The Ring Was Not For Me Chapter 03By Novel7s / July 28, 2026 The Ring Was Not For Me Chapter 03The crowd watched the spectacle, but not a single person came to help.Everyone at this party was a friend of Ricardo’s.Sarah leaned on Ricardo’s shoulder with a defiant, triumphant look.The two of them stood together, enjoying my miserable state.My heart withered.It felt like something inside me had died.Mrs. Miller looked down on me with disdain.“I used to think you came from a good family. Ricardo said you were picked up in a luxury car on the first day of school.”“So you’re just a liar! If Sarah hadn’t told me your family’s company went bankrupt and you’re drowning in debt, we would’ve all been fooled!”I was stunned for a moment.The graduation ceremony was over a month ago.Ricardo had told me many times that he didn’t like rich girls and would only marry someone from a similar background, so I never told him the truth.My parents are world-renowned entrepreneurs, with a business that spans the globe.So when I learned they wanted to attend my graduation, I flatly refused.I never expected that call to be overheard by Sarah, who then concocted such an absurd lie.I found it laughable.“Ricardo, so you were nice to me before because you thought I was rich?”“And later, you chose Sarah because you thought my family was bankrupt?”“What if I told you Sarah was lying? What if my family is actually very wealthy?”A flash of disgust crossed Ricardo’s eyes, as if he had heard something vile. He grabbed my wrist, his grip so tight it felt like he would snap it.“Tiffany, you’re disgusting!”“You’re a vain, gold-digging liar, and now you’re trying to slander Sarah? Pathetic.”“Even without Sarah, if we had gotten married, we would have divorced sooner or later! No one can accept a marriage full of lies!”He said it with righteous indignation, and when he flung my hand away, he used all his strength.My ears rang with a buzz.A dull pain shot through my forehead, and blood quickly blurred my vision.“She’s bleeding! Should we call an ambulance?”Ricardo, his face full of rage, spoke coldly.“It’s just a small cut. It’ll stop bleeding on its own. She’s not dying.”“Besides, our game isn’t over. I’m letting out three years of frustration tonight!”So that’s how suffocating it was for him to be with me.My heart felt like it was clogged with something heavy.But I didn’t cry. I just raised my hand and wiped the blood from my eyes.Ricardo’s smile was malicious.It seemed he truly hated me.But I didn’t understand what he hated me for.Did he hate me for stopping him from pulling all-nighters with his friends before every exam?Or for dragging his grades from the bottom of the class to the top ten, making him feel pressured?He had never expressed any dissatisfaction to me.Yet now, he hated me to the bone.“You hate me?”Ricardo looked into my bewildered eyes, and a firestorm of rage erupted from his chest.“Yes! Tiffany, I hate you! I hate that everything you do, you claim is ‘for my own good’!”“I hate how you’re always so high and mighty, so indifferent to everything! I hate that whenever I’m with you, people only ever see you!”“So what if you’re so brilliant? You were still just a toy I played with for three years!”His hatred ran deep.And I just felt dazed.He had never told me any of this.“Tiffany, our bet isn’t over yet.”Ricardo sneered and clapped his hands.The bar staff filed in and pulled up a banner.“Congratulations to Mr. Ricardo and Miss Sarah on their engagement!”The announcement was loud and clear.Ricardo took out a wedding ring and, right in front of me, slipped it onto Sarah’s finger.“The last sentence.”“Engaged before graduation. I made it, Tiffany. It’s just… the ring isn’t for you.”
