as impulsive
05:18as her.
05:19Elena, wake up.
05:21Don't let her lead you astray.
05:22We've had so many years.
05:23Nathan, the invitations start printing tomorrow.
05:25Elena, you think this is useful?
05:27It only makes me think you're childish and unreasonable.
05:29I'm currently in the rising phase of my career.
05:32Marriage will only distract me and disrupt all my plans and arrangements.
05:35Are you really in such a hurry to get married?
05:37Once, this attitude of his would have made me panic, made me rush to explain and back down.
05:43But now, only calm remained in my heart.
05:46His attention had always been expensive.
05:49To be allocated to important projects and also reserved for his capable personal assistant.
05:54What was left for me was naturally very little.
05:58Yes, all my friends are getting married.
06:00I want to get married too.
06:01I turned and went into the bedroom.
06:03On the nightstand still lay a fashion magazine from six months ago.
06:07Its cover title, Striking.
06:09I had bought it with enthusiasm back then, flipped through a few pages,
06:13and it was set aside by his single word, no rush.
06:18My phone vibrated gently.
06:20It was an iMessage from Bianca.
06:22Asleep?
06:23My heart feels so heavy, I get furious just thinking about that woman's face.
06:26What on earth is wrong with Nathan?
06:28Forget it, this once.
06:29I'll allow you to break the promise.
06:31We agreed our weddings would be at most a week apart, remember?
06:34The bouquet was in your hands today, and Nathan still acted like that.
06:37You've been together eight years, I'll allow you to break the promise.
06:40Babe, when have I ever broken a promise to you?
06:45I listed the apartment we were currently living in on a real estate agent's website.
06:49Nathan moved to an emergency use apartment near his company.
06:52Most likely, my sudden wedding plans made him felt suffocated.
06:56On the afternoon, I handed the keys to the agent.
06:58I was at home sorting through some scattered items.
07:00I discovered a project document tucked inside an old magazine.
07:04A glance told me it was exactly the one Nathan had been working on recently.
07:07After hesitating a moment, I decided to deliver it to him.
07:12When I arrived, the apartment door was tightly shut.
07:15Faint voices of talking and slaff came from inside.
07:17Nathan, it's all my fault.
07:19I had no experience catching the bouquet for the first time.
07:22Now the rumors in the company Slackland are getting out of hand.
07:25Several colleagues have privately asked me if you win in the future.
07:28You have to help me clear it up.
07:30Otherwise, I'll be too in marriage to face anyone in the future.
07:33My raised hand froze in midair.
07:35Before Nathan could speak, the laughter of one of his subordinates cut in.
07:38I say, Scarlett.
07:40Stop it.
07:40Do you really want Nate to clear things up for you, or do you want to hear Nate say something
07:43else?
07:44Stop it.
07:44All right, stop teasing her.
07:46No need to take this sort of thing too seriously.
07:48In a while, everyone will naturally forget.
07:50In a while, they will forget.
07:51These words unexpectedly flipped a switch in my memory.
07:54Back then, I went to the company to help him some errands.
07:58He forgot the setting and very naturally put his arm around my shoulder.
08:01It happened to be seen by a colleague.
08:03That very afternoon, he clarified it in the company Slack channel,
08:06telling everyone not to misunderstand and to focus on work.
08:09At that time, I was understanding.
08:12My fingertips turned slightly cold.
08:14So what he minded was perhaps never the office romance.
08:18It was that it was me who was seen.
08:24Speaking of which, Nate, how did you handle Elena in the end?
08:26I actually received her wedding invitation this morning.
08:29Isn't this too sudden?
08:30For some small matters in early life, indulging her is one thing.
08:33But this time, she needs to learn on her own that some people need to know the rules.
08:38Whoa, so you the groom-to-be determined to be absent?
08:40Nathan didn't make a sound, which counted as silent agreement.
08:43Nate, do you really want to make things this awkward?
08:45You and Elena have been together for so many years, after all.
08:47Us brothers have been waiting to drink at your wedding.
08:48Our necks have grown so long.
08:49The fact that you won't budge, could it be that you actually have other plans?
08:52For example, our scarlet.
08:54Mr. Lee, please don't joke about me like that.
08:56Nate, he knows what he's doing.
08:58Nathan did not explain.
09:00I gently placed that manila envelope on the floor by the door
09:03and nudged it under the door gap with my toe.
09:05Turned and leave.
09:06Nathan tapped his phone screen once again.
09:08The iMessage interface with Elena still remained on the last message he had sent her.
