Because of that, I swore that I would change.

My twisted relationship with Felix started when I was still in Mom’s womb.

Aunt Mel and Mom were best friends, and coincidentally, they both lived right opposite each other on the same level in the same apartment block. Thus, our families were close to each other.

When Mom was pregnant with me, Felix was still a toddler who waddled around in diapers.

Aunt Mel had been watching Felix play under a tree and suggested, “Harper, if your child is a girl, she should just marry Felix so we could all be a happy family!”

Mom had replied, “Well, that’s not up to me. We’ll let her decide in the future.”

“Felix, come here! Would you like the girl in Aunt Harper’s belly to be your wife?” Aunt Mel asked.

Felix had laid in Mom’s lap, giggling as he sucked on his thumb and mumbled the word “wife” repeatedly. He had amused Mom and Aunt Melinda so much that they decided to go ahead with the unofficial betrothal.

just like that, my marriage was settled before I was

meant, I had no say in the matter anymore. Besides, I wasn’t opposed to being

I had always acted in a way I thought wives were supposed to. In everything I did, I prioritized Felix’s

was a snack, I would take a bite before keeping the rest for him.

school. I would cheer him on, risking

sports, yet all I received in return

for him, accompanied him, and loved him. Since I liked him so much and treated him so well, I had thought he would like me as

nothing more than a clingy neighbor he couldn’t seem to get rid of.

frowned when he saw me. He never smiled at me, and the way he looked

home with Mom and Dad. Having finished

but she couldn’t seem to say anything, so she just pulled me into her arms as

that her beloved daughter would be humiliated like that. She was a loving mother to me, so I knew

units opposite of each other. They lived there for the next 20 years or

it could be said that Aunt

that such a mess had happened, my relationship with Felix wasn’t the only one at

about Aunt Mel, and I couldn’t bear to

but I also

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