The CEO Postponed Our Wedding Nine Times For Her Chapter 09

The CEO Postponed Our Wedding Nine Times For Her Chapter 09

I moved to a quiet town called Haven Creek, where no one would disturb me.

My neighbors are a kind couple with a daughter the same age as me.

But their daughter is very ambitious and spends most of her time working far away.

After I moved in, they treated me like their own daughter, always including me in holiday

celebrations.

It’s ironic.

The maternal affection I never received from my own mother, I experienced through strangers.

In the dead of night, I would occasionally shed a tear.

But gradually, I stopped dwelling on the past.

I found a relaxed job in town and occasionally helped tutor the local kids.

When I was busy, it felt as if my former life was just a hazy, distant dream.

The mother who belittled me, the boyfriend and best friend who betrayed me-all of it was cast to

the back of my mind.

So, I never expected that I would see my mother again.

That day was Thanksgiving, and the neighbors’ daughter still couldn’t make it back.

She asked me to look after her parents.

I accompanied the two of them shopping and to the movies, finally stopping at a new restaurant that served Homemade Turkey.

The wife insisted on trying it, and the husband couldn’t stop her, so he went along with it.

I went to the front to pay the bill, and out of the corner of my eye, I suddenly saw my mother hiding in a corner, watching us cautiously.

Seeing that I had noticed her, she stepped out awkwardly.

“I… I didn’t mean anything. I just wanted to see if you were doing okay.”

In all these years, it was the first time she had been so ill at ease in front of me.

“After you left, I thought a lot. I really was too harsh on you all those years…”

I let out a scoff, and she immediately went silent with fear.

I looked into her eyes:

“It doesn’t matter anymore.”

“How you reflect or how you repent has nothing to do with me.”

“I don’t need you in my life anymore.”

She suddenly burst into tears, her voice raspy:

“I just saw you having such a happy dinner with that couple.”

“When you were with me, you never seemed to laugh like that.”

“All these years… I’m sorry.”

I shrugged, as if intentionally twisting the knife:

“Yeah, they also have a very successful daughter.”

“But guess what? When I eat with them, they never compare me to her.”

My mother froze as if struck by lightning.

“I just wanted you to be better…”

I checked the time:

“Is there anything else? If not, I’m leaving.”

She grabbed the hem of my coat:

“Maya, are you really never coming back?”

“No. I’m not.”

I spoke with finality, and I left with finality.

She suddenly called out behind me, raising her voice:

“After you left, Chase went completely insane.”

“The condition he had six months ago relapsed, and this time, having Sloane by his side didn’t help. He spent the whole night screaming your name.”

“Chase kept demanding to find you, but Sloane had him committed to the hospital, so now they’re

enemies.”

“How did the three of you go from being so good to… this?”

She was sobbing uncontrollably.

Yes, how did it become like this?

It seemed like not long ago, I had a friend I’d promised to be with forever and a lover I wanted to spend the rest of my life with.

But in just half a year, everything changed.

I curled my lip, feeling nothing.

The neighboring couple walked out of the store and took me by the arms on either side.

“What’s wrong, Maya?”

They glanced at my mother:

“Someone you know?”

I smiled:

“No, she was just asking for directions.”

My mother’s figure swayed, looking as if she were about to collapse.

But in the end, she said nothing.