09:13Something wasn't quite right.
09:14Nate, your Elena's wedding photo, it's stunning.
09:17Nathan came back to his senses.
09:19Bianca posted something on social media.
09:21In the photo, Elena was wearing a wedding dress.
09:24Her head was slightly lowered.
09:26Her gaze resting on her hand, gently touching the satin of the dress.
09:30Very beautiful.
09:31A faint curve was hooked at the corner of her lips.
09:34A serene beauty that had washed away all anxiety, settled and calm.
09:38Beneath were likes and comments from mutual friends.
09:40Elena is simply too beautiful.
09:44That Nathan guy is really lucky.
09:46What Nathan felt was an inexplicable surge of anger.
09:54She actually went through with it, and so grandly at that.
09:57She's made it look quite real.
09:58Let her do as she pleases.
09:59I'm not going.
10:00Nate, why go this far?
10:03Nathan said,
10:04After this matter blows over, I will make her understand who she should keep her distance from.
10:09October 28th
10:10Nathan woke up very early.
10:13He remembered that Elena's parents had come to their home for Thanksgiving dinner.
10:17During the meal, the elders mentioned that the priest said the only remaining church slot this year
10:21was this weekend at the end of October.
10:24No rush.
10:25We've got all the time in the world.
10:27But he hadn't expected that Elena had actually taken it to heart.
10:31Nathan, are you really not going?
10:32We're all ready.
10:33Just waiting for your order to charge over.
10:35Should we arrange the convoy?
10:36There's still time if we leave now.
10:40What's the rush?
10:41Let her wait.
10:43Imagining Elena right now in her wedding dress,
10:45restless in the decorated bridal suite,
10:48checking the time over and over,
10:50looking expectant and anxious,
10:52the punishing pleasure in his heart swelled even more.
10:55A screenshot popped up in the group chat.
10:57A story just posted by Bianca on her socials.
10:59Damn, it's really all set up.
11:01Nathan, be a man and hurry up.
11:02Don't actually let this slip away.
11:03Address, address.
11:04The brothers will go with you.
11:05The glow of the screen illuminated Nathan's face.
11:07He imagined himself pushing the door open,
11:10seeing her surprised eyes amidst the cheers of the crowd.
11:13He turned his head to look at the walk-in closet.
11:16That custom-tailored suit was hanging right there in the closet.
11:19Tie, cufflinks, leather shoes, everything was complete.
11:22All right, all right.
11:23What's all the noise?
11:24Wait for me to change?
11:26Just as he fastened the last button of his shirt,
11:28his phone ran.
11:29It was one of the brothers calling.
11:31Nate, how come your apartment with Elena was sold?
11:34Where do we go to pick up the bride?
11:41What do you mean, sold?
11:42Your apartment, the doorman said.
11:43The title transfer was just completed a few days ago.
11:50Title transfer.
11:52Explain clearly.
11:53The apartment you and Elena...
11:54You and Elena are living in now.
11:55The doorman said the owner changed.
11:57I asked where Elena is.
11:57The doorman has no idea at all.
11:59Nate, did you and Alessa move and not tell the brothers?
12:01Where are we supposed to go to pick up the bride now?
12:03Whatever else the brothers said afterward
12:05became blurred and indistinct.
12:07Sold?
12:08That apartment?
12:09The layout they had chosen together?
12:11The design they had selected together built up bit by bit?
12:15The place they had agreed would be their marital home in the future?
12:18Nate?
12:19Nate, say something.
12:20What do we do now?
12:21Address.
12:23Send me the new owner's contact info the doorman mentioned
12:25or the agent's information.
12:26Immediately!
12:27He yelled into the phone while already stumbling toward the door.
12:30The apartment was sold?
12:31She didn't want it anymore?
12:32Didn't want the home they had built together for five years
12:35and didn't want him either?
12:37He abandoned all reserve and frantically dolled Elena's number.
12:42Once, twice, ten times, all that came from the earpite
12:45was that cold, polite voice prompt.
12:47The number you have dialed is currently available.
12:49Turned off.
12:49On the day he was finally ready to go pick up the bride.
12:52At the moment, he finally planned to appear before her as a surprise.
12:55She turned off her phone?
13:00Nathan violently pressed his phone screen off.
13:03He drove to meet up with that group of equally confused brothers.
13:07One of them rummaged in the car for a long time
13:09before finally pulling out a slightly creased invitation from a pile of clutter.
13:14Well, Nate, Elena had someone put it directly in my car.
