An Unwanted Love

I'm finally bored after pursuing Hugh Freeman for ten years. I give up on him and get together with Christopher Sanders, who's always had feelings for me.

Christopher lights the city's sky with fireworks throughout the night. He even buys a small island to propose to me. However, he goes missing right before the wedding.

When I find him, I hear him talking and laughing with someone. "I only pursued Jessica to get on Hugh's nerves—I lost interest in her once I got together with her.

"Still, I don't want to let her off so easily because of everything she put me through. That's why I'm going to leave her at the altar—to humiliate her. Fun, isn't it?"

So, I decide to run away before he does. I turn him into the laughingstock of the city.

Later, I hear that Christopher scours the capital in search of his missing bride. He never finds her, though.

A month before our wedding, my fiancé—Christopher Sanders—disappeared.

I searched the entire city but couldn't find him.

On the seventh day of his disappearance, I received news that he had been spotted in Louville.

I took the next flight there overnight.

Finally, I found him on a cruise ship.

Just as I was about to knock on the door, I heard his voice, filled with mockery.

"I only went after Jessica Walter to provoke Hugh Freeman. Now that I've got her, she just seems boring."

I froze after hearing that. He didn't sound drunk. On the contrary, he sounded completely sober.

Following that came the cruelest words I'd ever heard from him.

"And after tasting her, I found her quite dull."

Laughter filled with amusement echoed around him.

"As expected of Mr. Sanders, conquering the unattainable flower of Redfern Valley."

Christopher seemed to enjoy the flattery and continued, "She acted like she was willing to die for Hugh when pursuing him in the past, but she turned out so unbelievably naive. What a pity."

"Why?" someone asked.

Christopher slowly exhaled a puff of smoke. "It's a pity that even though I was her first man, I wasn't her first love."

He continued, "She loved Hugh for ten years. Who knows if she's really over him? If he wasn't my rival, I wouldn't have bothered playing the role of the devoted lover for Jessica just to get back at him."

Someone teased, "You've been with her for three years, Mr. Sanders. Why the sudden regret?"

Christopher sounded irritated as he scoffed, "It's precisely because I spent so long chasing her that I can't accept this."

Another voice chimed in from the crowd, "I heard she's been looking for you everywhere, almost going crazy. You've been missing for days now. Are you sure it's okay?"

Christopher took another drag of his cigarette, exhaled, and chuckled. "Isn't it fun to leave her humiliated at the altar?"

On his face, I saw no expression of guilt, pity, or love. There was only satisfaction and the triumph of long-awaited revenge.