Chapter 3 — Because of White Moon Light, He Abandoned Me During the Engagement Ceremony

I looked straight into his eyes.

"It's just not beneficial for you."

I pushed the documents in my hand in front of him.

"This is a document the legal department just completed."

"First, annul the marriage."

"Second, liquidate all common assets."

"Third, reconfirm the company's shareholding ratio and the right to use the brand."

Luc Tram flipped through two pages. His face immediately changed.

"What do you mean?"

"Exactly what it says on paper."

"Hua Duong."

"Do I have to do it to this extent?"

I looked at the man in front of me. Suddenly felt extremely strange. Before last night... I actually still had a little left in my heart. Not because I can't bear it. But because I want to see... If he regrets it. Are you sorry? Do you dare to stand up and admit your mistakes? He didn't. The first thing after entering the meeting room... was to blame me for not telling the truth. What he's afraid of... Up until now, I've never had to bear the pain. He himself lost face.

"Luc Tram."

"Step forward to today..."

"I'm not forcing you."

"It's you who comes step by step yourself."

The meeting room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. I stood up. Close the computer.

"I will be in charge of the media handling plan."

"Not because of you."

"But because of the more than two hundred employees of Chi Da Bakery."

"As for what's between us..."

"Let the lawyers do their work."

When I walked to the door... Luc Tram suddenly called out.

"Hua Duong."

I turned my head. He looked at me, his eyes were extremely complicated, both angry and unwilling.

"Don't regret it."

I almost laughed out loud.

"This sentence... it's better to keep it to yourself."

That evening, I went to my mother's bakery. On a small, not very bustling street in the old quarter hangs an old sign with the three words "Duong Ky Bakery" written on it. That's the shop my parents have opened for more than twenty years. Also the starting place of Chi Da Bakery. My first batches of soft European-style bread and best-selling avocado toast were tested in oven after oven in that small shop. Later, I brought the recipe and supply chain to Chi Da Bakery, while Luc Tram was in charge of expanding the store system and raising capital, so the two of us gradually built the brand. My mother brought an almond croissant that had just come out of the oven and placed it in front of me, remaining silent for a long time without saying anything. Waiting for me to take a bite, she quietly asked:

"Are you really not going to continue?"

"Don't continue anymore."

"Have you thought about it carefully?"

"Think carefully."

My mother nodded, but her eyes were red.

"Mom told me a long time ago, that boy's heart is too big, he may not be able to keep it. At that time, I refused to believe it."

I bowed my head and peeled each crispy layer off the croissant, my fingertips sticky with butter.

"It wasn't that I didn't believe it before."

"It's just that I always think... one day I will be able to warm people's hearts."

My mother smiled coldly.

"Are you a heating bag? Are you still responsible for warming men?"

She teased me to the point that I burst out laughing. Laughing for a moment, the bridge of my nose stings again. I tried to hold back for a long time, but finally I couldn't help but ask:

"Are you a failure?"

"What failed?"

"You and a man suffered for five years, working hard until the company was successful and you wore a wedding dress..."

"And yet his white moonlight only needs to say one sentence 'I want to see you'..."

"He immediately turned around and left."

Mom raised her hand and gently tapped my forehead.

"Are you really stupid or fake?"

"The one who failed is him, not me."

"A man can abandon you on the most important day of your life, only proving that he is not worthy of you."

"I'm heartbroken now not because I lost to anyone."

"It's because I finally realized..."

"For the past five years, I've devoted all my effort to raising a white-eyed wolf by mistake."

"That's why I don't think it's worth it."

Those words... I was immediately speechless. I feel sorry for myself. I'm angry. I'm disgusted. But what hurts me the most... is the feeling of not being worth it. I use the five best years of my youth to bet that a man will eventually grow up. He just changed into a suit. And deep down in his bones, he is still the young man from before who went crazy because he couldn't have the person he loved. When I walked out of the bakery, it was completely dark. Just arriving at the beginning of the alley, a black sedan stopped on the side of the road. The car window slowly lowered, revealing Tham Le's exquisite face. She wore sunglasses and bright red lipstick, completely different from the pitiful and fragile appearance in last night's friend circle post.

"Hua Duong, let's talk for a bit?"

I looked at her, not moving. She smiled and took off her sunglasses.

"I didn't come to argue with you."

I never bothered to pay attention. But her next sentence stepped right on my limit.

"Anyway, we'll see each other often in the future."

"I don't want to make our relationship too unsightly."

I walked over, opened the passenger door and sat in. The car smelled faintly of perfume. The back row placed a bouquet of white roses. Just a glance... I recognized it immediately. That's the flower shop Luc Tram likes to buy flowers for me the most. It's nauseating. Tham Le started the car and slowly drove forward, with a smile on his lips from beginning to end.

"What happened last night..."

"You must really hate me, right?"

"You overestimate yourself."

I looked out the window.

"The person I hate..."

"It's that stupid, brainless man."

She smiled softly.

"It seems you're calmer than I thought."

"If there's something wrong, say it directly."

She turned her head to look at me.

"I'm returning home..."

"Not to steal men from you."

I didn't reply. This kind of words... Only fools believe. In the very next sentence, she revealed her tail.

"But it's true that Luc Tram still hasn't forgotten me."

"This..."

"You probably saw it too."

I turned my head to look at her. She smiled very faintly. But his eyes were filled with the certainty of victory.