13:17Since you, the groom, said you weren't going, I just casually...
13:20Nathan snatched it.
13:21His heart felt like it was clenched tight and then released.
13:25Moreci!
13:25It's him!
13:26Trying on wedding dresses behind his back.
13:29Selling the apartment.
13:30Turning off her phone.
13:31This wasn't like something she, who had always been so sensible, would do.
13:36His heart felt like it was clenched tight and then released.
13:39It must be that Bianca egging her on again,
13:41trying to use this extreme method to force him to be nervous.
13:45But no matter what, the surname on the invitation couldn't be faked.
13:49He closed his eyes briefly, and when he opened them again,
13:52he had forcibly suppressed the surging emotions.
13:55Where are we going now?
13:56It's been confirmed just now that the apartment is sold.
13:58The new owner won't allow us to cause a scene here.
14:00Forget it.
14:01The apartment matter.
14:02I'll set allowance with her after the wedding.
14:04To the hotel.
14:05Perk up, everyone.
14:06Let's go.
14:07The whole way, he sat in the passenger seat,
14:10repeatedly rubbing the words,
14:12Moretti Vasquez, on the invitation.
14:14Since the invitations had been sent,
14:16why was her phone turned off?
14:18And why wasn't Bianca, the bridesmaid, answering the phone either?
14:21When they arrived at the hotel,
14:23the welcome sign Moretti Vasquez's wedding stood there.
14:26It slightly soothed his agitated nerves.
14:28He walked in quickly, ignoring the naff at the sign in bout,
14:32also ignoring the indescribable expressions on the surrounding guest's face.
14:39He just assumed it was the sideway glances
14:41caused by his hasty arrival and unkempt appearance.
14:44Nathan stood among the crowd,
14:46a subtle satisfaction flaring through his heart.
14:48He could tell that Elena took this marriage very seriously.
14:51But this satisfaction lasted only a moment.
14:54It was immediately overlaid by another feeling of displeasure.
14:57All of this should have been arranged by him.
14:59Even the color coordination of the flowers filling the hall
15:02should have been the surprise he gave her.
15:04Now he was like a late-a-miving guest,
15:07passively accepting an already established fact.
15:09He pressed his lips together
15:10and forcibly suppressed the annoyance of being excluded.
15:14Forget it.
15:15The most important thing now was to complete the ceremony.
15:18He straightened his suit and cast his gaze toward the entrance,
15:22waiting for his bride to appear.
15:25Sir, please present your invitation.
15:27Nathan was taken aback.
15:29Where would he have an invitation?
15:30Elena hadn't sent him one at all.
15:32I am the groom.
15:33The smile on the staff member's face
15:35stuffed in slightly.
15:36He looked at him, puzzled.
15:41May I ask if you are the groom, Mr. Sterling?
15:44Nathan's patience was rapidly draining.
15:45Who else?
15:47Curious glances, faint but unmistakable, swept over.
15:50Sorry, sorry, Mr. Sterling.
15:51The bride has not arrived yet.
15:52You can go directly to the lounge inside the banquet hall to wait.
15:54Do you need me to show you the way?
15:56Nathan waved his hand dismissively.
15:58He walked straight through the red carpet corridor
16:00towards the banquet hall.
16:03Nathan!
16:05Congratulations!
16:05Eight-year marathon finally ends in marriage!
16:07Where's the bride?
16:08Hidden away so tightly?
16:09He forced a smile to cope,
16:10but his gaze kept darting toward the entrance.
16:12Why hadn't Elena arrived yet?
16:18Bianca?
16:20He tried calling Elena's number again.
16:22It was still turned off.
16:24Just when he was almost unable to resist
16:26asking the hotel manager,
16:27a small commotion aroused at the entrance of the banquet hall.
16:30Accompanied with the cheerful hubber of children,
16:35Nathan's spirits lifted,
16:36and he immediately adjusted the front of his suit jacket.
16:39He stepped forward to greet the entrance.
16:41He was ready.
16:42Ready to see her stunning in her wedding dress.
16:44Ready to display his tolerance and magnanimacy
16:46as a husband before everyone.
16:48Although he was thinking that tonight
16:49he definitely had to teach her a lesson,
16:51that this joke had gone way too far.
16:53The crowd automatically parted to both sides.
16:55First came in the little flower girls
16:57in beautiful twos dresses,
16:59scattering flower petals.
17:00Immediately after was Bianca,
17:02wearing a champagne-colored bridesmaid dress.
17:04She spotted at a glance Nathan,
17:07who was standing at this end of the red carpet,
17:09walking up to meet them.
