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Five years as Nathan Pierce’s secret, and I was finally ready to leave.
That night changed everything.
Right in the heat of the moment, just as we were about to climax, he casually dropped: “Jade, I’m getting married.”
My 30th birthday was in five days-the day Nathan had promised he’d marry me.
My heart literally stopped. Finally! I thought this was him keeping his promise: “Nathan, I’ve been waiting for-”
“Isabella’s back from London. She’s pregnant.” he cut me off, his voice still breathless from what we’d just done. “Tonight’s our last
time.”
The smile froze on my face instantly.
I stared at my reflection in the mirror-pale as death, like all the blood in my body had turned to ice.
Even though he’d just brought me to the heights of ecstasy, now my heart felt nothing but cold emptiness.
Afterward, he acted like nothing happened, methodically buttoning his white shirt.
kept my head down, pulling on my stockings with trembling hands: “Nathan… are you forgetting something?”
He didn’t even look up, voice flat: “I promised you twenty percent of company shares once we stabilized. Don’t worry-I’ll have legal Iraft the paperwork tomorrow.”
My hands froze mid-motion. My eyes filled with tears I couldn’t control.
So he really had forgotten everything he’d ever said to me.
Had he never actually planned to marry me?
Shares?” I laughed bitterly, voice breaking. “Nathan, these five years I’ve been with you-is that all I’m worth? Twenty percent?”
He finally turned to look at me, still buttoning his shirt: “What else? Jade, you know what the company’s worth now. You should be
¡rateful.”
Looking at that face that once made my heart race, now it just felt like staring at a stranger.
Nathan, what have I meant to you all these years-”
fis phone buzzed before I could finish.
Seeing the name on screen, Nathan’s voice instantly went soft as honey: “What’s wrong, baby?”
sabella’s sweet voice drifted through the speaker: “Nathan, why aren’t you home yet? The baby and I are getting hungry. I want you
to cook for us.”
‘Of course, I’ll be right there. Wait for me.”
He hung up, grabbed his jacket, and walked out. Didn’t even pause as he passed me.
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Watching him rush away, my heart felt like someone was squeezing it in a fist. I couldn’t breathe.
Five years ago, Nathan’s white moonlight Isabella had dumped his useless ass and jetted off to London to find her happiness.
Nathan fell apart completely-getting wasted at dive bars, starting fights, coming home beaten bloody.
I was the one who found him on my way home from work, took him in, and nursed him back to health bit by bit.
Later, we fell for each other and made it official.
When the company was just starting out, Nathan had hustle during negotiations but didn’t know jack about anything else.
All the tedious document sorting, process coordination-I taught myself everything from scratch to make it work.
The day he blew our first major deal, all he did was hide in the stairwell chain-smoking.
pulled three all-nighters, showed up at the client’s office with a new proposal, and literally stole the contract back from our competitors.
Even the core team members he relies on now-I was the one who talked them into staying when they wanted to quit.
These past years, I’ve worn the “secretary” title while secretly analyzing real estate markets, avoiding risks, quietly securing properties he can’t even count.
ndustry headhunters never stopped trying to poach me, each offer more tempting than the last. But I never even hesitated.
Because Nathan once held my hands and said: “Jade, I really can’t live without you. Once I get established, I swear I’ll give you the wedding of your dreams on your 30th birthday.”
‘eople at the office gossiped about us constantly. It’s not like I never wanted to go public.
But every time I brought it up, he’d frown and brush me off: “Jade, the company’s still growing. I don’t want everyone knowing about
is yet. I promise you-when you turn thirty, I’ll marry you. I’ll make you the most envied Mrs. Pierce in the city!”
One sentence. I believed it for five whole years.
stood by him from cramped studio apartments to corner offices, from nobody to industry success.
always believed that at thirty, I’d get that fairy-tale wedding he promised.
But his white moonlight came back, and he dove headfirst into her arms without hesitation-even got her pregnant.
He threw away every promise he’d made me like garbage.
Fine. Then I didn’t need to waste another second on him either.
Reality check time, I dialed Mr. Stone’s number: “Mr. Stone, this is Jade Rivers. I accept your job offer.”
“Excellent news. When can you start?”
I used to joke with Nathan: “If you don’t marry me by thirty, I’m leaving. I’ll go work for your biggest competitor. Don’t say I didn’t warn you!”
He’d pull me close and swear: “I’ll never let you leave me, Jade. Without you, I’m dead. The company’s dead too.”
I hung up and wiped away my last tear.
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Nathan Pierce, go marry your precious white moonlight. I won’t stop you.
In five days you’ll be saying “I do,” and I’ll be saying “I quit.”
We’re done.
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Lucia Morh is a passionate storyteller who brings emotions to life through her words. When she’s not writing, she finds peace nurturing her garden.
