Dying After Ten Years of His Betrayal
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Our engagement has gone unfulfilled for ten years.
My parents saved his family in that yacht accident. With their dying breath, they asked his family to look after me. In return, we go to city hall every year, trying to fulfill this obligation.
Ten attempts. Ten failures.
Elevator malfunctions, food poisoning, home invasions, car crashes... Every single time, I get hurt at the worst possible moment while he walks away without a scratch.
This makes ten. A truck slams into the passenger side, my head smashes against the window, and he's already running across the street, pulling that woman into his arms.
On my way to find him after they stitch me up, I hear his assistant's voice in the hospital corridor:
"Mr. Ashford, the truck driver's been taken care of. Money'll hit his account like we agreed... but is this really fair to Miss Bennett? It's been ten years, every single year—"
William's voice comes out low and tired. "I don't have a choice. Her parents saved me, but I'm in love with Emma."
I look down at the diagnosis. ALS. Late stage.
Turns out I've been trying to marry a lie this whole time.
My parents saved his family in that yacht accident. With their dying breath, they asked his family to look after me. In return, we go to city hall every year, trying to fulfill this obligation.
Ten attempts. Ten failures.
Elevator malfunctions, food poisoning, home invasions, car crashes... Every single time, I get hurt at the worst possible moment while he walks away without a scratch.
This makes ten. A truck slams into the passenger side, my head smashes against the window, and he's already running across the street, pulling that woman into his arms.
On my way to find him after they stitch me up, I hear his assistant's voice in the hospital corridor:
"Mr. Ashford, the truck driver's been taken care of. Money'll hit his account like we agreed... but is this really fair to Miss Bennett? It's been ten years, every single year—"
William's voice comes out low and tired. "I don't have a choice. Her parents saved me, but I'm in love with Emma."
I look down at the diagnosis. ALS. Late stage.
Turns out I've been trying to marry a lie this whole time.



































