On the Wedding Day, The Engagement was Cancelled By My Fiancé

The dial tone from the disconnected call still buzzed in my ear.

I had just received that provocative call from her – Lucy Carter, a woman who appeared in our lives a year ago.

Jack and I were on a road trip, passing through a small village when Jack got distracted by a phone call.

That’s when Lucy appeared, carrying a large woven bag, stepping into our view.

She was beautiful, with her hair tied in a bun and dressed in a plain shirt.

Her big eyes gave her a youthful charm.

Something about her immediately triggered a sense of unease in me – a woman’s intuition.

But in the end, it was Jack who had accidentally knocked into her, causing a small scrape on her leg, so we took her to the hospital.

Just moments ago, right before the wedding was about to start, I was getting ready to walk through the door that would lead me to my happily ever after with Jack.

Suddenly, my phone rang, making my already anxious heart tremble.

I saw Lucy Carter’s name on the screen. Without thinking, I picked up the call.

The next moment, her smug, taunting voice came through.

“Maya, do you believe I can make your husband drop everything and come to me? Even leaving you, his soon-to-be wife!”

I could picture her on the other end of the line, raising an eyebrow with a satisfied smirk.

Her confident tone sent a wave of unease through me, shaking the fragile sense of security I had been clinging to.

Yes, I didn’t dare to gamble.

If this had been before she started working in our company, I would have confidently told her I didn’t believe her!

But since she recovered from her injury and joined the company, her name had become a regular fixture in his conversations.

She was so helpful during our wedding preparations, always around, like a shadow between me and Jack.

I could see the subtle changes in Jack’s eyes, and I knew – he might have started to like her.

It seemed Lucy didn’t even expect a response from me.

Just as I stood there, frozen with the phone in my hand, Jack burst through the door.

“Maya, something’s come up today. We have to pause the wedding.”

I swallowed my nervousness and asked tentatively, “Is it something serious? You know we’ve been planning this wedding for a long time. Unless it’s something really important, I hope...”

“I’m sorry, but Lucy’s been in a car accident. You know she doesn’t have any family here.”

“Our wedding is about to start! You can’t just...”

Jack interrupted me, not letting me finish.

“I know, but Lucy’s seriously hurt. I need to take her to the hospital myself to be sure she’s okay. She was on her way to attend our wedding when it happened.”

“And what about our wedding?” I asked, my voice trembling.

Jack kept looking at his phone, his eyes filled with concern – for another woman.

“I know, once I’ve taken her to the hospital, we’ll pick a new date and have another wedding.”

At that moment, I realized how much of a stranger the man standing in front of me had become.

Maybe our fate was never meant to last, and we were destined to drift apart.

“Jack, do you remember what that priest said? If you go to her now, we’re over. The wedding is canceled.”

I spoke the harsh words, knowing I was cutting off my own escape.

This was my last gamble to make him stay.

He looked at me with surprise, his brow furrowed, as if recalling the priest’s words.

Or perhaps he was deciding between me and Lucy Carter.

But it didn’t take him long to make his decision. “Stop being unreasonable. You and her are different. Lucy has no one here.

“If you really believe that priest’s nonsense and not in us, then I have nothing to say. But I’m going to Lucy now to take her to the hospital.

“As for the wedding being canceled, do whatever you want.”

With that, he turned and left without a moment’s hesitation, ignoring my cries as I called after him.

“Jack!”

At that moment, the last shred of hope I had for us died.

Do whatever I want? I stood there for a long time, stunned.

In the end, he chose to leave me for another woman.

“Mrs. Harrison, the guests outside are starting to talk… and there are a lot of reporters too,” Jack’s friend, Tom, who was also a shareholder in the company, said as he entered the room.

Jack had run off, and now his friend wanted me to go out and explain the situation. After all, the groom had disappeared, and many of the company’s partners and reporters were present.

If this got out, the damage to the company’s reputation would be huge.

I let out a bitter laugh. “You’re calling the wrong person. Jack’s gone to find your real ‘Mrs. Harrison.’”

Tom’s expression froze. “Mrs. Harrison, you...”

He took a deep breath and continued, “What Jack did was wrong, but there are reporters outside. You know how they’ll twist the story, and the company’s stock will tank. If this gets out, the consequences will affect the entire company.”

Tom tried to persuade me.

I looked at him coldly. “Did Jack know there were reporters outside?”

“He… You…”

His hesitant response stabbed at my heart. It was time to let go.

I slowly removed the wedding ring that Jack had given me and tossed it into the rushing river outside the window.