You Said Goodbye Right After Hello

Tamara Winslow stands amid the crowd while clutching two different documents in her hand. One of them shows a diagnosis report on her alexithymia, while the other showcases a divorce agreement.

Three hours ago, she had specifically visited the Clerk's Office because the hospital's system had shown her marital status as "divorced".

The city clerk looks up at her. "Ma'am, it's true that you and Mr. Braxton Merrick got divorced three years ago."

Tamara's expression freezes on her face. "How could that be? We got married three years ago!"

The city clerk checks the details once again. This time, he adapts a rather awkward tone.

"The results are correct. It's true that you got divorced three years ago. In fact, it took place… on the seventh second right after you got married…"

The clerk continued, "Moreover, Mr. Merrick remarried a year later. The name of his spouse, as listed on the marriage certificate, is Annalise Prescott."

Tamara stood there as if her soul had left her body, her eyes vacant and her arms trembling slightly.

Everyone knew that Tamara Winslow and Braxton Merrick had known each other since childhood and had watched one another mature into adulthood.

He protected her, spoiled her, and treated her like a princess whom everyone envied.

Annalise Prescott, on the other hand, was the orphaned daughter of his arch-nemesis' family.

"Ma'am, are you okay?"

Tamara forced herself to her feet, waving her hand dismissively.

She wandered through the streets in a daze. On the large screen in the central square, an interview with Braxton was playing.

He was dressed in a beige suit, his long legs crossed. The interview suddenly came to a stop when he glanced at his watch and said, "I'm sorry, we'll need to end the interview here. I need to go home and have dinner with my wife."

He flashed a smile at the camera, and the live broadcast ended abruptly.

The crowd let out murmurs of admiration, praising him for doting on his wife and for his devotion to her.

Tamara merely rubbed the wedding ring on her ring finger, finding it all utterly ironic. She wondered who the "wife" he was referring to really was.

Her thoughts drifted back in time, and she seemed able to picture her knight in shining armor, who would wake up an hour earlier each day and take a detour just to pick her up for school.

He'd always grab every opportunity to be by her side, whether it was hosting galas, playing a piano duet, or attending sports meets. Each time, he'd be declaring to the world that she belonged to him.

So, after graduation, Braxton proposed. He'd always said, "If anyone else looks at you for a second too long, I'll lose my mind."

That same year, she returned to the old family home with her parents for the New Year holiday. Heavy snow blocked the roads, yet he trekked several miles and showed up at her door at midnight. As fireworks