A minor disagreement over the wedding details quickly escalated into a significant conflict, thanks to Daisy's exaggerations, turning our relationship into a clash of incompatible values.
With her mediation, Henry and I quickly fell out of love.
After the breakup, we became enemies.
Then Daisy became Henry's fiancée.
She claimed she was doing it to get revenge on the jerk for me.
Even then, I foolishly believed I had the best friend in the world.
One night, Henry's hotel reservation confirmation was sent to my phone, and I remembered the eager look on Daisy's entirely made-up face as she went out that evening.
My heart nearly stopped that night, my world collapsing and rebuilding in the process.
After that night, I deliberately distanced myself from Daisy.
But I couldn't escape her framing me in front of Henry.
I knew nothing about it and naively thought that staying away from them would allow me to start a new life.
Until, in my previous life, Henry took a group of men and dragged me into the mountains.
Humiliation and despair gradually overwhelmed me, and a fire of rage ignited in my chest.
This time, if I didn't tear their masks off, I wouldn't be able to live with myself for losing a life!" I thought.
Suppressing the turmoil inside me, I replied, "She didn't answer your calls? Maybe she's too satisfied with the college guys I sent her and couldn't be bothered. I'll have her get back to you when she's done."
My hand trembled as I hung up the phone.
Before I could catch my breath, there was a loud banging on the door.
I turned the handle, and before I could react, a powerful force knocked me to the ground.
The scene before me hadn't even come into focus when a heavy shoe pressed down on my chest.
Looking up, I saw Henry's menacing face.
He ground his foot harder into my chest, his lips curling into a sneer.
"Seems like the guys you called weren't enough, huh? A year later, and you're still so pathetic."
With that, he turned and gave a signal to the bodyguards behind him.
A group of men rushed into my house and started ransacking the place.
Doors were kicked open, and clothes from my wardrobe were scattered on the floor.
They even checked under the bed, flipping the mattress onto the ground.
Soon, my house was in shambles.
I grabbed his foot with both hands, trying to push it away, but I wasn't strong enough.