Love Manipulated by Fate

tewart, my childhood sweetheart, who had vowed to marry no

but it was as if he had become

e with my rival and

edding invitation and dress

before me, telling

accident and subsequent coma while

s and collaborations,

out even brushing my hair or washing

his room, I saw him holdi

slowly formed t

Vernon had created

than a day after being judged

examination, and all his indica

umbled, and his understanding

he had never been engaged

s were utte

ernon was aloof and difficult to a

admouthed me in front of him, he coldly told

a class reunion, emboldened by alcohol, she threw hers

shed her away, saying, "How

emonade spoon by spoon, and he g

il and picturesque,

ed awkw

let y

up from Alice's hand and smashing

ng onto my swollen feet from da

, are y

t I could see the smugnes

care of Vernon.

roken porcelain, cal

is mind not funct

as his

or over twenty years and

the place we held in

stayed by his side, given tim

at Vernon wit

in reassurance and turned to

've always liked Alice. There's no way I could have been engaged to you

ds struck my h

night Vernon

ves, fireworks

as he said, "Rachel, marry me

as he slipped the ring onto

s, tasting a hin

ut that day his te

le are too happy,

layfully begged me not to leave at the airpor

sed painfully

dn't be

I argue wit

if I was about

ing?" "Of course." "Are you sure you

surd. I ha

e demeanor

the ring and tossed

ou remember,

house, I was co

sofa, unwil

for every piece of furniture, every

that nearly covered an entire wall o

g at me tenderly, was the perso

spital room, how

could remember, Vernon

business and left us i

e garden, leaving us to play to

est friend was, he would always smil

ails and wrote on my clothes, Vernon found out an

s I'm here, no one

were caught in a landslide and d

atorium, holding their ashes, fe

having no ide

said, "Rachel, you still ha

take advantage of my family's property came kn

errifying them. "Come on, I'm not an adult

heir overseas business in tho

ill kept on ranting and causing a scene for quite s

ken bottle in my

fidently telling me, "Don't be a

t his

with me, helped me with homework,

y, through r

ld soften only whe

n driven to death by various

emain indiffer

my heart had already

ege, I finally couldn't

d through the drawer filled with lov

o you think I shoul

e as he flipped through the pages, and he lo

so deeply, lov

tal room was nothing like the Vern

wink, feeling sor

ss, I shouldn't be s

tough times, and now that he was facing

its and snacks, I return

d, I felt as if I had b

the bed, her face full of shyne

n's chest, "It's all your fault, letti

pression clearly questioning wh

fruits in my hand scatte

nd too? Knowingly being the mi

tears, and she was biting he

rtache, gently wiping her eyes with his fing

he was

ld never say those w

keep going, a testament to th

aying them so easil

off the engagement and then went back on your word. Do you have no shame

collar and ask him when

ed my mouth, no

t in the current stage, it was impossible

ld remain in this state f

re he didn'

id, to him, it was like

rnon forever made my tea

if I wait until you recover to discuss, it might be too l

me a strange

conflict flashed by, leaving

ng Alice's tre

as if he was instinctive

's waist, pressing her head to his chest, "I'm very

e bathroom fo

eaving black stre

er, the black smudging

patheti

lice was standing behind

ou look really good in your misery. Now, dear Vernon is mine. Even if you go mad with hatred

d him dea

uld call

Ver

ave some

ce came from

elp me clean up, "After all the years they've been together, don't yo

's biological y

nalities were v

t carvings in college, sh

rt from Vernon, she was th

ttalk Alisa, glaring at her before

th me, drinking

aze, I saw my

r being with him, Vernon

id, "that's the nam

e stone of love, and if he took it

you see? Even in death, I wouldn't regret

deeper meaning

business overseas, he was always fl

nce instructor, taking a large sum of m

re shattered in

h other's o

r's only companio