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She jabbed a finger at him “You bastard! Do you have any idea what you’re doing? You’ve brought shame on the whole Carter family!” 

Grace’s father’s face darkened. “Ethan, if you dare cancel the marriage, all cooperation between our families 

is over!” 

Ethan moved to shield me, his voice calm yet firm. “Mom, Mr. Michael, I apologize. This marriage was a mistake.” 

“I can’t continue down this wrong path. I’ll find a way to deal with the company’s problems-I won’t let it ruin anyone else.” 

“You? Handle it? What exactly do you think you can do?” 

His mother was shaking with rage. “Is this… for her?” 

Her eyes fixed on me, sharp with disdain. 

Grace’s voice suddenly broke in, hoarse but firm. “Mom, Dad, that’s enough.” 

Everyone turned to look at her. She wiped her tears, first looking at Ethan, then at me. 

She let out a sigh that sounded almost like relief. “I always knew Ethan’s heart’ wasn’t with me.” 

“I could see it at the wedding, the way he looked at you.” 

I froze. I hadn’t expected Grace to say that. 

“What Ethan and I had was always more of a… practical arrangement,” she said, her smile tinged with 

sadness. 

“My heart has always been with someone else, and he’s waited for me all this time.” 

“I’m tired of the pretense. So when Ethan said he wanted out… honestly, it was a relief.” 

Ethan’s mother and Grace’s father were stunned, clearly not expecting her attitude. 

Grace walked over to me and gently patted my shoulder. “Chloe, I know you never meant for any of this to 

happen.” 

“Ethan’s a good man. If you care for each other, you should be together.” 

“Don’t worry about the business dealings between our families. I’ll talk to my parents. This isn’t on you.” 

Tears welled up in my eyes again as I looked at Grace. “Grace… I’m so sorry.” 

“Chloe, why are you apologizing?” 

Grace smiled, though tears still glimmered in her eyes. “Matters of the heart can’t be forced. Seeing you two 

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happy makes me happy too.” 

Ethan’s mother opened her mouth to speak, but Ethan stopped her. “Mom, thank you. Grace understands, 

please don’t make this any more difficult for us.” 

His mother looked from one face to another, signed deeply, and finally let it go. 

Grace’s father remained silent for a long moment, then nodded. “If this is what you both truly want, I won’t 

stand in your way.” 

“We can talk about the business side later.” 

The tense standoff dissolved, just like that. 

The river breeze blew gently, carrying a hint of water vapor. 

Ethan’s fingers tightened around mine. He turned to me, and his eyes were soft with warmth. 

I returned his grip, feeling the weight lift from my chest. 

I realized then that true love isn’t about making a choice-it’s about knowing. 

Once your heart knows, there’s nothing you can’t face together. 

That night at the concert wasn’t just a fleeting encounter; it was fate. 

And this sudden reunion wasn’t meant to trouble us-it was meant to reveal the truth in our hearts. 

Ethan bent his head and pressed a soft kiss to my forehead. 

“I’m not going to let you slip away again,” he murmured. 

I smiled and nodded, tears sliding down my face-this time, tears of happiness. 

But in the end, word of our concert encounter reached our parents. 

They accused me of being shameless and even posted about me online. 

We both faced a torrent of online harassment, and his company’s reputation took a devastating hit. 

The disparity in our social status became an solid wall, and we were forced apart. 

Too ashamed to face my parents or go back to campus, I packed a bag and left for Riverside City alone, finding work there. 

As I got older, the true scale of the mistake I’d made back then became painfully clear to me. 

That was when everything finally sank in. 

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