The day Adrian Valentino chose to get engaged to his beloved was the exact day I got shipped off to Boston.
He told his fiancée, “Gianna’s got a feral streak. You’re sweet-tempered. She stays in Boston. She doesn’t come back.”
Our friends panicked. They thought I’d fly back to New York overnight, crying and making a scene.
What they didn’t know was that I wouldn’t cry. And I wouldn’t go back.
Before leaving for Boston, I said yes to someone else’s proposal.
In two weeks, I’d be married.
Before the wedding, I shipped every gift Adrian had given me over ten years back to New York.
Including the ring I once loved like it was part of me.
Then I put on the plain wedding band another man gave me.
The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 27 Extra 3 After he broke things off with Summer. The entire Valentino family was dragged into a humiliating scandal. Summer was confirmed pregnant. His parents couldn’t bring themselves to make a girl end a pregnancy. They compromised again. But he refused. Absolutely refused […]
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 26 Extra 2 The day Gianna and her husband Matteo made their post-wedding visit to the Valentinos. Adrian had just had a massive fight with Summer. He’d moved out of the house they shared. Decided to cut ties clean. When a friend sent him
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 25 Extra 1 Adrian only found out Gianna had gotten married on the day of her wedding. At first, he refused to believe it. Even convinced himself of something ridiculous. That this so-called wedding was just another show Gianna had staged. Like his engagement
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 24 In my teens, I devoured romance novels. There was a popular phrase for the male lead. “A wolf in sheep’s clothing.” Ostensibly a criticism, but actually a compliment. I never thought a man like Matteo. Could also have that wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing side. On our
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 23 I knew a man like Matteo—gentle, refined. Even if he didn’t love me, married life with him would be good. But I never imagined. Happiness would hit me so much harder than I’d ever dreamed. When I pinned the sapphire brooch onto Matteo’s
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 22 When Uncle Valentino brought me the brooch. I also told them both my wedding news. They were stunned. Because this wedding they’d come to Boston to attend. Was the very one the Ricci family was holding for their eldest son’s marriage. And this
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 21 At that time, I was deep in my final wedding rehearsal. So of course I didn’t know. Adrian was looking at every gift from those ten years, big and small. Especially the pink diamond ring I’d once cherished like my own heart. Or
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 20 When Adrian opened those boxes. His hands were trembling, and he couldn’t explain why. Some of the items looked unfamiliar at first. But then. A flood of memories crashed over him. The first designer handbag he’d given Gianna. Her first pearl necklace. The
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 19 Adrian got drunk at another friend gathering. When he came out of the bathroom. He caught Mia on the phone. “Ahhhhh baby, I’m heading to Boston tomorrow.” “We agreed, I’m your one and only maid of honor.” “Oh, did you handpick the groomsmen?”
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The One He Left Became The One He Couldn’t Have Chapter 18 I called Uncle Valentino. After asking after him and Aunt Valentino. I gently brought up the matter of the brooch. “Uncle, I was young and foolish back then. Made a lot of embarrassing scenes.” “Looking back now, I just feel regret and shame.”
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