17:10The smile on her face vanished instantly.
17:13Nathan was stung by that look and froze for a moment,
17:16his footsteps involuntarily slowing by half a beat.
17:19But Bianca had already averted her gaze,
17:21turned sideways,
17:22bent slightly at the waist,
17:23and made a guiding gesture.
17:25Now let us welcome today's most beautiful bride,
17:27Miss Elena Vasquez.
17:29In the next second,
17:29Elena, dressed in a holy wedding gown,
17:31appeared at the doorway.
17:33The face beneath the veil was beautiful and serene.
17:35Her lips carried that faint smile
17:37he had seen in the photo.
17:38Nathan's heart gave a violent reap.
17:41All the prepared expressions and lines
17:42stuck in his throat.
17:44He was about to step forward
17:45and fulfill the duties of a groom.
17:47Just then,
17:48at the other end of the red carpet,
17:49a stranger with a composed arid
17:51brushed past him
17:52and walked steadily
17:53toward the starting point of the red harp.
17:55He extended his arm toward Elena,
17:57who had just stepped into the hall.
17:58Now let us use the most enthusiastic applause
18:00to welcome today's happiest couple.
18:02Nathan's advancing footsteps
18:04abruptly nailed themselves to the spot.
18:06The beautiful bride,
18:07Miss Elena Vasquez,
18:08and our handsome groom,
18:09Mr. Marco Steelein.
18:14Marco? Sterling?
18:15Nathan's advancing footsteps
18:17abruptly nailed themselves to the spot.
18:19All the blood in his body
18:20rushed violently to his head.
18:22Everything before his eyes
18:23began to twist and sway.
18:25Holy shit!
18:27The groom is called Marco?
18:28So the Sterling Vasquez Union means-
18:30The brothers' astonished chatter
18:31buzzed loudly.
18:32Only those two figures,
18:33arms linked in the center of the red bip,
18:35were cruelly clear,
18:36but couldn't pierce
18:37that sharp silence in Nathan's ears.
18:39He stared fixically at Elena,
18:41stared at that dazzling smile on her face,
18:44stared at her fingers tightly linked
18:45with another man's arm.
18:47He violently pushed aside the brothers
18:49still in a dazed state in front of him
18:51and recklessly tried to charge
18:52toward the center of the red carpet.
18:54Nathan!
18:55A figure faster than him
18:56blocked his path.
18:58It was Bianca.
18:59At this moment,
19:00there was not a trace of wedding joy
19:02on her face,
19:03only undisguised fury.
19:05Get out of my way!
19:06Bianca did not yield an inch
19:07and pressed a step closer.
19:08What do you want to do?
19:10Haven't you embarrassed yourself enough?
19:12Nathan, look around, look at her.
19:13This is not your territory.
19:15She's mine.
19:17We've been together eight years.
19:18What is this Marco
19:19who came out of nowhere?
19:21Elena!
19:21He raised his voice,
19:23trying to look past Bianca at Elena,
19:25who had stopped on the red carpet.
19:26You explain this to me clearly!
19:28What is going on here?
19:29Are you fucking messing with me?
19:34His loss of control
19:35drew sideways glances
19:36from the surrounding guests,
19:38but the venue was noisy,
19:39and that shout just now
19:40wasn't enough
19:41to reach the ears
19:42of the bride and groom.
19:43Bianca's face grew colder,
19:45and she controlled her voice
19:46so that no more people could hear,
19:48mess with you?
19:49Nathan, ask yourself,
19:51over these eight years,
19:52who exactly was messing with whom?
19:57How many chances has Elena given you?
19:59Can you even count them yourself?
20:00That last bouquet toss?
20:02Do you know how much determination
20:03she must cover to wait for that moment?
20:06She went back to her hometown earlier
20:08and had already met Marco's parents.
20:09That was the last chance
20:10she left for you.
20:12I said along as on that day
20:14you caught the bouquet.
20:15Even if you just walked over.
20:17Even if you just said,
20:18I'll marry you.
20:18Even if it was just one clear promise.
20:21She would immediately refuse
20:23the marriage proposal
20:24from Marco's family
20:25and continue waiting for you
20:26like a fool.
20:28The bouquet
20:30was the last chance?
20:35And Scarlett,
20:36that personal assistant,
20:37how many times did she call you
20:38after you got drunk
20:39telling Elena to pick you up
20:40in that ambiguous tone?
20:43She even,
20:44even dared to imply to Elena
20:45that you two had already slept together!
