I didn’t want to listen anymore, so I awkwardly escaped into the bathroom.
*Ten minutes later, Edwin knocked on the door.
The company
has something to attend to, I have to go there first. You go to bed early.”
I nodded.
Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly spoke up.
“Edwin, if you don’t come back, can I use a Forgiveness Pass?”
I looked at him, with a hint of lingering water shimmer in the corners of my eyes that I hadn’t had time to wipe away.
Edwin’s footsteps paused, then immediately turned around.
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“Sure”
Edwin smiled at me, looking relaxed.
“Don’t worry, I will definitely be home before twelve o’clock. You definitely won’t need the Forgiveness Pass.”
Looking at his face, which had not changed much from five years ago, I suppressed the bitterness in my heart and smiled slightly, saying, “Okay, I’ll wait for you.”
There were still
three hours until twelve o’clock.
I hired someone at a high price to help me buy a cake.
Edwin’s assistant, Jerry Poyner, posted a story on Instagram.
He complained that he was still working overtime and that he was the only person left in the entire company.
Edwin sent me a message.
Just arrived at the company, soon went back home.
There were still two hours left until twelve o’clock.
When I was cleaning my photo album, I found a picture of Edwin proposing to me.
With a sudden impulse, I posted an Instagram story.
Unconsciously, we have already been five years.
Edwin replied quickly.
Not just five years.
At the same time, he also sent me a photo of the night view.
“The night was beautiful tonight, and it reminded me of you.”
I did not reply.
Because I knew that the tall buildings in the background of the photo were not near the company, but in the city center.
There was the most romantic restaurant in the city.
Lena also posted an Instagram that only I could see.
You said you married your beloved, but I was the one you liked
In the bottom left corner of the photo, Edwin’s left hand, without a wedding ring, is particularly clear.
There was still one hour left until twelve o’clock.
I nestled on the couch, playing the wedding video on loop, while devouring the cake that was delivered.
I just don’t know why, but the cake became saltier the more I ate.
I thought that I would never like someone again in the future.
It was half an hour before twelve o’clock.
Edwin no longer replied to my messages.
I also consciously stopped bothering and turned to pack my own luggagY.
It was one minute before twelve o’clock.
Itook out the last Forgiveness Pass from the jar and prepared to tear it up.
The front door was suddenly knocked on.
I hesitated for a moment and quickly opened the door.
“Hello, this is the glit that Mr. Gore bought for you. Please sign for it.”
The staff held the jewelry box, being enthusiastic and attentive.
At the same time, Edwin’s message also popped up.
“Sorry, I will be staying
ig at the company tonight. You can use the Forgiveness Pass if you want, and I will bring you your favorite cake when I come home.”
I was about to reply when I accidentally humped into the bookshelf.
The wedding photos, which had been placed on top, fell to the ground with a loud thud after five years.
The glass shards were scattered all over the floor.
The staff was startled and quickly asked me, “Do you need help with cleaning up?
I shook my head and replied on my phone.
“Don’t bring the cake, Edwin. The Forgiveness Pass
Let’s get divorced
The next second, hundreds of messages flooded into my phone.
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Chapter 5
1 ignored the vibration of my phone and turned it off directly.
From this moment on, my five–year marriage with Edwin came to a complete end.
In the hotel, Edwin started crazily replying to my message after he saw it.
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Divorce? Come on,
don’t be ridiculous. How could we possibly run our of so many Forgiveness Passes so quickly?
Didn’t you like the gift I gave you? Shall I choose another one for you then?
“Ashlee, you answered the phone, let’s have a good talk”
“Why did you turn off? Are you really angry?”
Edwin never believed that I would ignore him, and he persistently dialed my phone over and over again.
After hearing the 39th cold beep, Edwin finally
y started to panic.
“It’s impossible. It can’t be… Just a moment ago, everything was fine before leaving…”
In his mind, the image of me mentioning Forgiveness Pass started to appear, and it was so calm
Calmness… as it already resigned.
With this in mind, Edwin quickly picked up his clothes and put them on.
Lena wrapped her arms around Edwin’s neck and playfully snuggled into his embrace, saying, “Mr. Gore, you promised to spend the whole evening with
Edwin impatiently pushed her aside,
e, without explanation, and hurriedly ran out.
