The day before our engagement, my fiancé, Shawn Williams, said he would accompany me to look for a wedding dress.

He still was not there by the time the bridal shop closed.

I received a text from him on my way home.

Shawn said: [Britney said she ran out of pajamas, so I'll accompany her to go shopping.]

I called him, but his junior answered the phone. "Shawn is taking a shower. I can pass along a message if you have something to tell him."

Shawn and I had been in a relationship for four years. Whenever I had something important to do, his junior would suddenly need his help with something trivial. He would always abandon me and rush to her side.

As expected, he did not hesitate to abandon me on a day as important as today.

Feeling exhausted, I calmly replied, "Tell him the wedding is canceled. I don't want to marry him anymore."

On the day before our engagement, Shawn took my hand and said he would accompany me to look for my wedding dress.

However, as we arrived at the bridal shop, Shawn answered a phone call and told me grimly, "Sonia, something’s happened at the company. I have to deal with it immediately."

Although disappointed, I let Shawn leave without thinking much of it after seeing his worried expression.

Before leaving, Shawn asked me to wait for him to return. He still had not returned by the time the bridal shop closed. I called him countless times, but none of the calls went through.

The shop assistant looked at me pitifully, making my heart ache. She stepped forward and asked gently, "Ms. Zachman, how about we wait a little longer?"

I shook my head and forced a smile. "No. I'm going home."

On my way back, I saw a post with a picture of Shawn choosing pajamas for Britney.

The caption read: [I can’t believe we’re so close that he’s helping me pick out pajamas!]

I smiled and commented: [Other people's fiancés have good taste, don’t they?]

Soon, I got a text from Shawn: [Britney said she ran out of pajamas, so I'll accompany her to go shopping. Don't be unreasonable. Just behave yourself until I come back, okay?]

I could not help but scoff when I saw this message, even though tears fell from my eyes.

Shawn and I had been in a relationship for four years. Whenever I had something important to do, his junior, Britney Zigger, would suddenly need his help with something trivial. He would always abandon me and rush to her side.

I always made a fuss, but Shawn would look at me with disappointment and say, "If anything was going on between Britney and me, you wouldn't be here. I’ve known her since I was little. I only think of her as a sister. She's the one who helped me pursue you. Why are you jealous of her?"

I forced myself to accept the existence of another woman between Shawn and me, and I forced myself to accept that he treated her better than me.

I loved Shawn to the point of losing myself, but I was still human. Every betrayal still disappointed me.

When Shawn promised to accompany me to look at wedding dresses, I silently counted down to when Britney would start to make trouble. I was caught a little off guard when she did not eventually show up.

It was obvious I had been too naive. How could Britney not cause trouble? It was just that Shawn lied to me and chose Britney again.

Before I knew it, my face was streaming with tears. I called Shawn again, and it finally went through.

However, Britney was the one who replied. "Shawn is taking a shower. Sonia, is it something urgent? I can pass along a message if you have something to tell him."

I sneered. Shawn was my future groom, and he was responsible for many things in preparation for the engagement, yet he was taking a shower in another woman's house. How ridiculous.

All I felt was relief now. What if Britney called him away again during our engagement tomorrow? What would I do? After all, it was not the first time Shawn abandoned me and ran to Britney without hesitation.

However, this would be the last time. I was tired and did not want this to continue.

Britney was still talking on the phone. "Shawn is exhausted. Sonia, stop being unreasonable. Can't you make things a little easier for him?"

I calmly replied, "Tell him the wedding is canceled. I don't want to marry him anymore."

After hanging up, I packed up all my belongings at home. I noticed that the house was very empty now.

I remembered that Shawn's company would be listed soon. He was busy every day and had not lived at home for a long time.

As Shawn's secretary, Britney ate every meal with him and even lived with him.

I was a little upset about it, but Shawn always said grimly, "Sonia, Britney is a great help to me at work. Could you stop being so petty?"

Therefore, I hid all my thoughts. Even when I saw them being affectionate as if no one else was around, and even if everyone in the office thought Britney was the best woman for Shawn, I put up with it because I could not bear to leave him.

He was a ray of light in my dark life.