20:47Nathan's body swayed violently.
20:49He wanted to retort,
20:51to say no,
20:52to say Scarlett isn't like that.
20:53But those vague details
20:55he had overlooked
20:55now rushed up,
20:57competing to surface.
20:58Scarlett's late night distress calls,
21:00the earring left in the car.
21:02Elena chose to trust you
21:04every single time.
21:05Like a fool,
21:06she chewed up those suspicions herself
21:07and swallowed them down.
21:09And then listened to you
21:09dismissively say,
21:10it's just work,
21:11she's my assistant,
21:12you're overthinking it.
21:13Nathan,
21:13where is your heart?
21:14Eaten by a dog?
21:15Or did you give it
21:16to that young and beautiful
21:17Scarlett long ago?
21:18No.
21:20I...
21:22Scarlett's late night distress calls,
21:24the earring left in the car.
21:26Nathan opened his mouth
21:27but found that all excuses
21:28were pale and powerless.
21:30Bianca looked at him
21:31one last time.
21:36Nathan,
21:36you D-E-S-E-R-T-it.
21:39What you lost
21:40is the person
21:41who loved you most
21:41in this world.
21:42From today on,
21:43she is Mrs. Sterling.
21:45However,
21:46not your Mrs. Sterling.
21:48You'd better not cause trouble.
21:49The bodyguards I hired
21:50are no pushovers.
21:55After saying this,
21:57she turned sharply.
21:58She jogged to catch up
21:59with the bride's procession
22:00and put on a brilliant smile again.
22:03Nathan stood stiffly in place.
22:05At the end of the red carpet,
22:06Marco carefully lifted Elena's wail.
22:10As he lowered his head
22:11to kiss her forehead,
22:13Nathan,
22:13out of control,
22:14tried to rush over.
22:15This time,
22:16it was several brothers
22:17who held him back firmly.
22:18Nathan, calm down.
22:19Don't.
22:20Let go of me!
22:23He stared factively ahead.
22:25That gentle forehead kiss
22:26was like slow motion,
22:28slicing him with each frame.
22:32She's mine.
22:33Elena is mine.
22:35How could she...
22:36How dare she!
22:37Wake up!
22:38Look at what kind of occasion this is.
22:40Cameras everywhere.
22:43New York Post.
22:44You are now the face
22:45of the Sterling family.
22:46The group just secured
22:47a new round of financing.
22:48How many eyes are watching?
22:49Do you fucking want to be
22:50on the front page
22:51of the New York Post tomorrow?
22:52Sterling family heir
22:53attempts to snatch bride at wedding,
22:54creating public scandal?
22:59What can you change by going over now?
23:00It will only make everyone,
23:02including Aleza,
23:02look down on you even more.
23:04Become the laughingstock
23:05of the whole city.
23:07Laughingstock.
23:08The force of Nathan's struggle
23:10froze for a moment.
23:11He dazily looked around.
23:13Those originally curious gazes
23:14had now turned into
23:15clear shock and scrutiny.
23:17But more and more guests
23:18still looked over,
23:19pointing and whispering.
23:23On the main stage,
23:25Marco's kiss had already landed.
23:27Elena slowly opened her eyes,
23:29her gaze calmly sweeping
23:30over the brief commotion
23:32on this side.
23:35There was no ripple
23:36in her eyes.
23:37Then she looked at her new husband
23:39with a smile again.
23:41That overly calm gaze
23:43completely severed
23:44Nathan's last thread of madness.
23:46Let's go.
23:46Leave here first.
23:48The brothers exchanged a glance
23:50and half-dragged,
23:51half-carried
23:51the nearly-whip Nathan away.
23:56After that wedding,
23:58Elena seemed to vanish
23:59from the face of the earth.
24:00Her phone number
24:01became disconnected,
24:01social media accounts
24:03stopped updating
24:04and he was completely blocked
24:05by her on social media accounts.
24:08Nathan pulled every string
24:09he had before finally learning,
24:11through the grapevine,
24:12that the day after the wedding,
24:14Elena had gone with Marco
24:15to his home in Boston.
24:17That was a place
24:18he had never thought
24:19to get to know.
24:22He knew Elena
24:23was acting out of spite.
24:24How could she possibly
24:25be willing to go to Boston now?
24:29He immediately found
24:30the new owner
24:31who had bought their apartment.
24:32The other party
24:33was initially unwilling
24:34to transfer it.
24:35Nathan had the family lawyer
24:36personally visit
24:37and offered a price
24:38that couldn't be refused.
