Chapter 75
After breakfast, they went upstairs to change clothes.
Kendric was dressed in a light gray suit, with a black shirt underneath.
Celeste wore a light gray gown with an off–the–shoulder design, adorned
with a delicate circle of pearls around the neckline.
When Kendric watched her coming downstairs, he couldn’t hide his
delight.
Suddenly, for a split second, she hesitated. She hesitated to break his pride
with her own hands.
She couldn’t stand his dirty tricks, his inherent arrogance, the fact that he never knew how to respect others, and his stubbornness. But in this moment,
her heart ached.
Kendric was standing just at the closest point of the staircase, ready to
catch her hand as soon as she came down.
Celeste decided to give him a final chance. “Let’s head to the study. We need
a talk.
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For Kendric, there were two sentences he absolutely hated hearing from Celeste, “we need a talk” and “I’ve got something to say.” Whenever one of these lines came out, a quarrel was guaranteed to follow.
Even if so, he still followed upstairs.
In the study.
“What do you wanna say?”
Celeste got straight to the point. “I told you I would like to end our
engagement relationship.”
Kendric didn’t answer. He had heard this line so many times that his
emotions had turned from initial anger to numbness and indifference.
Celeste pressed on, “and I still feel the same way now.”
Kendric chuckled, “you really hard to deal with, Celeste.”
He stood up and retrieved a document from a drawer, handing it to her.
“I believe you’re gonna change your mind after you read this.”
Celeste eyed him suspiciously, not sure what game he was playing.
She took the contract, and as she read the contents, her hands began to shake. She was both appalled by Kendric’s shamelessness.
With a triumphant look, Kendric peered down at her. “Changed your mind
yet?”
Celeste threw the contract at him and exclaimed, “fuck you!”
“Marry me, and I won’t do anything to them.”
The worst assumption had just materialized.
It turned out that Kendric had foreseen her intention of breaking off the ceremony. It turned out he had an ace up his sleeve.
“Kendric Melville, you nuts! Stubborn, ruthless, irrational psycho!”
These were the harshest words she had ever hurled at him. She had never imagined that one day she’d say such words to the person she loved the most.
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“You’re right. I am.”
He muttered, “as long as you don’t leave me.”
Celeste’s emotions were in turmoil. She despised Kendric’s domineering
tactics. He had always done whatever he pleased to her, stifling her every move,
never taking her feelings into account.
She closed her eyes. “I hate you.”
Kendric fell silent for a moment. “But I love you” almost escaped his lips,
yet he held it back.
“It doesn’t matter.”
At this moment, Celeste finally grasped that in Kendric’s world, there was no room for compromise. He didn’t understand what it meant to love. He didn’t get that loving someone was about protecting, not constraining.
“Kendric, I was wrong.
“I once imagined that if I had been honest with you from the start, things would be better. But now, it’s clear that nothing will change you.”
“You’re still the bossy, childish, and ridiculous Kendric.”
She raised her eyes, “you truly don’t deserve to be loved.”
Kendric’s face turned pale due to her words. He clenched his teeth, “but I still got you.”
Celeste shook her head, gazing at the contract on the ground without saying
a word.
They arrived at the engagement ceremony venue at 10 o’clock. Kendric had
his arm around her waist as they entered the hall.
The venue was crowded with guests.
spectacle.
all came to witness this
The priest stood beneath the Cupid statue, offering blessings. This
ceremony was beautiful and dreamy, and everything seemed perfect.
Myles was watching Celeste with concern, but she shook her head and
offered a reassuring smile.
The ring rested quietly in its box. The dazzling, perfectly cut diamond
refracted brilliant light.
Kendric took the ring handed over by the priest.
He vowed affectionately, “I will love you till death separate us apart.”
Celeste lowered her head, quietly eyeing the ring.
When she loved Kendric, her love was passionate and genuine. When she gave up this love, she was resolute and determined.
She aspired to become a new self, a stronger girl. She could lové a new guy, but this time she wouldn’t lose herself for him.
“I refuse to marry you,” she firmly met his gaze.
“I’ll never marry you. From today onwards, you can keep using your power
to suppress me, or resort to your tactics to intimidate me.”
Kendric’s cheeks were trembling.
“Think it through before making your decision!”
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“This is my decision. I will never marry you. You use my hometown to
threaten me, thinking I have no cards to play. But you’re wrong. Your pride is
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exactly what up to you.”
“Right now, you must be furious, right?”
“Being rejected by me, your blood is boiling with anger, and your
self–esteem is shattered on the ground.”
“How it tastes, Kendric? Aren’t these the very things you’ve been feeding me all this time?”
“You should experience them too, having your self–esteem and pride
crushed. The things you want, you can’t even touch.”
“Kendric, this ending is what you deserve.”