Once The Bride He Discarded, Now The Love He Can't Forget

ou hear? Richard's childhood friend is up on the h

rifting in from the hallway, and a

od sweetheart, had staged a suicid

. Yet today felt entirely different. Today w

scene, Brynn understood she would

ears, and Rena had been stirring trou

e to run to Rena before he ever

nothing more than the extra woma

time he left her for Rena that

and believing in it was the rea

balcony door remained slightly open, and Richard's even, indifferent tone slipped through. "Jump from the roof? She wo

ed, though Brynn couldn't

d turned around, his eyes

stayed. He hadn't run to Rena this t

remony is about to begin. Are you prepared?"

derstood that he came into the world with a distant na

ied now, she believed she had finally earned a place in his heart. She felt ce

ped her arm through his, joy brightening her eyes

ange in expression

a piano filled the hal

d down the aisle. Reaching the front of the aisle, he took h

plementary suits, stood besid

yrical tune that signaled the arrival of the bride. All heads turn

step down the aisle,

. That ringtone belonged only to Rena, an

ne and answered it. "Hell

to push the ceremony back on track. It must have be

ing, Richard spoke again.

way without

ed with confusion as v

im, lifting her wedding gown and wearing a look of raw d

gether, appearing to quie

lanation. "Rena actually jumped this time. I

htly and refused to let him walk away.

nd stepped back. "Then be s

nside her, and tears spilled

she couldn't picture a world that didn't include him. He was fully aware of how deeply she cared for him. She had set aside every

trouble, Brynn was the one who h

usal to marry him showed h

ituation seemed g

's emotional outburst i

phone vibrated again. He answered immediately and

her in astonishment. What exactly had they just wi

tears away, steadied her breathing and said to the crowd, "

noise spread a

the reaction. She understood that by tomorrow,

s who came from wealth and privilege. The two of them had endured every hardship together, and j

to discover that the entrance had b

a off the rescue air mattress. She wore a wedding gow

like that? Didn't you promise we'd

lied with a faint crease between hi

hands and stared straight into

Richard would recoil or scold h

for him to look back at her with cold detachment. "I don't like be

Rena pinch and tease his face until h

that he simply wasn't capable of warmth. Watching him carry

he years would bring light into his distant eyes, and that someday he would look

d misunderstood everything. He could lo

ttle laugh, and tea

role had she truly played in hi

ful dream. And now that dream had collaps

the dressing room, removed the wedding go

where. So when Brynn stepped into the law firm, her coworke

ck when she became the school's favorite topic after openly announcing her

ng back. Now, however, the truth made itself painfully clear

gnation letter. She signed her name and walked it strai

passed before he

e appeared on

u discuss it with me first? Do you understand how

her voice cold and steady. "Should I have asked the guests

as if stunned that Brynn had final

him with patience, bright smiles, tireless enthusiasm, and an affection

I take responsibility. I didn't c

lish she had once been, thinking she could warm the heart

resignation letter on the de

chimed brightly through the phone. "Richard,

scuss this later," Richard said quickly,