24:39The paperwork
24:40was processed swiftly.
24:42When he held
24:42that familiar set of keys again,
24:44opened the door,
24:45and faced the empty room
24:46and unfamiliar smell,
24:47a sharp sense of irony
24:49struck him.
24:50Elena,
24:51I brought the house back,
24:52but I still lost you.
24:57Nothing here had changed.
24:58Nothing here had changed.
24:58The layout,
24:59the view outside the window,
25:01even the faint traces
25:02left by photos
25:03once nailed to the wall.
25:04Yet everything had changed.
25:06He had people
25:07thoroughly clean
25:08and materiously restore
25:09the furnishings
25:10according to memory.
25:11Then he took a few photos,
25:12found an old Gmail address
25:14of Elena's,
25:14and sent them.
25:16Home is always here.
25:17You can come back
25:18anytime to stay.
25:20The message sank
25:21like a stone
25:22into the ocean.
25:23He began frequently
25:24traveling for business
25:25to the city where she was.
25:26He also found out
25:27the church and community garden
25:28her parents frequented
25:29and manufactured encounters.
25:31Whenever Mr. and Mrs. Vaskow
25:33saw him,
25:34they always couldn't hide
25:34their awkwardness
25:35and discomfort.
25:36Nate, dear,
25:37you came again.
25:38Lena,
25:38she's doing quite well now.
25:40Mrs. Vasker,
25:41it was my negligence
25:42in the past
25:42for visiting so little.
25:44In the future,
25:44I'll come often
25:45to spend time with you.
25:47He played chess
25:48with old Mr. Vaskow,
25:49and listened to
25:50the elder chat
25:50about old times,
25:52wanting to piece together
25:53Elena's current situation
25:54from snippets of words.
25:57Old Mr. Vaskow sighed,
25:58wanting to speak,
25:59but stopping.
26:06What's past,
26:07let it pass.
26:09Don't be too hard
26:09on yourself.
26:20No, he was just correcting
26:22a mistake.
26:23He stubbornly believed
26:24that as long as he performed
26:25well enough
26:26and was patient enough,
26:27he could knock
26:27that door open again.
26:29He forgot that the person
26:30behind that door
26:31had long since
26:31stopped waiting in place.
26:33What truly made him realize
26:35what unable to see her
26:36meant was a Thanksgiving weekend.
26:38He flew to Boston
26:39two days early.
26:40He waited outside the church
26:42that the Vaskalas frequented
26:43for an entire morning.
26:44The November wind
26:46already carried
26:46a bone-chilling cold.
26:48He turned up his coat collar
26:49and sat on a bench
26:50at the street corner opposite.
26:52The church bells rang twice.
26:54Among those going in and out
26:56were the familiar figures
26:57of old Mr. and Mrs. Vaskos.
26:59When they walked out,
27:00there was a tall man
27:01beside them.
27:02That man naturally held
27:04Mrs. Vaskos' arm,
27:05helping her down the steps.
27:06Old Mr. Vaskos
27:07pat the man on the shoulder,
27:09wearing a smile
27:10Nathan had never seen before.
27:12That was Marco.
27:16Nathan watched from a distance
27:18and didn't approach.
27:19The person he was waiting for
27:21did not appear.
27:22He sat on that bench
27:23until the church closed.
27:26The pre-written iMessage
27:27saved in his phone
27:28had been revised many times.
27:30In the end,
27:32he still didn't send it.
27:38That night,
27:39alone in his hotel room,
27:41he drank most of a bottle of whiskey.
27:43When the intoxication hit,
27:44he scrolled to the email
27:45he had sent to Alina's
27:46old Gmail address.
27:48The red receipt showed
27:49the recipient had never opened it.
27:52He stared at that line
27:54of small text for a long time.
28:00When he checked out the next day,
28:01the front desk politely asked
28:03if he needed to extend his stay.
28:05No need.
28:06His voice was so hasky
28:08it sounded like someone else's.
28:10But three days later,
28:12he booked another flight to Boston.
28:18The actual chance encounter
28:19with Alina happened
28:20at a corner cafe
28:21in the Back Bay area of Boston.
28:23Alina was sitting by the window
28:24with a female friend.
28:26Nathan practically rushed in.
28:27Alina.
28:29Alina looked up at the voice,
28:30saw him,
28:31and the smile on her face faded.
28:33Mr. Sterling,
28:34what a coincidence.
28:35Her close friend
28:36watched him warily.
28:38Can we talk alone?
28:39Just five minutes?
