When I first met him, I was being entangled by my ex, so I was scared every day. In order to protect me, Christian once blocked my ex-boyfriend and asked me to move in with him to give me enough protection.
He hugged me tightly and the hot air he exhaled sprayed on my hot cheeks. He said, "Don't be afraid, Zevanya, I won't let you suffer any injustice."
But at that time, he acted like a good son-in-law in order to take care of his white moonlight mother who was hospitalized after a car accident. But he downplayed all of this as just helping me.
Clicking on the circle of friends, I saw Christian posted a message.
[I didn't expect that this flood would bring her back to me. This is a natural disaster, but also a reward from God...]
Only then did I know that his white moonlight Zendaya, who had not appeared for a long time, finally came to the hospital to find him because of the flood, fearing that something might happen to him.
The two broke the previous barriers and misunderstandings, hugged each other and cried frankly. What a beautiful picture. So, I decided not to ruin it.
I booked a flight for seven days later and decided to leave here.
For him, I gave up the dream I had pursued for half my life. But now I wanted to live for myself.
Three days later, Christian called me. I just knew that he had been discharged from the hospital a long time ago, but I just knew that I was not at home. On the other end of the phone, he sounded very impatient.
"Why haven't you come back yet? Have you become stupid because of the flood?"
I trembled my lips and subconsciously clenched the phone, "I won't go back."
Hearing this, the person on the other end of the phone was stunned, as if he just realized something and pulled up the corner of his mouth to sneer.
"Zevanya, you are not really going to divorce me, are you? Look in the mirror, you can find a husband like me like this, so you should be content, why are you still throwing a tantrum?"
After saying that, his tone softened a lot. "Come back and cook, I want to eat the braised pork ribs you made."
I hung up the phone coldly and turned around to take the key. Because of the flood, our house was also affected, but fortunately it could still be lived in.
On the way, I thought of the time when we just got together. In order to celebrate his birthday, I booked a plane ticket to find him without telling my parents and waited downstairs of his house with my luggage.
The moment he found me, he ran towards me with trembling breath, hugged me tightly and asked me if I was cold and how long I had been waiting here.
At that time, I felt that I was the happiest person in the world. Later I found out that he had just celebrated his 18th birthday at home with his white moonlight. A few minutes before he hugged me, he had just sent his white moonlight home.
When we got home, I made the braised pork ribs that Christian wanted to eat. There were bursts of fragrance coming from the kitchen and Christian was in a good mood and hugged me from behind.
"Wife, were you scared when the flood just now? How is your feeling? Are you okay?"
I suddenly found it very funny. I was discharged from the hospital and he remembered to take care of me.
That's right, during that time, he was with Zendaya.
Thinking of this, I put the ribs on the plate and turned my head to stare at the tattoo on his neck.
"ZC, what does it mean?" I asked him this before, but now I want to ask it again.
Christian's eyes suddenly became a little evasive and then he looked away and took the ribs from my hand.
"It's loyalty, nothing else."
I looked at his back as he left and secretly pulled the corners of my mouth. He was still lying until now. Did he really think I was a fool? Zendaya Corliss, ZC.
Indeed, his loyalty was only to Zendaya.
At the table, he ate with relish, completely ignoring my gray face. After eating, he wiped the corners of his mouth, threw the leftovers on the table.
Then he said to me. "By the way, you will accompany me to see Zee later. She has depression. Because of the flood I encountered, she lives in fear every day, fearing that something will happen to me again. You will accompany her to comfort her then."
I almost laughed when I heard it. "Zee?"
"When you call me Zee, are you thinking of me or her?"
He loves to call me "Zee" when we were in love. Every time I heard it, I always responded with a coquettish voice with a smile. But now I knew that what he had been talking about was his white moonlight "Zevanya" from beginning to end. And I, who was treated as a substitute, was still smiling and immersed in this false sweetness.
His face looked a little ugly, "What are you doing?"
I sneered and asked him, "Is it fun to deceive yourself?"
"Shut up!" He was angered by my words and shouted, "This has nothing to do with you!"
I looked at his figure about to leave and asked lightly, "Are you going to her house?"
"Just to comfort her, nothing else, don't worry." He replied casually.
After saying that, as if afraid that I would think too much, he pulled me to open the door.
"You supervise from the side, is it okay?" he said.
When we arrived at her door, it was Zendaya who opened the door for us. When she saw me, her eyes were stunned for a moment.
"Zevanya, you are here too?" She greeted us.
She held my hand in pretended surprise and hugged me without saying anything. I pushed her away.
Christian immediately frowned and said, "What are you doing? Zevanya kindly greeted you and you have this attitude?"
I ignored him and looked at the photo frame placed at the entrance. It was a photo of her and Christian at the top of the mountain.
Zendaya came over immediately and carefully protected the photo frame in her arms, looking at me pitifully, "At that time, he accompanied me to climb the mountain to relieve my depression. Zevanya, you won't be angry, right?"
