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The hotel for our wedding caught fire out of the blue. Without hesitation, my fiancé, Damien Galloway, scooped up my fainted. cousin, Zara Linwood, and rushed out of the building.
My parents, Everett and Seraphina, along with my brother, Cassian, scrambled to carry the wedding gift Zara had painstakingly crafted, afraid she’d be upset.
I was
Meanwhile, with a sprained ankle and barely able to move, forgotten in the blaze, suffering from severe burns all over my body.
As I lay there wrapped in layers of bandages, I could see the disgust on their faces.
“You’re such a jinx. How could the wedding catch fire like that? Now, even Zara fainted from the shock!”
“Anyway, you can’t even show your face like this. Since Zara is about the same size as you, why don’t you let her take your place for the wedding?”
I nodded calmly and agreed. Then, I turned around and arranged with my boss about an overseas assignment.
One month later, on the day I boarded the plane, it also happened to be the day of Zara and Damien’s wedding.
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My blind fiancé, my biased family–I was done with them all.
But why did they all regret it so much once I left?
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Fifteen days before Zara and Damien’s wedding, I received a call from Cassian.
He didn’t even say hello before launching into accusations.
“Did you have your friend comment on those ridiculous things under Zara’s post?
“I was wondering why you were being so quiet. Turns out you’ve been plotting this.
“Do you know that Zara cried because of those comments? You’d better apologize to her!”
He didn’t know that I could barely hold my phone, my hands trembling.
The infection on my wounds had caused dozens of blisters to break open, large and small.
Even after taking a bunch of painkillers, the pain was unbearable.
I wanted to tell him that I had no idea what was going on.
I was in so much pain that it felt like thousands of ants biting at my body.
vere
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fu pauition mi? wounds had been so intense that for a moment, I almost forgot. Casmas Munt the rume anymore. He was no longer tha ona who promised to protect me forever.
Now, he called, but not once did he ask if warp
He only cared about eating on behalf of Zara, the one he placed on a pedestal
Inghed, ending the pain as I opened Cara’s social media.
The latest port was a picture taken by
y the photographer of her and Dan’s hacks.
bar way wearing a gorgeous wedding dress, and Damien was in a suit. The two of them held hands, looking like a perfect couple.
The caption read: [Taling a wedding photo matead of my sister. Does it look good?)
¿ret des commenta se
were from my parents and Cassian
sure a match made in heaven)
[Of course, our run the most beautiful little princess
no eyesore now. You and Damien make the perfect pair.)
I stared at these comments with no emotion.
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I had already gotten used to it.
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After all, in their eyes, I, the legitimate girlfriend who had been with Damien for seven years, was just an obstacle keeping him from being with Zara.
I scrolled down and saw a few of my friends‘ comments.
They were standing up for me.
[You and Damien look so good together. Just get married already!]
[I can’t believe my day was ruined by this ridiculous piece of trash!]
Strangely enough, I felt like crying when I saw these comments.
It was as if my numb heart had been struck by something, stirring up a tiny, aching pain.
I stared at the ceiling for a long time before I managed to hold
back the tears.
After thanking my friends in their individual chats, I opened the family group chat I had pinned.
They were all discussing the wedding arrangements eagerly.
I couldn’t help but smile bitterly.
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Throughout the entire process of the wedding that was ruined by the fire, I was the only one who worked with the wedding. planners.
When the setup was finished, Zara merely said it looked a bit plain, wanting something more dreamlike. It was then that Damien finally contacted the wedding planners.
Next to the crystal decorations I had designed, they added at bunch of pink feathers that didn’t match at all.
Since the fire had been that intense, those feathers definitely played their part.
Yet my family and my fiancé didn’t remember a word of Zara’s suggestions and placed all the blame on me.
In this group chat, all five of them used the same cartoon profile pictures.
Zara was the little princess surrounded by stars, my parents and Cassian were the king, queen, and prince.
My fiancé, Damien, used a profile picture of a knight that clearly showed they were a couple.
But before, he had told me he couldn’t use a childish profile picture because all his colleagues and bosses could see it.
Maybe when he met Zara, his principles changed.
I stared at their matching avatars for a long time before finally
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sending a message.
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[The wedding photos look good. I don’t know anything about the comments. Sorry.]
My message made the group, which had been filled with lively discussions about the wedding arrangements, go completely silent.
A few minutes later, Zara replied, pretending to be understanding.
[It’s okay, Nelia. I don’t blame you.]
