He Gave Our Anniversary to His Dying First Love

Synopsis

On our tenth wedding anniversary, Edward Grant booked an entire cruise ship. He said he owed me for all those years and wanted to make it up to me with the grandest celebration. But when we boarded, my custom-made dress was worn by his gravely ill first love, Susan May. Even the deck's light-up sign, meant to display our names, now showed theirs instead. Edward zipped up Susan's dress and lowered his voice to explain it to me. "She's always regretted not marrying the one she truly loved. "Tonight, you stay in the cabin. Let her watch the fireworks with me." I asked him, "Then what am I to you?" He paused, and reproach crept into his voice. "You've got your whole life ahead of you. She might only have tonight." Susan, eyes rimmed with tears, reached for my hand. "Please don't be upset, Lily. I just want to borrow Edward for one night." "After the fireworks, I promise I'll give him back to you." Ten years ago, Edward promised to set off fireworks for me every year. But as work got busier, the promise kept getting pushed back. By the tenth year, the whole city was ablaze with fireworks at last. But the person standing beside him was no longer me. Even before the fireworks lit up the sky, my feelings for our ten-year marriage had already faded to nothing.