At the Engagement Party, My Girlfriend Married Her Best Friend

During our own engagement party, my girlfriend publicly humiliates me by embracing her male best friend and drinking the traditional cross-cup wine with him. While the gathered guests look at me with deep pity, expecting an explosive confrontation, I remain entirely unfazed. Instead of losing my temper, I take the lead in applauding their betrayal, hum the wedding march, and dare them to go get married.

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Chapter 2

I went to a little bar. After waiting for her all night without eating, I was starving.

After a hearty meal, I took out my phone and saw Jim's Instagram feed.

It was a picture of Megan on tiptoes, struggling to change a light bulb in Jim's rented apartment.

The caption read: [This woman can do it all! What would I do without her?]

Seeing Megan's serious expression in the picture, I felt unusually calm.

I knew it—she always put Jim ahead of me.

I was already used to it, wasn't I?

When I got home, I took a shower and went straight to bed. Surprisingly, I slept like a log.

In the middle of the night, I heard some rustling sounds. Megan had finally decided to come back.

But I didn't want to deal with her. With my eyes closed, I could feel her standing by the bed, staring at me in silence, as if waiting for something.

Was she expecting me to leap out of bed, question her in the middle of the night, and start a fight like before?

After all, she used to love seeing me lose my mind over her, watching me break down and get hysterical.

She would coldly observe me falling apart because of her, relishing the feeling of controlling my every emotion.

I had lost my temper more than once over her close relationship with Jim. At first, she would still offer some explanations, saying she only saw Jim as a close friend.

But later, she grew tired of it and let me go from rage to calm, suffering all the way through.

Looking back now, I realized how undignified my craziness was.

The next morning, as soon as I woke up, I saw Meghan beside me, cupping her face in her hands and smiling at me.

The moment she saw my eyes open, she eagerly leaned in for a morning kiss. I instinctively dodged, and her lips brushed against my hair.

Her eyes showed a bit of hurt and surprise as she reached out to grab my arm.

"Julian, I'm sorry about last night.

"On the way to the cinema, Jim called, saying the power went out in his place. He has night blindness, and if he tripped or fell, it would've been a big problem. He doesn't have any other friends here, so I had to go help him out.

"I didn't expect it to be so tricky. It took me forever to fix it, and that's why…"

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