I Gave Up When He Finally Proposed

Synopsis

"In our fourth year together, Simon Ford stood before me in a suit, holding a bouquet. ""Shannon, will you marry me?"" Simon asked. I knew Simon had rebuilt his life after bankruptcy, but seeing him like this still left me frozen. His friends gathered nearby, egging me on. ""Say yes,"" his friends chanted. Their voices buzzed in my ears, but all I could think of was what his ex, Isabelle Young, had once told me. ""Even after Simon went bankrupt, he was willing to transfer nearly 3 million to me as a wedding gift,"" Isabelle had once taunted me. ""What makes you think you can compete with me?"" That same day, with no money to spare, I'd chosen the cheapest medication for a medical abortion at the hospital. The phantom pain I'd long since stopped feeling came back, and cold sweat broke across my forehead. ""Simon, I don't want to,"" I said, each word deliberate."