He kept calling my phone all the way, over and over again, but I never answered once,
The moment Edwin entered, he accidentally stepped on the broken glass on the ground because he was In a hurry.
The glass scraped against the ground, emitting a sharp sound, and only then did Edwin notice the object beneath his feet. Our wedding photos.
The shattered glass on the ground distorted the appearance of the two people in the photo, much like our broken marriage.
He slowly squatted down and picked up the wedding photo from the ground.
Carefully wiped the glass shards clean again.
As Edwin looked at the phote, the two young men and women were gazing at each other, smiling so sweetly. The corners of Edwin’s eyes began to turn
red
After putting the photo back in its original place, Edwin began searching the whole house for my figure.
After seeing the empty wardrobe, he finally believed my departure.
Edwin sat slumped in the living room, his gaze fixed on the television screen in front of him, remaining silent for a long time.
On the television, the looping proposal video was the last thing about me in this house.
Edwin hung his head low, his fingers deeply buried in his hair, carefully pondering the possible destinations I could choose.
As the gaze wandered, it suddenly fell on the trash can beside.
That pile of pink fragments was so familiar.
Familiar with them, I felt suffocated at first sight.
He slowly squatted down, disregarding the cream stabs that dirtied his sleeves.
Picking up those fragments bit by bit from the trash can.
With great care, they placed them together bit by bit.
Not more, not less, exactly 90 Forgiveness Passes.
He remembered five years ago when he watched Forgiveness Pass sincerely assure me, “Ashlee, don’t worry, I will never give you a chance to use it.”
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I remembered again, those scenes where he casually suggested to me to use the Forgiveness Pass time and time again.
The emotions he had painstakingly accumulated were recklessly squandered by him during the two years Lena appeared, until they were completely depleted
Bring always sensitive to numbers, he lost all concept of the number 99 as soon as he saw Lena.
Time and time again, my expectations were erased with Forgiveness Pass, and time and time again, my debts were compensated with gifts.
But he never felt that there was anything wrong with doing so.
Every time he stood me up, he would buy me a gift to apologize. What more could I ask for?
With this in mind, his gaze fell upon the display cabinet in the living room.
Then he stood still in the same place again.
The full wall of shop windows was filled with the gifts he had given me.
Just by looking closely, it can be noticed that there are three identical sets of jewelry displayed right in the middle of the cabinet.
The date on one set of invoices was exactly yesterday.
He casually remembered the shawl he had given Lena yesterday.
After seeing Lena’s slender figure, he immediately sent someone to fly abroad for customization.
It was delivered to the front that
evening.
Both in terms of value and sentiment, it far exceeds the jewelry in front of the cabinet.
At that moment, he fell into deep contemplation: since when did his unique love for me turn into repetitive and cheap perfunctory gestures?
That evening, he sat in the living room and drank all the alcohol in the liquor cabinet, but he didn’t find the answer he was looking for.
Chapter 6
Edwin had just arrived at the company when Lena followed in, saying, “Mr. Gore, this is yesterday’s contract,”
Lena placed the file on the table and walked over to Edwin, placing a hand on his shoulder, as if she had done it countless times before.
In the past, it was an unspoken ambiguity between the two of them.
Now, Edwin suddenly felt a bit uncomfortable.
After sitting up straight, Edwin opened the document and furrowed his brow after only reading one page.
Even the most basic terms were expressed in plain language, without any hint of professionalism.
Not to mention the breach clauses that could bankrupt the company.
It was full of loopholes.
Before, I used to carefully read each contract three times before giving it to him, in order to avoid any risks that could affect the company’s interests.
This current
Edwin slammed the file onto the table and spoke in a cold tone, “Who made this report? Do they not have basic work skills?”
“Call Ashlee for me, I want to ask her if she still wants to work!”
Lena’s face suddenly turned ugly.
“Mr. Gore, this was done by me.”
All the anger tumed into silence in an instant.
Edwin glanced at Lena, her eyes red and filled with sadness, her face full of grievances. For the first time, a sense of powerlessness arose in his heart.
She wiped away her rears, looking pitifully: “I’m sorry, Mr. Gore, It was my fault…”
“Perhaps, just as Ms. Owen said, I was completely unfit for this position and only caused trouble for you…
