I Broke Off Our Engagement After My Fiancée Got AssaultedChapter 1
The night my girlfriend and I got engaged, everything went wrong. She was taken into the restroom and raped.
I could hear everything clearly from the men’s room next door. Chelsea’s cries were filled with utter despair, and her screams were sharp enough to pierce the eardrums.
When I stepped out, I saw the man who had assaulted her. He appeared pleased as he pulled up his pants and walked off.
After the incident, Chelsea lost her sanity. She started muttering nonsense and couldn't tell day from night. Half a month later, the doctors said there was nothing that could help her.
And so, I made the painful decision to break off the engagement with her family.
In the hospital room, Chelsea’s older brother, Zeke, clenched his fists and slammed them into my face. His eyes were bloodshot with rage as he grabbed me by the collar.
"You bastard, are you even human? My sister was raped, and now she’s like this! You didn’t go after the bastard who did this to her. Instead, you’re backing out, wanting to break off the engagement and abandon her. Are you even a man, huh?"
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His words were thunderous, his spit hitting my face.
I didn’t fight back.
I said nothing, as if I agreed with everything he said.
"My daughter has always been well-behaved and sensible," Miriam, my future mother-in-law, said, her voice shaking with emotion. "She chose you after much thought. How could you let her suffer like this?"
Tears streamed down her face as her anger became so fierce that she could barely speak. When she turned and saw her daughter lying on the bed, lost in thought, her fury only intensified.
She stepped forward and slapped me twice across the face.
"Anthony, if you’re a man," Miriam screamed, "then find the bastard who raped my daughter!"
Seeing her tear-streaked face, I gently shook my head.
"I want to break off the engagement."
Suddenly, Zeke grabbed me by the throat, his grip tightening.
“You piece of trash!” he roared. “You’re going to abandon my sister?”
Miriam pointed a trembling finger at me.
"Chelsea always said she was lucky," she said, sobbing. "She found the man who loved her most, outside of her family. Is this how you love her?"