The Wedding That Wasn't Finished

Synopsis

On the eve of our wedding, I stumbled upon Ryan Cooper following an account called Chasing Love Diary. In its pinned video, he was tenderly ruffling a girl's hair, saying, "All right, you win." I didn't pretend to be dumb or make a scene. I just held my phone up to him, demanding an explanation. But he just stared at the screen in silence. It wasn't until my eyes welled up with tears that he snapped out of it and pulled me into a hug. He explained, "She's had a crush on me since she was 13. I only see her as a little sister, really. It's nothing." We were each other's first love, together for ten years, from high school sweethearts to our wedding day. Asking me to give up on him now? I couldn't accept it. We took our documents and headed to the civil registry as planned. We were one photo away from making our marriage official when his phone rang. A man said, "Ryan, Lily tried to kill herself when she heard you were getting married today." The camera shutter clicked, capturing a photo with only me in the frame. With red-rimmed eyes, I said behind Ryan, "If you leave now, we are over." I saw Ryan's body go rigid. Then, another urgent voice came through his phone. His steps quickened, and in the end, he never looked back.