I Needed Him But He Stood Me Up

A week before the wedding, the roads were blocked by heavy snow. Fortunately, I stocked up the house with supplies in advance.

Clyde took his first love in and moved in with her.

He tricked me into staying at a friend's villa where there was nothing to eat or drink.

He and his first love flaunted their delicious meals on Instagram Stories daily.

I starved in the villa, with no food, no water, and no electricity.

After clearing the roads, he sent frantic messages during the wedding preparations.

I had already returned to my parents' house. I sent him a message saying, "I’ll let you two be together."

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Betty Winn posted an Instagram Stories message about Clyde York's first love.

"It's snowing, eating hot pot is so delicious. Thank you for being in love with him."

Below was a photo of two tightly clasped hands. I recognized the man's hand instantly—it was my fiancé, Clyde’s hand. The ring on his finger was one I had chosen.

Then, Clyde liked Betty's Instagram Stories.

Seeing that Clyde had access to the internet, my frozen fingers dialed his number again.

Clyde finally answered the phone.

I hurriedly said, "Clyde, my car is out of gas and my phone is running out of battery. Can you come pick me up? It's so cold here and there's nothing to eat."

Looking at my phone’s 1% battery, I silently prayed it would last a little longer.

But there was laughter on the other end.

Then Clyde's best friend, Nick Hanson, spoke loudly.

"Angela, we made a bet with Clyde. If you can hold on in my villa with no food, no water, and no electricity until the wedding day, it means that you really love Clyde."

"All of our friends from Clyde’s in-laws' side will call you sister-in-law in the future. We’ll make sure to advise Clyde to calm down and stop thinking about our goddess, first love, Betty."

I was stunned. It had been snowing heavily for a month, and the roads were treacherous. Most of the city was blocked.

There was no water, no electricity, no food or drink. How could we hold on until the wedding a week later?

Clyde said he needed to take his blood pressure medicine, but he forgot it at Nick’s villa. So, he asked me to drive there to get it. I risked my life, driving so far to retrieve the medicine.

Upon arriving at the villa, I found no one there, and there was no water or electricity. It turned out he had just been testing my love.

But I had been chasing Clyde for ten years. I wasn’t just Angela Duncan; I was his secretary. I had taken care of him for ten years. Isn’t that proof enough that I loved him?

I simply wanted Nick to hand the phone back to Clyde.

Clyde snatched the phone away.

"We didn’t bet on anything. Angela, I just want to spend a week with Betty before getting married."

"After marriage, you’ll enter a hellish cage, and you can no longer associate with Betty. I can’t let people say that Betty is a third party."

Hearing this, my heart felt colder than the weather at minus ten degrees.

Is marrying me entering hell? I almost cried as I asked.

"Clyde, so you deliberately tricked me to come here? And you intentionally cut off the water and electricity just because you don’t want me to disturb you?"

Clyde, on the other hand, was silent for a moment before speaking.

"Angela, can you help me and Betty for a week? Stay there for a week, and after that, I will respect the marriage agreement agreed by the elders and marry you."

"For just this week, I want to belong to Betty. Don’t call me again; I’ll block all your contact information in the next few days and then unblock it after the marriage."

After saying those words, he hung up the phone without waiting for me to respond.

I called his number again, but it was no longer connected. He had really blocked me.