He Abandoned Our Wedding, I Destroyed His Life Chapter 16

He Abandoned Our Wedding, I Destroyed His Life Chapter 16

“Adriana, will you marry me?”

The colleagues he’d roped in started cheering.

“Say yes! Say yes!”

I snapped.

After weeks of him stalking me, I couldn’t believe he thought this would work.

Matteo looked at me, a flicker of hope—or was it confidence?—in his eyes.

“Do you really think setting up this pathetic scene would make me forgive you?”

I walked right up to him and slapped him hard across the face.

The music sputtered out. The cheering died. The silence was absolute.

Someone finally spoke, their voice a timid whisper.

“He said he was your boyfriend. We just thought you two were having a fight…”

I turned on them.

“And you just believed him? You’re all lawyers. Where was your evidence?”

No one said another word.

Matteo took a step toward me.

I immediately took a step back.

“I know I was wrong,” he said, his voice pleading.

“I didn’t do this because I thought you’d automatically forgive me. I just… I wanted to make up for some small part of what I owe you.”

“This past year, I got too caught up with Chloe. At first, she was just an intern who reminded me of us when we were starting out. I didn’t want to see her struggle, so I tried to protect her.”