When Dominic found Winter, she was standing under a streetlamp. The warm amber light lluminated her blue scarf as she stood with her head down, holding a cup of coffee. Her appearance
hadn’t changed, but somehow she seemed different to him.
Without hesitation, he flung open his car door and strode toward her.
Winter was lost in thought about a design she’d been working on when someone firmly grabbed her
wrist. She was about to cry out when she heard a familiar voice.
‘It’s me.”
Winter almost laughed as she freed her hand from his grip. “What brings Mr. Thorne to France? Shouldn’t you be with Aurelia at this hour?”
‘Oh, sorry-” she added with a hint of sarcasm, “I forgot. Your wedding was ruined.”
Dominic recognized her mockery but didn’t get angry. He gazed intently into Winter’s eyes and asked, “Why did you leave me?”
Winter was bewildered. “Mr. Thorne, when were we ever together?”
Dominic didn’t answer her question. “Are you still angry? You know I already agreed to get the narriage certificate with you. Even if I held a wedding with Aurelia, our names are still on the
:ertificate, aren’t they? You got what you wanted, so why leave?”
‘Can you please be rational?” Despite knowing Dominic could be unreasonable, she was still
shocked by his words.
‘Didn’t you receive my gift? You know perfectly well whose name is on that marriage certificate.”
So that was why she left?
‘I don’t know what happened with that certificate, it should have been our names. If it bothers you,
we can go back and…”
‘Enough!” Winter couldn’t bear to hear more. “I got that certificate for you and Aurelia. How’s that,
Mr. Thorne? Got what you wanted?”
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“You did?” Dominic’s eyes flashed with shock. He had assumed Aurelia had interfered while
pretending to know nothing. But now Winter was saying she arranged it? Hadn’t she always wanted to marry him?
“Why?” he heard himself ask.
“Why?” Winter softly echoed. “What do you mean, why? Didn’t you say that only Aurelia is your true wife? I was just your marriage in name only. But now I’ve left–shouldn’t you be pleased, Mr.
Thorne?”
“You’re still angry, right?”
“What do I have to be angry about?”
Dominic couldn’t understand. Everything had been going fine, but Winter had left.
He refused to believe Winter no longer loved him. After pursuing him for so many years and doing so much for him, how could she just send those things, run off to France alone, and act like she was abandoning him? How dare she? By what right?
Those things…
Dominic persisted, “Then what was the point of sending me those things?”
‘Heh…” Winter laughed. “I sent those things to ruin your wedding, of course. How does it feel to be numiliated in front of the entire country?”
‘You ruined my wedding?” Dominic seemed to latch onto those words. “You didn’t want me to marry Aurelia, right? You still love me, right?”
Winter was utterly speechless. “Can you stop being delusional, Dominic Thorne? Why are you so convinced I must love you?”
‘Don’t you? When I was sick, you were so worried you came to take care of me even during your
inals…”
Dominic didn’t know what he was doing or saying. He only knew that hearing Winter say she didn’t ove him anymore made him desperate to prove otherwise. She had loved him deeply before–how Could that change?
So you do remember,” Winter scoffed. “Then do you remember what
you did?”
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What had he done?
In their sophomore year, Dominic injured his ankle during a basketball game due to foul play. Wher Winter arrived at the infirmary with sliced apples, she spotted Aurelia through the doorway and hesitated.
From outside, she heard Dominic telling Aurelia how much he appreciated her running back and forth for him, urging her to rest. But Aurelia had already noticed Winter outside. Pretending to wash
her hands, she deliberately stumbled toward the door.
Dominic, ignoring his injured ankle, rushed to help her and saw Winter standing there.
“Don’t worry, Dominic. Winter didn’t mean it. I didn’t even see her…” Aurelia softly defended Winter, but Dominic only saw fault with Winter.
“With so much space by the door, why block her path? Don’t you know Aurelia has a bleeding
disorder? You did this on purpose!”
Aurelia, cradled in Dominic’s arms, gave Winter a smug smile. Winter tried to explain that Aurelia
had fallen on her own–she hadn’t even touched her–but Dominic’s voice drowned out her
explanation.
“If you like that spot so much, then kneel there! Kneel and truly apologize to Aurelia!”
“Dominic, don’t be angry. Winter didn’t mean it. Just make her kneel for one afternoon, not forever…”
Seeing Dominic’s expression darken, Winter knew he recalled that unpleasant memory–at least, unpleasant for her.
“I…” Dominic couldn’t refute her. “I never thought you would actually kneel. You should have known I was just angry. If you hadn’t knelt…”
“If I hadn’t knelt,” Winter interrupted, “you would have made me do something even worse. Isn’t
that how it always was?”
“With you, I never had a choice.”
Dominic fell silent. He knew what Winter meant and couldn’t argue.
“So I only wanted revenge at your wedding. Don’t read too much into it.”
With that, Winter turned to leave, wanting nothing more to do with this bewildering man.
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Dominic grabbed her hand again. “My mother was hospitalized after the wedding…”
I’m sorry to hear that, but,” Winter pulled away again, “is that my fault, Dominic? Is it?”
You and your precious Aurelia behaved inappropriately, and I’m to blame for that too?”
Dominic tried to continue, but another man forcefully pulled him away.
He was about to lose his temper when he realized the man had wrapped his arms around Winter. A
cold realization dawned on him.
‘I see. So you’ve found someone else? That’s why you left me?”
Winter raised her head proudly, taking Lucas’s hand. “That’s right. Now we’re going on a date, so please don’t disturb us!”
With that, she walked away.
However, just around the corner, Winter released Lucas’s hand.
“I’m sorry,” she lowered her head. “I used you back there.”
“No problem,” Lucas smiled nonchalantly. “Happy to help. Get in, I’ll give you a ride.”
“By the way, there’s an upcoming fashion show with many designers attending. You’ve been studying hard for a while now, I thought you might want to see it. What do you think?”
Lucas asked this casually as he steered the wheel.
Winter nodded enthusiastically. “That sounds amazing! Of course I’ll go!”
Lucas’s lips curved into a smile, but he said nothing more.
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