My mom died of an illness the year Shawn and I got together. It was not long before my dad married his first love and my family life started to deteriorate.

My dad only liked the children he had with his first love, and he always hated me because he saw me as proof that he had once betrayed his first love. I was miserable back then.

Just when I was on the verge of breaking down and considering suicide, Shawn appeared. He held my hand and told me, "Sonia Zachman, be with me. I'll give you a home."

I got into a relationship with him.

In the second year of our relationship, I was meant to study abroad. However, my name did not appear on the application list for some reason. Shawn was even more anxious than I was, asking around if there was any way to fix it.

There was a professor at school who liked me and was willing to help, but I politely declined his offer. Shawn looked at us reluctantly, and the professor told me I would regret it.

However, I had no regrets when I saw how happy Shawn looked that I would be staying.

All I ever wanted was a love that only belonged to me. However, Shawn’s heart eventually let in another woman.

Perhaps it was when I had acute appendicitis and was lying alone in a hospital bed as Shawn watched the moon with Britney.

Perhaps it was on my mother's death anniversary, when Shawn left me alone to watch a movie with Britney, or when I had a miscarriage, and Shawn said, "If the baby's gone, there’s nothing we can do about it. Be more careful next time."

After saying that, he took Britney skiing just because she had a nightmare.

At that moment, I decided to give Shawn one last chance. I would dump him if he ever left me alone again.

I was just about to eat my pasta when Shawn got back home.

Seeing me act as if nothing had happened made him a little angry.

He pursed his lips and asked me unhappily, "Didn't I ask you to wait for me at the bridal shop? Why didn't you wait for me? You didn't tell me anything either. I went there for nothing."

I did not even look up. "Do I need to tell you why?"

Shawn's eyes flickered with annoyance at my indifference. He sat at the other end of the dining table, crossing his arms and observing me.

After a long time, he said, "I've always bought Britney her pajamas. She can't sleep unless she wears the ones I bought for her. I didn't mean to lie to you about working overtime. I just didn't want to upset you on your big day."

Hearing Shawn's explanation, I forced a smile.

Shawn was surprised that I was not arguing with him as relentlessly as before. Seeing my calm appearance, he opened his mouth to say something.

However, I interrupted before he could, "I know you're good friends. If anything's going on between you and Britney, I wouldn't be here."

I did not expect Shawn to suddenly go on a rampage when I said that.

He shouted angrily at me, "Sonia, what’s with the sarcasm?"

I looked at him in confusion. I was just repeating his catchphrase, yet he was accusing me of sarcasm. I was not trying to be sarcastic at all. I looked into his eyes, and he turned away somewhat guiltily.

Britney walked in, took Shawn's arm, and pressed her well-endowed chest against it.

She looked at me unhappily as if condemning me for being unreasonable. She pinched the tip of Shawn's ear. Their intimate actions disgusted me.

Britney told me, "Sonia, the company is going to be listed soon, so we've been busy. Shawn made time to get engaged to you for your ridiculous sense of security. What else are you not satisfied with? If you're upset about Shawn buying me pajamas, you can just say it. Why are you being so unreasonable?"

I could not hear a word of what Britney said as my eyes fell on the glaring love bite on her neck. I looked at Shawn again, who also had an obvious love bite on his Adam's apple.

Their faces were rosy, and the way they looked at each other was so sweet that it was nauseating.

How could it be a mystery? I understood perfectly and felt even more disgusted.

I interrupted Britney's lecture and looked at their interlocked hands, "I can’t believe you two are so close that he’s helping you pick out pajamas! How close would you guys have to be to end up in bed together?"

Hearing my statement, Shawn was furious. He raised his hand and threw his plate of pasta at me.

I quickly put my hand out to block it, but the boiling sauce still splashed on me. I instantly felt a burning pain.

Seeing the mess I was in, Shawn felt a little regretful.

Britney suddenly said, "Sonia, if you really hate me, I'll leave once the company gets listed. Because I don’t want Shawn to have to shoulder the burden alone."

Hearing Britney's remark, Shawn looked at me with disgust and said icily, "Can’t you be more considerate like Britney?"