Goodbye Scumbag, I’m Getting Married

Unfortunately, before I could finish my sentence, Luca’s phone started ringing.

After glancing down at his phone, he answered the call with a noticeable change in his tone.

“What’s the matter, Winnie?” he asked softly.

“Luca, the room is really dark, I’m so scared.

“Can you come over? You’re the only one I have. It’s only when you’re around that I feel safe…”

Luca was restless when he heard that. He put on his coat and left the room.

“Alright, don’t be afraid.

“I’ll be there in a bit.”

Before he left, he seemed to have remembered something, so he turned to look at me.

“What were you saying just now?”

By this point, I had already calmed down.

“It’s nothing. You can go ahead.”

When I woke up again, there were no signs that Luca had returned to the room.

Yesterday, I resigned from my job.

Now that I had free time, I decided to sort out the things I wanted to bring with me.

I saw the wedding dress sample designs in the safe. I picked it up and threw it in the corner.

All of a sudden, I heard some noise outside the room. I opened the door and immediately saw people entering and leaving the room across the hallway.

They were moving furniture into the room.

Among these people, I recognized Luca standing in the living room. He was attentively instructing the workers where to place every piece of furniture.

Winnie stood next to him, clinging to his arm lovingly.

I was reminded of the scene when I had first moved into this house.

Luca was the same. He was always obsessive with the placement of furniture around the house.

He explained this was necessary, or it wasn’t a home.

It was a shame I rarely ever saw him at home.

“Excuse me miss, do you have a ladder that I can borrow?”

My thoughts were interrupted by a worker who had noticed I was staring into empty space. I came back to my senses and unintentionally met Winnie’s gaze.

I pointed the worker to where we kept the ladder and before I knew it, Winnie emerged from the room and walked up to me.

With a beaming smile, she said, “Hailey! We’re gonna be neighbors now! Are you excited?”

As she spoke, she turned back to face Luca.

“It was Luca’s idea. He was worried about me living alone and said it was easier to look after me this way.”

She was smiling brightly at me, but for some reason, my heart froze over.

All this while, she would make me feel disgusted.

Not wanting to say a word more, I turned around and walked away.

And yet, I heard a yell behind me.

“Ah!”

I turned back to find Winnie sprawled across the floor, looking up at Luca with tears running down her cheeks.

Luca rushed over to pull her up before carefully checking if she was injured.

Winnie grabbed his hand and spoke sobbingly, “Luca, I knew this was a bad idea. I’m bothering you, aren’t I? You and Hailey are a couple, I-I think I should leave now…

“Hailey, please don’t be mad at me, I’m sorry, I really am…”

Luca turned around and glared at me hatefully.

“Hailey Jones, how many times do I have to repeat myself? Winnie’s like a little sister to me! Do you have to be this cruel?”

I almost gagged.

What a loving brother.

I used to believe him until I saw them in bed together.

Luca kicked me on the knee. “Apologize!” he yelled.

I collapsed onto the floor from the pain. It was the same spot where I had injured my knee a few days ago. It hurt even more after he kicked it.

On the other side, he pulled Winnie into his arms.

“I did not push her,” I said while staring at Winnie.

And yet, she shrunk away into his embrace.

“Luca, stop fighting with Hailey. I just lost my balance just now…”

Luca carried her in his arms while gazing at me with eyes filled with cold indifference.

“Hailey Jones, I’m starting to think I made a mistake judging your character.

“You’re bullying her because you’re envious that I treat her so well, aren’t you?!

“How could you possibly compare to a girl like Winnie?

“Apologize to her now!”

When my eyes met his cold gaze, it felt like knives were plunging into my heart.