After He Chose Her Over Me on Our Anniversary

On the day of our fourth anniversary, Jasiel Carter didn’t show up.

His long-time crush, Wrenley Johnston, had returned.

That evening, she posted on Instagram.

“Full circle, back to you.”

The picture showed a man carrying her suitcase.

Ironically, I knew that man.

He was supposed to be with me celebrating, but he claimed he had something urgent.

For four years, I tried to be the perfect girlfriend to Jasiel, who never seemed to forget his first love. He quietly let everyone call me a lovesick fool.

But he forgot that even a cornered dog will bite.

And if that's the case, I wouldn't mind biting back myself.

Jasiel Carter had adored Wrenley Johnston for years; everyone knew he was obsessed.

Wrenley was his unattainable dream.

Of course, everyone also knew about the person hopelessly devoted to Jasiel for years.

That hopeless fool was me.

After two years together, Wrenley fell for another man and left Jasiel, choosing to go abroad.

When they broke up, Jasiel spent night after night in bars, drowning in beer.

His buddy was always the one calling me to pick him up.

After all, I was his lovesick fool, right?

Drunk and messy, Jasiel would murmur Wrenley's name over and over.

Not long after, he publicly declared he was with me.

His friends mocked me, saying, "A lovesick fool will get everything in the end."

But I knew he was doing it just to spite Wrenley.

And they were betting on whether Jasiel would ditch me and reunite with her if she changed her mind.

I knew all of this, yet I still chose to stay with him.

The allure of first love is hard to escape.

In the blink of an eye, I'd been with him for four years and endured being called a lovesick fool.

I didn't care about others' opinions; I only cared about how he saw me. I foolishly believed that over the years, he might have developed genuine feelings for me.

If he hadn’t cared, then why would he stay by my bedside, sleepless, when I was sick? Why would he skip work to spend every anniversary with me?

He even talked about marriage, saying that soon we’d have our kids, whom he would love dearly, growing up in a loving home.

Every night together, he whispered such promises in my ear.

His deep, captivating voice had a mysterious effect, making me dream about our future.

Had I not overheard him tell a friend, “Why would I want a kid? It's such a hassle, and my child would never come from Elina,” I might still be lost in his casually spun fantasies.

He never loved me, nor did he ever intend to welcome our child, so what was I still hoping for?

Now that Wrenley is back, Jasiel ditched me to pick her up from the airport, solidifying my resolve to leave.