28:40Alina hesitated a moment,
28:42then nodded to her friend.
28:47You look well.
28:49Thank you.
28:50Is there something
28:51Mr. Sterling wants?
28:52I bought our apartment back.
28:54Exactly the way it was.
28:58And also,
28:58Scarlett,
28:59I've already fired her.
29:00There really was nothing
29:01between her and me.
29:01Those little tricks of hers,
29:03I didn't pay attention before.
29:04I was stupid.
29:04He was incompetent,
29:06desperate to lay his heart bare.
29:07Alina listened quietly.
29:08When he finally stopped
29:09and looked at her,
29:10panting,
29:11she slowly began to speak.
29:12Nathan,
29:12I believe you.
29:13Nathan's eyes lit up.
29:14I believe that between you and her,
29:15perhaps nothing really happened.
29:17At least,
29:17physically.
29:18But,
29:18so what?
29:22Nathan was stunned.
29:25What mattered was never
29:26whether you slept with Scarlett or not.
29:27What mattered was that
29:28in those eight years,
29:29in your countless choices
29:30and priorities,
29:31I was always the one
29:31placed in the options of
29:32next time,
29:33let's talk about it later,
29:34stop being silly.
29:35Your assistant,
29:35your work,
29:36your face,
29:36all were more important
29:37than your brother's jokes.
29:38The bouquet toss that time
29:39was the final sorting
29:40than my longing for a home.
29:41The bouquet that time
29:42was the final sorting.
29:43I saw the answer.
29:49She gently stroked her belly,
29:50a gesture so tender,
29:52yet it stabbed at Nathan.
29:55Nathan,
29:56I don't hate you,
29:56truly.
29:57Even if you fire
29:58a hundred Scarlet's
29:59and buy back ten apartments,
30:01it has nothing to do
30:01with me anymore.
30:02I'm doing very well now.
30:04Marco,
30:05he,
30:06is very good.
30:07When she mentioned
30:08her husband's name,
30:09there was a light in her eyes.
30:11That kind of light
30:12was what Nathan once thought
30:13belonged to him forever,
30:14but now it burned his eyes.
30:17Please,
30:18don't disturb my life anymore
30:19and don't trouble
30:20my parents anymore.
30:21Let this stop here.
30:25She stood up
30:26and nodded slightly.
30:26Then she walked
30:27toward her waiting friend
30:28and never looked back.
30:29Nathan did not step forward again.
30:31He froze in his seat.
30:33So what?
30:34These few words
30:35echoed repeatedly in his mind.
30:37They finally shattered
30:38all his self-deceiving dreams
30:39of making amendments.
30:40He thought that by making up
30:41for material things,
30:42clarifying misunderstandings,
30:44and giving time,
30:44he could win her back,
30:45win back what?
30:50For months,
30:51he still didn't fully give up,
30:52as if addicted
30:53to a paranoid obsession,
30:55knowing he should quit,
30:56yet relapsing again and again
30:57in the quiet of midnight.
30:59Every lonely night,
31:00he would open her profile
31:02like a thief,
31:03both longing to see
31:04how she was doing
31:04and terrified of finding proof
31:06that she was doing well
31:07without him,
31:08secretly following
31:09everything about her,
31:10like peering through
31:11a layer of shattered glass
31:12he refused to sweep away.
31:17He scrolled through her likes,
31:19comments,
31:19and newly followed accounts,
31:21trying to piece together
31:22her present life
31:23from those scattered traces.
31:26Until a few months later,
31:28through scattered pieces
31:29of information,
31:30he confirmed the news
31:31he had long expected.
31:32Elena was pregnant.
31:35He thought he had prepared himself,
31:37but when the moment
31:38truly arrived,
31:39he realized all his defenses
31:41were pathetically fragile.
31:43He suddenly remembered long ago,
31:44Elena had nestled
31:45in his arms and whispered,
31:46in the future,
31:47we'll have two babies,
31:49a daughter like you,
31:50a son like me, okay?
31:51Hmm.
31:54At the time,
31:55he was replying to work emails,
31:56just casually said,
31:57hmm,
31:57without even lift his head.
31:58Now,
31:59her little star was coming,
32:00but the father was not him.
32:01She finally had her own home,
32:04her own child,
32:05her own settled
32:06and secure happiness.
32:11Outside the window,
32:13the Manhattan skyline
32:14glittered with lights,
32:15while he sat in the dark.
32:18The story of him and Elena
32:20had already written
32:21its final stroke
32:21the moment that bouquet
32:22was taken away.
