Chapter 11
I woke up early in the marriage apartment with Maron, only to find him on the balcony, speaking to someone on the phone,
I walked over and heard him arguing. “How dare you co
come looking for her?”
“If you truly love her, you should leave Newford and stop dreaming she’ll ever forgive you.”
“She’s my wife. We’ll share the same bed, and we’ll die in the same grave. You’ll never have a chance with her.”
On the other end of the line, there were curses. I knocked on the window, and he turned around, his gaze soft.
ged my hand, asking. Who is it?
He smiled. leaning over to gently kiss my lips. “Just someone unimportant.”
Our honeymoon was planned abroad
Rumors from Newford reached my ears, and my parents, worried about the influence on me, supported Macon and me going overseas.
Macon gently pulled me into his arms. “I know a highly skilled doctor abroad who can help with your vocal cords. Maybe there’s still a chance to heal
them.”
He immediately added. “Summer. It’s not that I mind you can’t speak, I’d never think that.”
I placed my finger on his lips and kissed his cheek.
Lunderstood. The person you love just wants you to be healthy and happy.
During the time we packed for the trip, at Carter found his way to our home.
When he saw me, he charged toward me like a hungry wolf. I was so frightened I hid behind Macon.
Tasa Instantly dropped to his knees, his face contorted in pain. “Summer, it’s not what you think. It was Emily’s fault. She seduced me.”
Hecrawled to my feet, pushing Macon aside. “Don’t be afraid, you love me the most, don’t you?”
“I already know I was wrong. Don’t use another man to provoke me.”
I stared at him in shock, using sign language to tell him: He’s my legal husband
Isaac, as if in a trance, lunged at Macon. I stepped in front of him, arms outstretched to block his way. “Don’t hurt my husband.”
“He’s not shameless like you, and he doesn’t go around fighting people.”
Isaac looked at me in disbelief, shouting, “What are you talking about?!”
I stepped back in fear, and Macon wrapped his arms around me.
“You can leave now, or should I call security to throw you out?” Macon said coldly.
*Summer, please, can we just talk alone?”
I looked at the man before me in disarray, unable to understand how I had ever loved him
Bilecided to give
him closure and agreed to his request.
We sat under the shade in the yard, and Macon, uneasy, watched us from a distance.
Lasked Isaac, “Why did you do this?”
At first, be stammered, trying to blame everything on Emily.
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I laughed softly. “You tivo were together behind my back for tivo years. Was it all because of her?”
Luan remained silent
He knew better than anyone what the real reason was.
Because Summer Harris was so wonderful that it made him feel inferior.
My parents told him that a woman who wouldn’t accept you when she was healthy would treat you like a treasure once she lost her voice,
It made him feel increasingly imbalanced, and he let down his guard when Emily seduced him.
Seeing him silent, I revealed another truth.
gitated before speaking: “A classinate from high school contacted me a few days ago. She sent me a video.”
Isaac looked up at me
The girl in the video was my high school rival.
Every time there was a singing competition, she always came in second, and she spread rumors that I only won because of my family connections
Later, the saw Emily tampering with the ceiling light in the dressing room and recorded it.
At the time, she didn’t like me and didn’t show me the evidence.
A few days ago, she found me and sent me the video of Emily’s misdeed.
She looked at me with a sense of relief and said, “This video has weighed on my conscience for many years.”
“I’m giving it to you now.”
“I don’t ask for your forgiveness, nor do I wish you happiness. I don’t think you need it.”
With that, she turned and left.
Isaar watched the video, but began to deny it. “This can’t be true.”
I gave him one last glance, stood up, and turned to leave.
He grabbed my arm, and Macon hurried over.
laac glared at me, his voice strained. “Summer, I truly understand now. Please give me one more chance.”
He began to cry in agony, and I could see the regret in his eyes, but I no longer believed it was because he loved me.
I pulled my arm free and told him, “Isaac, you don’t love anyone. You only love yourself.”
“So please, let me go. When I see you now, I feel disgusted.”
It seemed like he heard something unbearable. His body curled in on itself, and he cradled his head in his hands, sobbing, “This isnt how it was supposed to be.”
“How could this happen..”
After that day, Isaac never came to bother me again.
My three best friends insisted I meet with them before leaving for abroad.
One day, as we walked down the shopping street, a woman approached and pushed one of my friends aside.
They had been posting videos and pictures on their social media, describing our beautiful friendship.
Fredly saw this and went mad, muttering to herself. “I’m her best friend”
She sent them a series of invalting messages, which they blocked without a word.
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ummey, I was wrong.
I was motseptarily blinded and tried to steal your boyfriend. “
bystanders stopped and stared, and drowned.
My friends stepped in front of me, glaring at her. “Best friends? You want to use Summer as an ATM, don’t you?”
mily’s eyes pleaded with me. “Summer, we promised to go to the nursing home together when we get old! Don’t you remember?”
“It’s you who forgot,”
Happy, I linked arms with my friends, ready to leave
Suddenly, she rushed over and grabbed me, but my friends shoved her away. “What are you doing?! Don’t touch her with your filthy hands.”
Endly’s face twisted in anger. “Then return the money 1 lest you for the wedding.”
One of my friends shot hack angrily, “You picked out the wedding dress. You wore it.”
The decorations were all to your taster
“And the groom’s bed was yours, too! What fare do you have to ask for money back?”
We left her alone in disarray as we walked off the street
haar glared at her. “If you didn’t want her to marry me, who did you want her to marry?”
The day before Macon and I left for abroad, he gave me a diamond necklace Mom had mentioned recently.
His fingers slid over my neck, sending a tingling sensation through me.
“My friends have been slandering me. The moment you come back, I’m taking you away
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As an apology, I bought you this necklace.”
as yours
“I don’t really understand women’s hearts, but I know you like things with sentimental value.”
I looked down at the four leaf clover on the necklace, each leaf representing one of us girls.
Smiling, I thanked Macun. “You’ve spent so much.”
The held me tightly. This is nothing. Anything you want, I’ll give you
He then told me that faae had gone back to Newford and lost his mind. He found Emily and stabbed her in the throat.
He was under investigation for attempted murder, and they weren’t sure if she’d survive.
Listened in silence, a sharp pain perring my
chest.
His finger gently touched my neck. “Was she the one who took your voice?”
Howered my heal and collapsed into his arms, my throat tight with pain.
Mach stroked my hair and promised, “I won’t let anyone hurt you again.”
Macun had secretly called his friends in Newford, ensuring Isaac would spend the rest of his life in prison.
He also contarted his hospital friends to take good care of Emily.
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If she dight die, he wanted her to suffer more than death.
The next day, we boarded a plane to M country, our fingers intertwined
I looked out the window at the peaceful clouds, glowing warmly like the person beside me.
I thought. He’s my true sunshine,
I looked down at the necklace around my neck, and thought of my friends.