Shattered Proposal, Unexpected Bride

s into a cardboard box. A few books, some personal

two-story house. I had made it for Sarah on our third anniversary. It was th

e had called it, her e

I almost threw it in the trash, but something stopped me. I placed it gently

t of his new office, hi

ice echoing through the now-si

the room. "It was on my desk just a

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anded. "We're going to s

hispers started to ri

s to b

d so angr

elieve it.

upportive fiancée. She looked at me with disgust. Then

rst," she said, pointing direct

t he followed her instruction. He walked over to my desk,

ace crashed onto the floor. B

with a sickening crack, shattering into a dozen p

of a textbook on structural engin

heatrical sound of shock.

e. Their faces were a mixture of shock, pity, and

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he was s

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taken it. It was a setup. A path

e a mask of cold disappointment.

I am so, so disappointed in you. I defended you. I told everyone

and back and slapped

om. My cheek stung, my ear rang. The humiliat

eyes blazing with a righteous fury th

thought I loved, and I felt no

ing in my ears. "No. I want to see th