His Name on My Skin - Chapter (3)
Ch. my skin 3 my skin 3
Chapter 3
Maria clung to the hope of us making amends, which is why she hadn’t informed Samuel about the engagement being called off.
When it was time to try on wedding dresses, he insisted on taking me to the bridal shop.
“Amanda, my patience is wearing thin. If you continue with this charade, we’ll end the engagement.
“You went to great lengths to marry me, but now that it’s done, you couldn’t care less about the wedding. Amanda, how can you be so petty?”
He pushed me onto the couch. His words caused me to tremble, and a long–buried anger slowly rose within me.
I understood then that without the lens of love, even the smell of incense on Samuel had become intolerable–let alone his insults.
“Samuel, how long have we known each other?” I asked, standing up and trying to appear composed.
“What do you mean?”
He entwined his fingers around a strand of prayer beads. The distinct clinking noise made it clear they weren’t the ones I had given him. At that moment, I found the answer.
Today was the 20th anniversary of when we first met, but only I seemed to recall it. I feared he had long since forgotten the emotions we once shared.
0.00%
4
Onk
Novoad
07:25
Chapter 3
288 Vouchers
The person who had vowed to protect me forever had turned into the one who betrayed me.
The wedding dress was stunning and fit flawlessly, yet Samuel was anything but pleased. “Make the waist smaller.”
“But, Ms. Harlan, it’s already a perfect fit…” The designer looked at me,
unsure.
Samuel, however, grabbed a needle and pointed it at my waist with a stern command. “Reduce it by this much.”
As the needle pricked my skin, a sharp pain accompanied by the sound of heartbreak filled the air.
I bit my lip. After enduring the pain, I weakly said, “Do as he says.”
Exhausted, I began removing the wedding dress, not wanting to argue any longer or try on dresses for others‘ sake.
Behind a curtain, I could hear Samuel describing the necessary alterations, shaping it to resemble the image of Mandy I remembered.
I should have expected that Samuel would never personally accompany me to try on wedding dresses.
“Sam, I’m back.”
I had just pulled back the fitting room curtain when I heard a voice that was both recognizable and surprising.
In this world, Mandy was likely the only one who could call Samuel “Sam” in that particular way.
I hadn’t anticipated her early return to the country.
27.01%
DO
4
/nk
07:25 L
Chapter 3
1288 Vouchers
Seeing Samuel move forward with excitement, I averted my gaze and gestured to the sales assistant to help me remove the wedding dress.
I intended to quietly slip it off when Mandy suddenly addressed me. “Amanda, what are you doing here? What’s happening with you two?”
Mandy stared at me in the wedding dress, her complexion going pale. She gave Samuel a pitiful look.
It was the first time I’d seen Samuel look so unsettled–almost like an innocent boy, completely different from the cold, detached man I usually knew him to be.
“Mandy, believe me. There’s nothing going on between us!”
Samuel’s desperate denial left me completely stunned.
“We…” I had just begun to speak when Samuel abruptly interrupted me.
“Amanda, there’s nothing going on between us.
He repeated it with a stern look, his eyes icy and full of caution. But revealing anything about him was never my plan.
“Yeah, there’s nothing between us. I just felt like trying on a wedding dress out of the blue. I’ll be on my way now, so I won’t disturb you guys from catching up.”
As I walked by, Samuel visibly exhaled with relief, his demeanor toward me slightly relaxing.
However, Mandy couldn’t resist saying, “Sam, I don’t want the first woman you see in a wedding dress to be someone else.”
Right after she spoke, my hair was yanked. My scalp throbbed with pain, but I was too numb to care.
55.20%
4
Onk
Huwond
07:25
Chapter 3
The pristine white wedding dress was pulled off me in front of everyone. I cried and shouted, but no one seemed to care.
1288 Vouchers
Samuel didn’t even look my way. The instant Mandy showed up, she was all he focused on.
Mandy smiled and kissed him. “Sam, I knew you’d always treat me well.”
In a panic, I searched for something to cover myself, witnessing their kiss right in front of me, feeling as though my heart had split in two.
Yet, they weren’t finished with me.
That night, Samuel, drunk, barged into my house with a crowd of people.
87.37%