32:24Only he,
32:25until this very moment,
32:27had truly understood it.
32:33All of this,
32:34to him,
32:35no longer had
32:36the slightest connection.
32:42So this was the ending.
32:44Not a grand revenge,
32:46not a heart-wrenching quarrel,
32:47not even a formal goodbye.
32:50It was just that
32:51she gently averted her glace
32:52and walked towards another path,
32:54and then,
32:55left him and his eight years
32:57completely behind her.
32:59He walked to the bedroom door
33:00and stopped.
33:05Two of her coats
33:07still hung in the closet.
33:08He had them cleaned
33:09and hung back
33:10exactly as they were.
33:12Now his fingertips
33:13touched the cuff
33:14of that camel cashmere coat,
33:15and the texture was soft
33:17but hollow.
33:18His phone vibrated
33:19in his pocket.
33:20It was his mother.
33:22He let it ring seven times
33:24and finally answered.
33:29Nathan,
33:29Marianne is coming back
33:30from London next week.
33:31Her father has invited
33:32our family to dinner.
33:33You should come too.
33:36Mom,
33:36I don't have time.
33:37No time?
33:38You already made
33:39the entire family lose face
33:40at the Moretti wedding.
33:40What more do you want?
33:43He hung up
33:44and tossed the phone
33:45onto the sofa.
33:52Nathan did not go
33:53on a business trip.
33:54He went to Boston.
33:56At the cafe in Back Bay
33:57where he had once
33:58run into Elena,
33:59he waited for three more days.
34:01She never appeared.
34:05On the afternoon
34:06of the fourth day,
34:07he went to the church
34:08her parents often attended.
34:09He sat on the last pew,
34:11staring blankly
34:12at the holy image ahead.
34:16Young man,
34:17are you waiting for someone?
34:19Waiting for someone
34:19who probably won't come.
34:21Go look into the future.
34:22There may be someone there.
34:24Nathan was stunned.
34:28A week before Thanksgiving,
34:30Nathan received a package
34:31from Marco.
34:32Inside were some of
34:33Elena's personal belongings.
34:35On top was a note.
34:39Lena said,
34:40these shouldn't be kept.
34:40I just sent them.
34:41Nathan, take care.
34:42Elena had never
34:44touched these things.
34:45She had let Marco
34:46handle it.
34:47Even the last time,
34:48it was through her husband.
35:01That concert ticket stub
35:03was printed with
35:03October 2018.
35:06He remembered that night.
35:08Tonight was amazing.
35:09You'll regret missing it.
35:11Yeah, we'll go together
35:13next time.
35:19Now that thin ticket stub
35:21lay in his palm,
35:22yet it felt as heavy
35:23as a branding iron.
35:25The following spring,
35:27Nathan took a trip
35:28to Central Park.
35:29He sat down on the bench
35:31beside the tree.
35:32From the inner pocket
35:33of his coat,
35:34he took out a photograph.
35:36On the back was written,
35:38I'll carry you forever.
35:39That's a promise.
35:41This was the last time
35:43he would carry it with him.
35:47Sir, could you take
35:48a photo for us?
35:51In the viewfinder,
35:52the boy was carrying
35:53the girl on his back,
35:54both laughing freely
35:55and brightly,
35:56just like them back then.
35:58He pressed the shutter.
36:02What about you?
36:03Are you alone?
36:04I'm saying goodbye.
36:07He took out a lighter.
36:09The flame flickered
36:11in the spring evening breeze.
36:12The corner of the photo
36:14slowly curled and blackened,
36:15and the handwriting
36:16disappeared bit by bit
36:17in the flame.
36:18The ashes fell into the soil,
36:20and the wind blew them away.
36:22He stood up
36:23and walked toward
36:24the park exit.
36:25His phone lit up
36:26in his pocket.
36:27It was a text from Marion.
36:29Next week,
36:30I'm having a small
36:31art exhibition
36:31in the Hamptons
36:32with some friends.
36:33Will you come?
36:35His finger hovered
36:36over the screen
36:36for two seconds.
36:38Okay.
36:39The moment the word
36:40was sent,
36:41he seemed to hear,
36:42far, far behind him,
36:44the sound of a bouquet
36:45falling to the ground.
36:47It was an echo
36:48from another time.
36:52When he turned around,
36:54there was nothing.
36:58Only the new spring leaves
37:00rustled in the wind
37:01like someone's laughter,
37:02too faint to hear clearly.
37:04And then even that
37:06gust of wind passed.
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