Our Love was Already Over A Long Time Ago

When my family went bankrupt one day, my two childhood friends betrayed me by buying my parent’s mansion and giving it to their crush. I, Elizabeth Wilson, humbly begged them to help me get my house back. After all, that place was the place that gave me an amazing life.

Despite my pleas, my friends just responded by looking at me coldly while I bowed to them during such heavy rain.

“Elizabeth, you’ve already lived long enough in your house. You must know that Caroline has never lived in a mansion like this because of her tragic life. So, just let her live here from now on.”

Caroline Sewell, their unrequited love, mercilessly said that I deserved to be homeless. What that evil woman said was cruel even though she tried to fake it as a joke. Not only that, my former childhood friends even mocked me

In the end, they even dared to sigh as they said mockingly, “Elizabeth, you’re really weak.”

Then, they left me £5 for compensation after what they had done to me. And that was it.

After that, I called my father in desperation.

“Daddy, can I still be engaged with Lord Dupont?”

***

When my family was declared bankrupt, it rained heavily. In fact, I quickly went back to my home even though I studied in another city. Then, I found out that my parents had already moved away.

However, my two childhood friends, Anthony Morrow and Matthew Blatt, were standing at the door of my mansion. As soon as I saw them, it felt as if I found my savior. I couldn’t hold back my tears as they flowed down like rain from my cheeks.

Immediately, I ran towards them. Just as I was about to ask for their help, I couldn’t help but notice there was a young woman who was drying off her hair from the rain. That young woman was their new friend, Caroline Sewell.

The reason why I knew Caroline was because Anthony and Matthew frequently mentioned this girl in our chat group. Her generosity, brightness, poverty and self-reliance gradually became a constant topic between us. Obviously, it made me curious.

After all, what kind of young woman could attract the attention of two distinguished young men like them? But it seemed that her ordinary life was the reason. It moved these two young men who were born into the golden spoon.

When the three of them heard my footsteps, all of them turned their backs at the same time. As soon as Anthony and Matthew saw how messy I looked, they looked embarrassed. However, I paid no mind to it as I immediately told them what I really needed to say.

“Anthony, Matthew, you know that my family just went bankrupt. Can you please help me? Please help me to keep my mansion at least. This mansion was left to my family by our ancestors. I’ll definitely pay you two back,” I begged them.

However, Anthony turned his head to the side while Matthew just smirked as he coughed on my face twice. Both of them refused to answer me. It was Caroline who then answered my plea.

“I’m so sorry, Elizabeth. I love this mansion so much! Mr. Morrow and Mr. Blatt bought this mansion for me,” she replied.

When I heard it, I couldn’t help but stop walking and stood firm against the rain. In fact, I didn’t even move forward, letting the rain wash over me before my porch. After that, I looked at Anthony.

This was the man who used to laugh together with me, read works of literature with me and would give everything to me. I forced myself to look at him. After all, I wanted to see whether there was a hint of shame on his face or not.

“Anthony, is Catherine telling the truth? You know how important this mansion is to my family, but you’d rather buy my mansion and give it to her?” I asked him.

Yet, Anthony just frowned. It made me upset, but I held back. As I suppressed my body that trembled so much due to my fury, I turned my attention to Matthew.

I asked him, “Matthew, you only knew her for just one month while the three of us grew up together. Does someone like her really need to live in such a huge mansion like this?”

I would never expect that I would overestimate myself. When the two men heard me angrily asking them, Anthony was the first one who showed that he was upset to hear it. That was a huge shock to me.

“Elizabeth, you’d better keep your tongue. Why can you live in this mansion, but Caroline can’t live here?” Anthony coldly asked me.

Meanwhile, Matthew quickly rushed towards the rain. The man then grabbed my wrist, pulling me towards him as he whispered, “Elizabeth, Caroline is rather sensitive. Please don’t get mad at her. Why don’t you go talk to Caroline? Who knows that you two can be friends?”

That finally made me realize that I was the weaker one in this situation. Caroline, who stood on the stairs and looked offended as she was being comforted by Anthony in his arms, was the stronger one. Yet, I didn’t care even if I hurt her feelings.

If this were in the past, both men would definitely accompany me all night and spare no effort to make me happy. Yet, it was different this time. That really hurt me.