His Bride Was My Sister, Everyone Betrayed Me Chapter 08

His Bride Was My Sister, Everyone Betrayed Me Chapter 08

A month had passed. I thought I’d moved on.

But when he mentioned the child–the pain hit me again.

I closed my eyes.

“Leith. You don’t get to talk about that baby.”

His face went pale. His eyes were wet.

“You’re right. I don’t.”

“I know I failed you. I know I wasted ten years of your life. I accept all of it.”

“But Elara–can you give me a chance to make it right?”

His voice was full of desperation. Like he really loved me.

But if he’d really loved me–we wouldn’t be here.

I looked up at the moon and let my voice go quiet.

“Leith. Wrong is wrong. You can’t just undo it.”

I turned toward the door.

“Go home. We’re done.”

“Elara!”

I heard him drop to his knees behind me.

“Ten years. Don’t you miss it?”

I didn’t stop walking.

“That should’ve ended six years ago.”

He knelt there until the sun came up.

By then, Soren and Odette had found him.

I wasn’t surprised when they showed up at my door

I met them calmly. “What do you want?”

Soren pressed his lips together. His eyes–so similar to mine–were full of regret.

He reached for me. “Elara. Come home.”

I stepped back.

“I don’t have a home.”

I hadn’t had one since my mother died.

I’d chased after warmth–family, friends, love. In the end, I got nothing.

“You’re still angry?” His voice shook. “I only kept Lyra close for business.”

“I wanted to take back what was ours.”

“Dad’s condition was that I take care of her. I didn’t know she’d hurt you.”

“Please believe me–you’re my only sister.”

Odette jumped in.

“Me too. I was lonely.”

“You were always working. Lyra was there.”

“She went shopping with me, sang with me, worked out with me. I thought she was a real friend.”

“But Elara, I was wrong. She only used me.”

“You were the only one who ever cared.”

I could see the regret in their eyes. I knew they meant it.

But it didn’t change anything.

They had reasons.

Maybe Soren did it for me. Maybe Odette just wanted company.

It didn’t erase what they’d done.

I didn’t answer their pleas. Instead, I asked something else.

“Do you know why I showed up at the wedding that day?”

They looked confused.

I smiled.

“Because of your survey. I made it.”

“Leith and I had been together for ten years. You’d all been there with me.”

“I thought of you as family. So I made that survey to surprise you–to find out what you’d like as a

wedding favor.”

“I didn’t expect to be the one getting a surprise.”

Their faces turned pale.

“Elara, I-”

“It’s fine.”

I looked past them, at the figure still kneeling in the distance.

“Maybe it was meant to happen.”

“Intentional or not–I’m grateful you helped me see the truth.”