"As my fiancee, you snatched the bridal banquet with another man in public. Aren't you the one who should learn to be decent?"
Ruby, Alice's best friend next to her, obviously didn't expect me to have this attitude.
Seeing that the scene froze, she rushed out to smooth things out.
She patted my back and smiled awkwardly.
"Felix, everyone is just joking. Why do you take it seriously? We all know you two are getting married at the end of the year. That's why we're teasing you like this..."
Thinking that Ruby made a lot of contributions to the reunion of Alice and Carl, a sense of restlessness erupted.
"Our engagement is called off, making way for the true love."
After saying that, ignoring the astonished looks of the crowd, I left.
Just a few steps out, I heard Alice's hoarse voice behind me.
"Felix Brown, if you leave, don't regret it! If you don't apologize within half an hour, I won't go home tonight!"
Then came Alice's grandiose words.
"Don't worry. He's just like a dog by my side. He'll come back wagging his tail and lick me in less than half an hour. Let the wedding continue."
When the music played again at the wedding, I just stepped out of the hotel.
A gust of breeze blew towards me.
I felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation and joy.
This should be the most exhilarating day I had in the past eight years.
I closed my phone and walked aimlessly along the road...
Alice must be surprised by how I treated her today.
I had really reached the limit of my patience with her.
Half a year ago, the day when Carl came back happened to be my birthday.
I didn't take this news to heart when I first heard it.
In the hot graduation season eight years ago, Carl abandoned the pregnant Alice and went abroad to study alone.
I accompanied Alice to the hospital for surgery.
I publicly acknowledged the baby in Alice's belly and thus carried the blame of a scumbag.
I remembered very clearly Alice buried in my chest that day.
"Felix, you are my redemption. I will be with you this whole life."
It was also her promise that had supported my indulgence and compromise with Alice for eight years.
In the year of graduation, I gave up taking over the family business and the responsibility of accompanying my parents as the only son in the family. I came here to accompany Alice and struggle alone.
Eight years of hard work had allowed me to give Alice a comfortable life.
I thought their separation was too painful.