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