Abandoned Bride's Ruthless Comeback

Abandoned Bride's Ruthless Comeback

Su Banqing

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For the seventh time, I stood at the altar, pregnant with his child, waiting to marry Justice Keith. And for the seventh time, he abandoned me. His phone rang, and just like that, he was gone-rushing to the side of his "fragile" stepsister, Kamala, who was supposedly having another panic attack. He pushed me aside in front of everyone, his family sneering that a "new-money girl" like me would never understand their loyalty. This was the man who baked her special cakes in the middle of the night while ignoring my own hunger, the man who had left me at seventeen other almost-weddings and rehearsals. But this time, as I stood there in my wedding dress, the humiliation was a physical weight. I was tired of being his second choice, the understanding fiancée he always came back to with empty promises. So I walked out. I cancelled the wedding, shattered his family's priceless heirloom, and secretly terminated the pregnancy that tied me to him. I wasn't just leaving anymore. I was going to spend the next seven years meticulously planning how to burn his entire corrupt, old-money empire to the ground.

Abandoned Bride's Ruthless Comeback Chapter 1

For the seventh time, I stood at the altar, pregnant with his child, waiting to marry Justice Keith.

And for the seventh time, he abandoned me. His phone rang, and just like that, he was gone-rushing to the side of his "fragile" stepsister, Kamala, who was supposedly having another panic attack.

He pushed me aside in front of everyone, his family sneering that a "new-money girl" like me would never understand their loyalty. This was the man who baked her special cakes in the middle of the night while ignoring my own hunger, the man who had left me at seventeen other almost-weddings and rehearsals.

But this time, as I stood there in my wedding dress, the humiliation was a physical weight. I was tired of being his second choice, the understanding fiancée he always came back to with empty promises.

So I walked out. I cancelled the wedding, shattered his family's priceless heirloom, and secretly terminated the pregnancy that tied me to him. I wasn't just leaving anymore. I was going to spend the next seven years meticulously planning how to burn his entire corrupt, old-money empire to the ground.

Chapter 1

CLARA O'DONNELL POV:

The chill of the chapel air was a familiar ache, a ghost of seventeen other almost-weddings. Justice Keith had always been good at leaving. Not just me, but the expectations, the promises, the future we' d meticulously planned. But this time, standing there in the pristine white of a gown that felt more like a shroud, I felt a kick. A soft, undeniable flutter beneath my silk-covered belly. It wasn' t just my heart that broke anymore.

I smoothed my hand over the fabric, a small, involuntary gesture.

Justice, handsome and imposing in his tailored tuxedo, hadn't noticed. Or maybe he had, and chose to ignore it. He was looking at me, though, his eyes a confusing mix of adoration and something else I couldn't quite name.

"Our little one," he whispered, his lips grazing my forehead. "Soon, we'll be a family. A real family."

It sounded like a vow. It felt like a lie.

The minister cleared his throat, his voice rich and resonant, ready to begin the sacred words. "Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today..."

Then, the shrill, obnoxious ring of a phone cut through the hallowed air. It was Justice's.

His jaw tightened. The tenderness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a cold, distant look. It was the same look I' d seen so many times before. The mask of obligation settling over his face.

I reached for his arm, my fingers closing around the expensive fabric of his sleeve. "Don't," I pleaded, my voice barely a whisper. My grip was desperate.

He hesitated, his gaze flicking to the phone, then back to my pleading eyes. He didn't answer it. A flicker of hope, foolish and fragile, sparked in my chest.

Then, it rang again. Persistence. Always persistence from her.

"I have to see who it is," he murmured, already pulling away. "It could be important."

"More important than this?" I asked, my voice cracking. My hand involuntarily found my belly again. "More important than us? Than our child?"

He yanked his arm free, a sudden, brutal movement that stole my breath. "It's Kamala," he stated, as if that explained everything. As if her name was a sacred word that justified any abandonment.

Kamala. The name tasted like ash in my mouth. I was numb to the excuses, the fabricated crises. This was the ritual. The predictable, agonizing ritual.

He glanced at his phone screen again, his eyes widening. A text message. His face drained of color, then flushed with alarm. "She's... she's having another panic attack."

"Of course she is," I scoffed, the bitterness sharp. "Just like the time she had an 'allergic reaction' to the gluten-free cake at our engagement announcement. Or the 'sudden onset anxiety' that cancelled our third wedding rehearsal. She weaponizes her fragility, Justice. Can't you see it?"

His eyes narrowed, blazing with an anger that always seemed reserved for me when I dared to speak the truth about her. "How can you be so cruel, Clara? She's delicate. She needs me."

"And I don't?" My voice rose, a raw, desperate sound. "Our child doesn't? This family we' re building, it means nothing to you?"

Just then, his phone rang a third time. This time, a faint, reedy voice, laced with manufactured panic, could be heard even across the quiet chapel. "Justice? I... I can't breathe... my chest... it hurts..."

He looked at me, a silent plea in his eyes, but it was already too late. He was already gone. His body was still here, but his mind, his loyalty, his heart, they were already speeding away to her.

He pushed me aside, not gently, but with a force that made me stumble. "I'm sorry, Clara," he muttered, his eyes already searching for the quickest exit. "I have to go."

"Justice!" My cry echoed in the suddenly cavernous chapel. It was a plea, a warning, a desperate attempt to shatter the spell she held over him. But it was just an echo.

Guests began to whisper, their hushed tones a rising tide of judgment and pity. I felt their stares, a thousand tiny knives piercing my already bleeding heart. The humiliation was a physical weight, pressing down on me, suffocating me.

This was the seventh time. The seventh. The first time, I'd followed him, frantic, convinced she was truly in danger. I found him at the hospital, holding her hand, her eyes wide and innocent, a triumphant smirk hidden from his view. She' d been fine. Always fine. Just enough to lure him away, to make me look like the hysterical, abandoned fool.

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“For the seventh time, I stood at the altar, pregnant with his child, waiting to marry Justice Keith. And for the seventh time, he abandoned me. His phone rang, and just like that, he was gone-rushing to the side of his "fragile" stepsister, Kamala, who was supposedly having another panic attack. He pushed me aside in front of everyone, his family sneering that a "new-money girl" like me would never understand their loyalty. This was the man who baked her special cakes in the middle of the night while ignoring my own hunger, the man who had left me at seventeen other almost-weddings and rehearsals. But this time, as I stood there in my wedding dress, the humiliation was a physical weight. I was tired of being his second choice, the understanding fiancée he always came back to with empty promises. So I walked out. I cancelled the wedding, shattered his family's priceless heirloom, and secretly terminated the pregnancy that tied me to him. I wasn't just leaving anymore. I was going to spend the next seven years meticulously planning how to burn his entire corrupt, old-money empire to the ground.”
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