A New Bedfellow

I've been in a relationship with Ralph Green for seven years. However, he tells me he's sick of me. He finds himself a younger and prettier woman.

I don't break down or cause a scene this time. I merely turn and leave. He's confident that I won't leave him because of how much I love him.

Later, he finally finds a way to contact me. "Has it been fun pretending like you've gone missing, Mabel? Hurry up and come back once you've had enough of this fit."

I'm not awake. The person beside me, Ambrose Steele, takes my phone away. He holds the phone up and deliberately leans down to kiss my cheek. "Mabes can't come to the phone. She's exhausted from last night."

In the seventh year of my relationship with Ralph Green, he still didn't propose to me. So, I secretly reserved a ring and bought my favorite wedding dress.

After being with him for so many years, my biggest wish was to marry him. I decorated a room with my friends, planning to give him a surprise.

But just as I was about to tell him, I overheard his phone conversation with a friend.

"I've gotten bored of Mabel for a long time now," Ralph said with unmistakable disdain.

"I suppose anything that stays the same for seven years becomes boring."

His friend, who was on speakerphone, mocked me as well, saying, "It's understandable. She hasn't changed things up all these years.

"Still, with that face and that body… Shouldn't you let us have a go at her first?"

Ralph took a drag on his cigarette and replied indifferently, "Sure, why not? Why even ask me?"

I didn't walk into the room, and he didn't call me afterward. I finally decided to break up with him that night.

Not long after, rumors began to spread that Ralph was pursuing a model, just like how he once pursued me. He bought her countless gifts and was at her beck and call.

With Ralph's usual sweet words, it didn't take long for the woman to agree to be with him. After all, not many women could resist being wooed like that.

Soon, he brought her along to a gathering. The moment they walked into the private room, everyone turned to look at me with strange expressions.

I smiled back at them. "Why is everyone looking at me?"

Ralph glanced at me briefly before wrapping his arm around his new flame and sitting down right next to me.

"Mabel, since you've already seen it, I'll just be honest. We've been together for seven years now, and it's gotten pretty dull."

I knew he would say something hurtful, but hearing it still made my heart ache. The wedding ring I had prepared was tightly clenched in my palm.

I sat there calmly, showing no reaction.

"I like Tammy and don't want her to feel wronged," he said as he gently stroked the woman's hair.

Watching him dote on her as if