Chapter 3

I pulled out the property contract I’d always kept in my bag, tears falling one by one onto it.

I quickly wiped them away, afraid of damaging the paper.

All this time, I thought Alex wouldn’t propose because he was struggling financially, afraid he couldn’t measure up to my parents‘ expectations.

That day, he heard everything clearly when my mother called.

“So what if his parents are deceased? He has less education than you, earns less than you, no house, no car – what do you see in him? Just his face?”

“With your qualifications, you could have anyone. Why him?”

“Come home, I know so many outstanding young men, any one of them better than him.”

I covered the phone: “Mom, he’s on a new project, getting a raise next month. He’s ambitious and treats me well – I just love him.”

“About the house, we’ve saved enough for a down payment together. Our combined housing funds can cover the monthly payments. Things are getting better…”

by the bed, pulled out all my bank cards, laid them out, and looked up at him: “Let’s get married. I have money –

an unreadable emotion flickering in his eyes, but only said: “Wait a

thought he wanted me to wait until he

I never understood that look in his eyes. Now I realize he must

my naive trust, at my passionate love that

past days, I’d been planning how to surprise

cozy future together, he was calculating his exit from this

I’m laughing until I can’t stop

every ounce of restraint not to

suffocating

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of Love. Seven Minutos.

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saw Alex raise his hand, silencing everyone

normally: “Still

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