Chapter 13
Allen walked into the bedroom and picked up the engagement ring. Beneath it lay a document that struck him like a bolt of lightning, freezing him in place.
[Agreement for Annulment of Engagement.]
“I, Claire Taylor, voluntarily annulled. my engagement with Mr. Allen Brown. The engagement ring has been returned. From now on, Claire and Allen will have no further relationship. Signed: Claire Taylor.]
Reading the contents of the agreement, Allen felt a surge of pressure in his chest. The intense feeling of suffocation made it hard for him to breathe. His eyes were wide open, bloodshot and filled with disbelief.
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His hand, still holding the agreement, trembled as he muttered in shock.
“Annul the engagement? Claire, how dare you annul our engagement? You’re my fiancée! You always will be!”
The thing he had feared most had come true.
Claire hadn’t just turned off her phone; she had fully intended to leave him.
“You want to run away? I won’t let you get what you want!” The words came out through gritted teeth.
He dialed Claire’s number again, but the result was still the same–the phone was off.
At this point, Allen realized that Claire’s departure was inevitable. He had no choice but to force himself to remain calm and
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figure out how to stop it.
He recalled how Claire had deliberately provoked him the previous night, starting a cold war to create the perfect moment to slip away unnoticed.
Allen felt like slapping himself. He had given Claire the chance to escape.
“Think, think, where would she go?” he mumbled anxiously.
Allen quickly calmed himself and started to mentally list the places where Claire might be.
It was then that he received a call from Evelyn.
“Allen, I’m off work. Can you come pick me
up?”
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But Allen was burning with anxiety. Claire’s departure felt like a fire that had been lit inside his chest, growing uncontrollably.
Without hesitation, he rejected Evelyn. “I have something to do. Go home by yourself.”
“Is it because of Claire again? I knew she didn’t like me…” Evelyn didn’t finish her words, when Allen snapped at her.
“Shut up!”
A sudden burst of anger surged from deep within him, and he hung up the phone.
Claire had left him–why should he care about Evelyn’s complaints?
However, Evelyn’s words did trigger something in Allen. He suddenly realized
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something he hadn’t thought of before- the strange behavior Claire had exhibited in recent days.
No matter what decision he made, Claire had always agreed without protest.
Even when he had brought Evelyn into their home to stay, Claire had agreed without hesitation.
Allen suddenly grabbed the engagement ring from the table, his eyes turning red.
“So, Claire, you’ve been plotting to get away from me all along, haven’t you?” He spoke the harshest words, but his eyes were beginning to tear up.
He suddenly missed Claire so much.
“Claire, if you would just appear before me
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right now, I would forgive everything you’ve done.”
As soon as the words left his mouth, the door to the house opened. He rushed. outside in excitement, only to find that the one who had opened the door was Evelyn.
“Allen, what’s wrong with you today? You didn’t come to pick me up and now you’re being so cold to me!” Evelyn coquettishly complained.
She stepped forward and wrapped her arms around his, starting to complain about Claire again.
“How come Claire hasn’t come back to cook dinner yet? Are you waiting for her to make dinner for you, Allen? She really doesn’t understand her place.”
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“I think she doesn’t want to come back home. She doesn’t even treat you like her fiancé anymore. When she does come back, you should really teach her a lesson…”