SWNOVELS Chapter 7
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Although I had wisely chosen to break up with Alfred, I was still furious at this moment.
When it came to marrying me, he was always short on money. I handled the wedding dress myself, which was fine because I was in high–end custom clothing.
For the wedding jewelry, he used the excuse of starting a new business and not having money, making me spend the $100,000 that he had given to me on it.
We had a verbal agreement that this $100,000 was supposed to be passed on as family funds after the wedding. In other words, he paid nothing for the jewelry and made me cover the
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costs.
And now, for Marleen, he could afford diamond jewelry worth hundreds of thousands, even millions? Has he suddenly become rich?
Alfred brought this up in the group chat, and a bunch of people who didn’t understand the full story joined in.
“Try asking at a jewelry store.” I said, then stopped talking.
The next day, I went to the hotel to request a refund for the two–thirds of the deposit that rightfully belonged to me.
The hotel manager said, “Didn’t you two come to an agreement?”
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I shook my head and told him that I hadn’t received any money from Alfred. Therefore, if he wanted to book the banquet, he needed to pay the whole bill himself; it had nothing to do with
- me.
The hotel manager agreed.
In the evening, Alfred called me again and asked, “What do you mean?”
I replied with a sarcastic smile, “Mr. Walker, there’s no reason for you and Marleen to use the order I originally placed for the wedding. Please make a new order for yourselves. Also, since the cakes at the banquet were chosen by me, and now you and Marleen are getting married, you should let her taste the cakes to suit her
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preferences.
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Aren’t you concerned about making the wedding banquet perfect? Wouldn’t that make the memories of the day even better?”
With that, I hung up the phone.
Whether he was angry or cursing, it was his own problem and had nothing to do with me. Although I didn’t want to hear anything about Alfred and Marleen, once their wedding news was announced, our mutual friends‘ group chat exploded with messages.
My friends were coming to ask me what was going on.
A few days earlier, I had told everyone that
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Alfred and I had broken up and the wedding was canceled. But I hadn’t explained the reasons, and now I was still unsure how to talk about it.
Alfred pulled Marleen into the group, and she posted a sob story, saying she hoped I wouldn’t misunderstand Alfred because of her.
Naturally, some people sympathized with her and tagged me, hoping I could be magnanimous and not hold grudges over such matters.
I replied in the group chat, “Sorry, but I’ve already broken up with Alfred. His matters have nothing to do with me.”
Alfred’s friends privately messaged me. I didn’t know if this was Alfred’s idea or if they just liked
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to meddle in other people’s business. They tried to persuade me, saying–since it wasn’t Alfred
who betrayed our relationship, I shouldn’t be so harsh.
I said bluntly, “I no longer have any good feelings for this man!”
I hoped they would relay this message to Alfred so he would stop bothering me.
However, I was being overly optimistic.
On the weekend, Alfred came to my company on purpose.
“Laraine, I’m here for two things. First, I want to buy the wedding dress at the market price. Not just the bride’s dress, but also the one you made
for me, which was custom–made to my size and now won’t be used…”
“Second, since this matter is urgent, Marleen doesn’t have time to wait. We would like to rent your car for a while. We can negotiate the price.”