The overwhelming sorrow hit me like a raging storm, tearing through my fragile heart. The pain spread deep within, reaching the deepest places inside me.
I clutched my chest as a sharp ache radiated through it and I sank to the ground.
"Ethan? What's wrong? Ethan!"
Wanda’s voice grew distant in my ears and her words faded further and further away.
My vision blurred, the world dissolving into darkness as consciousness slipped away.
After a moment of dizziness, I finally opened my eyes.
I looked up and found myself back on my wedding day.
Wanda stood across me in her wedding dress, looking incredibly beautiful.
The host’s voice boomed through the room with enthusiasm. "The painted brows are as graceful as the green mountains and the knot they tie today binds two hearts as one. These rings symbolize their love and their hope for a bright future together."
"Next, they will exchange rings as a promise to stay with each other for a lifetime."
The hotel lobby erupted into thunderous applause.
Wanda raised her head and the moment I caught the complicated look in her eyes, I understood everything.
She had been reborn, too.
Under the expectant gaze of everyone around us, she suddenly threw the ring onto the ground.
Then, she said, "I'm sorry to say this, but I cannot go through with this marriage."
