My Runaway Groom’s Regrets

Amara’s POV

I got up from bed with tears streaming down my face, then I picked up my phone with trembling hands. I texted him, "Why? Is Mia so important that you have to miss our wedding day?!"

He casually replied, "Look, I'm busy. I will have my secretary reschedule the wedding, OK? Stop texting me again."

His reply was like a slap in my face. My heart ached as the reality of his indifference settled in. I couldn't believe he would treat me like this!"

In despair, I replied to him with a text full of raw emotion, "We are over! I'm done with you. I don't want to see your face ever again!" I hit send, my sobs growing louder, and I blocked him, feeling a mixture of heartbreak and liberation.

For five long years, I tried my hardest to be the best girl for him. I did everything to get his attention and make him like me more but never worked. I changed how I dressed and how he thought a woman should be for him. Even though I changed everything about myself, he always dumped me when Mia needed him without a second thought. Every time he left, I felt a piece of myself fade away until almost nothing was left.

Heartbroken, I grabbed my purse, and took a taxi going to the cemetery just to talk to my mom. I am so tired and have no idea what to do with my life anymore.

I stared at my mom’s grave, cried loudly as I gushed out how Adrian turned a cold shoulder to me all these years. I never revealed a bit of it cause I didn’t want her to worry about me, but this time was different. “Mom… You told me that I have to choose what’s best for me. I will choose myself this time.”

I wiped away my tears and put on my sunglasses again, “I gotta go mom…”

And when I was about to go, I froze in my feet as I saw Mia and Adrian.

Mia raised an eyebrow at me, “You… What are you doing here?”

Adrian blurted out, “Are you stalking us, Amara? I thought we'd already talk about this? I told you that I will reschedule the wedding!”

I scoffed bitterly, “Why would I follow you everywhere, Adrian? I am not such a crazy woman who would want your attention twenty-four-seven!”

Mia sneered softly and asked, “What are you doing here then? Don’t tell me this is a coincidence?!”

I bit my lower lip and adjusted my black tinted sunglasses, “I don’t have time for this. I think I have to go and leave you two alone—”

But before I could walk away, Adrian grabbed my arm tightly pulling me close to him, “You’re lying… you’re spying on us, right?”

I shoved him away and stepped back, “In your dreams…”

How dare he ask me if I was spying on them? What are they? A celebrity?!

And Mia started to cry in the corner, “Uh, my baby… I’m gonna miss my lovely sparky!” she said while staring at her deceased pet cat.

I massaged my temple and when I was about to go, my eyes widened when Mia’s bodyguards started digging on my mother’s grave.

I exclaimed angrily, “HEY! Fuck off!”

I ran towards them trying to kick away their shovels, I stood in the middle while glaring at them one by one. “ What do you think you’re doing?!”

Adrian was confused and raised a question, “Amara! Are you crazy?!”

“No, you can’t do this!” I said, trying to hold back my tears with arms out in front of a guard.

And the guard trying to explain, “We are just obeying orders—”

I threw the shovel away and shouted on top of my lungs, “STOP!”