After Being Cheated, I Found True Love

u since high school. Without you, I might not b

together." Maxw

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at you well, and once you g

't really li

ow to li

is feelings for me might not be love, I still embraced it as

as when Jacquelyn announced her engagement

rets, right? As long as he grew to like me,

ng everything a boyfriend should-eating with me, shopping,

spected that, always stopping at the right moment. He even

he had in his heart before. I just wanted him to have me in

e further studies but started a business w

said the company was just starting and struggling, e

and support him, taking care of him meticulously. Whenever he mentioned a dish he wanted to eat, I would lear

was thriving. Two months ago, a travelling app we developed gained widespread recognitio

e, and we set a date to regis

oor, I glanced back at the place I'd lived for over a year, leaving the keys a

self, but I really didn't h

t now, I still hoped he would do well. Meeting him might

, then I spent my spare time writing, starting with reflec

or financial independence. So, when I joined the company to help Maxwell, I just wanted to

avor. I could leave wi

i, I still sent Maxwell a "let's

were apart, there was no reason to stay, so I went straight

n, Maxwell sent a message,

they just found sweetness in the bitterness. But once they broke free from the relation

h you happiness. May our paths never cross again." After sending

yn, who once left Maxwell for a rich heir to go abroad, only to be abandoned after ge

s over, I vanished without a trace. That

llege, she remarried. Her new husband treated her well, a

he was no longer as cold as befo

undred thousand here, some I've saved and some you've given me. Consider it

. "I'll be fine, but I

ou. Though I never hit or scolded you, I wasn't attentive either. I'm conten

ged her, and flew to a c

ng by the sea if we got married, marking sever

n. Maxwell's responses were always perfunctory, li

eating up, but this city remained cool, requirin

r. On my last day here, I booked a hotel near a famous beach. I was

ht, just a sea of heads. So, I found a large rock away from the beach, sat d

, even calling my name. I snapped back to reality, realizing the tide had risen,

because I co

t arrived soon, and a lif