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My mom had always adored Garrett.
She and Garrett’s mother were best friends, and they’d arranged our engagement when we were just
kids.
Garrett and I getting together was supposed to be natural, inevitable.
That’s why when the Montgomery family was choosing their heir, my dad bet everything he had to
help Garrett win that gamble.
At twenty, Garrett stepped on my family’s shoulders to secure a hundred million in funding.
Later, when my mom was dying, Garrett got on his knees in front of the video call and made his promise word by word.
‘I swear, I’ll give Aria the happiest marriage possible.”
After we graduated and came back to the States, our wedding was put on the calendar.
But then at the beginning of this year, Willow started her internship at the company.
The whole story shifted like a train switching tracks, heading in a completely different direction.
As his secretary, Willow would constantly call and text Garrett in the middle of the night.
Once, even when we were making love, a phone call came in, and Garrett immediately pulled out, grabbed his phone and answered it.
got suspicious and went through his phone.
But I never found anything concrete.
Until one day, I finally met the woman who had captured Garrett’s attention so completely.
The first time I saw Willow was in Garrett’s passenger seat.
It was supposed to be the day we got our marriage license, but before we even made it inside, Willow called and Garrett took off.
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I didn’t even get a chance to ask what happened, and I waited until the courthouse closed.
When Garrett finally came back to pick me up, Willow took one look at me and tactfully moved from the front seat to the back.
“If Mr. Montgomery hadn’t helped today, my mother couldn’t even get admitted to the hospital.”
“I’m so sorry, Aria. I had no idea you two were getting your license today.”
“Next time I’ll handle your marriage license application myself!”
I’d heard about how she was taking care of her dying mother all alone, and my empathy got the
better of me.
I also let go of my suspicions about what was going on between her and Garrett.
But after she screwed up our marriage license applications again and again, I had to take a hard look at their relationship.
Garrett’s protection of her became more and more obvious, and he’d even embarrass me in public
for her sake.
That’s when I realized that through all his daily doses of sympathy, Garrett had fallen for her too.
Thinking of all this, my heart was filled with boundless resentment, until the pain in my palm finally pulled my thoughts back to reality.
After getting my wound stitched up at the hospital, I took a cab home.
As soon as I walked in, I smelled something cooking.
Garrett was busy in the kitchen, and when he saw me, he froze for a second.
Then he handed me a bowl of soup.
“Take this soup in to her, say you’re sorry, and we can put this whole thing behind us.”
Before I could refuse, Garrett shoved the scalding hot bowl into my hands.
Seeing my bandaged palm, his voice carried a hint of disdain.
“Cut the copycat victim act.”
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“Aria, seriously, you should spend your time reading more books and working on yourself.”
“Compared to Willow, you’re lacking in so many ways.”
The wound on my hand was burning with pain, but it couldn’t compare to the bitterness in my chest.
Right in front of Garrett, I dumped out the soup.
The bowl shattered on impact, hot soup splattering everywhere.
I shrugged. “Garrett, maybe you should get your brain and eyes checked.”
“I don’t need to compete with her.”
Garrett’s tightly furrowed brow revealed his anger.
“How could you do that, Aria?”
“Mr. Montgomery made that soup himself!”
I turned to look at Willow leaning in the doorway. “Want some?”
Willow stared at me blankly, and before she could react, I grabbed her and yanked her over.
“Can’t let Mr. Montgomery’s homemade soup go to waste.”
“So drink it all up!”
I shoved her head down into the spilled soup. Willow struggled and pounded the floor, making muffled choking sounds.
Garrett kicked me in the back, pulled me off, and gathered her into his arms.
‘Aria, you’re completely insane!”
[ignored Garrett’s cursing behind me and went back to my room.
Looking at the blood seeping through my bandages, I finally let the tears fall.
Standing by the window, I dialed the number my dad had given me.
“Tomorrow at 1 PM for the marriage license–does that work?”
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He seemed to be in a meeting, but quietly confirmed it would be fine.
“I’ll have my assistant set it up.”
Not long after I hung up, I got the marriage license notification.
Among the 99 divorce applications, that single marriage license application stood out like a beacon.
Turns out this could be so simple.
“Who are you calling this late?”
Garrett suddenly pushed open the door.
