He Said He’d Marry Her, So I Married Someone Else Chapter 25

He Said He’d Marry Her, So I Married Someone Else Chapter 25

When Ethan opened the boxes, his hands were trembling.

At first, the items inside seemed unfamiliar.

But then, the memories came flooding back.

The first classic black flap bag he had ever given Ava.

Her first pearl necklace.

The keys to her first car.

An entire box of colorful gemstones.

And at the very bottom, the pink diamond ring.

Ethan held the small, gray velvet box in his hand.

His vision blurred.

“Ethan, when are you going to marry that little shadow of yours?”

His friends used to tease him and Ava like that all the time.

He had been young, proud, rebellious.

Girls were constantly throwing themselves at him, but he didn’t care about any of them.

At seventeen, eighteen, Ava was beautiful and spoiled, like a peach ripened in the sun.

When he took her out, he loved the envious looks she drew.

He had been so smug.

Because Ava, so beautiful, only had eyes for him.

Back then, he had thought about marrying her.

In fact, for a long time, he had known he would marry her one day.

That was why he had given her the pink diamond ring.

But when had he started to grow tired of her?

And when had the thrill of something new started to outweigh a lifetime of companionship?

Was it really because he had no feelings for her?

Or was it because he had been so sure she would never leave?

Ethan clenched the ring in his fist.

And then, absurdly, a tear fell.