I pursed my lips. So, this what happened a while ago.
At that time, I was in the early stage of my work and was under great pressure. But at this time, he failed in his business and owed a lot of debts. His family was so poor that they could hardly make ends meet. At such a difficult time for him, he lied to me that he was going back to see relatives. But in fact he was going to climb the mountain with Zendaya, leaving me alone to clean up his mess.
They rented a car and drove to Tibet. He spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy Zendaya a down jacket and all kinds of facilities were top-of-the-line, which used up our common treasury. And I didn't spend more than 100 dollars on my body at that time.
In order to pay off his debts, I could only work harder and drink until I had gastric bleeding and went to the hospital. At that time, I really thought I was about to die. But thinking of him, I forced myself to leave the hospital and continue to be busy with socializing.
Christian looked at the photo frame with a complicated look. "Zee's illness is more important and we are getting better now."
Yes, the company won the bid and we made a lot of money at once and we turned over completely. I accompanied him from nothing to something and helped him achieve his ambition. But when the flood came, he was the one who left me without hesitation. Under their scrutiny, I just smiled as if nothing had happened.
"It's okay, since it's important to you, just keep it." I said lightly.
Seeing that I didn't react, Christian frowned and pulled my arm. "I warn you, don't think about playing tricks on Zendaya."
I chuckled and looked at him, "What are you talking about, how could it be."
I was about to leave, how could I have time to deal with her.
Christian wanted to say something, but his phone suddenly rang, it was something at the company.
He went out to answer a call and only Zendaya and I were left in the room.
She looked at me and suddenly laughed. "How does it feel to be a substitute?"
I watched her show her fox tail, but secretly turned on the recording. "What?"
"Do you know what the tattoo on his neck means?" she continued.
Seeing that I didn't show any expression, she looked even more proud, "You didn't really believe what he said about loyalty? I was the one who accompanied him when he got the tattoo."
"I know, your initials." My tone was light, as if I was talking about something ordinary.
Seeing that I wasn't angry, she changed her angle to mock me. "You've been with him for so long and you finally got rich with him. I suddenly showed up and snatched him away. You're anxious, right?"
I was stunned. I didn't expect that this was the time she carefully planned to come back.
But I still took a step back and kept my distance from her, "What do you want to say?"
"Hey," she sighed in pretended helplessness, "To be honest, you are also quite miserable. You have been with him for so long like a dog and as soon as I showed up, he kicked you out immediately. Not only did you not get any benefits, but he also slept with you for free for so many years, even worse than a slut."
As she said that, her eyes became contemptuous, "But how did you survive these years? How did you maintain your expenses when he was so poor? Did you do some dirty work?"
Hearing this, I didn't want to endure it anymore, so I raised my hand and slapped her in the face. I didn't hold back, so I slapped her face hard and there was an extremely crisp sound.
She was stunned at first, then screamed at the top of her voice. Suddenly Christian rushed in, she had already started crying.
"I... I just wanted to chat with Zevanya, but she got angry and hit me..."
After hearing this, Christian slapped me without hesitation. My face was hit and turned away. When I turned around, my shoulders were shaking with laughter.
"Thank you, Christian." I giggled bitterly.
If he hadn't pushed me away again and again, I wouldn't have been so determined to give up on him.
Before he could react, I had already turned around and left.
Blowing the cold wind of late winter, I felt cold all over. But it would end soon. When I get on the plane, I would be greeted by the scorching sun of the southern hemisphere.
Christian called me.
"Come back and apologize to Zevanya! Don't you know she has depression? Why are you so angry with her? Don't you want to live?!"
I didn't even listen, hung up the phone directly and sent him the recording just now.
[This is the recording just now.]
But he didn't even listen, [Don't fool me with the synthesized voice, I won't believe this trick!]
I smiled and closed my phone.
Forget it if he didn’t believe it, he wouldn’t have the chance to believe it in the future either.
Before leaving, I had a meal with a few friends. After all, I might not come back for the second time after this trip.
As for my parents, it would be convenient to take them over later.
They saw that something was wrong with me and asked with a frown.
"What's wrong with you?"
"Where's Christian? In the past, at this time, he always..."
They knew that I loved him so much that I would definitely bring Christian with me when my friends were around.
"Don't mention him."
I drank one glass after another and interrupted them, "In the future, there will be no Christian in my life, only Zevanya."
While I was in the bathroom, I opened my Instagram.
Christian and Zendaya's relationship was getting better and better.
His Instagram showed they were in a bar. In the photo, Zendaya was holding his arm and leaning on him and the two of them were smiling sweetly. I stared at the photo for a while and finally decided to delete him.
This was the second time I deleted his WhatsApp. The last time was three years ago. When he left me alone in the valley for Zendaya. I cherished the traces left at that time, so even if I was extremely sad, I still couldn’t bear to delete them. But now, I finally let it go.