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I sat back down at the dining table when my phone rang. After answering, an anxious voice came through: “I just got off the
plane and I’m heading over right now.”
I said, “Don’t come. I’ll head home by myself in a bit.”
“I can’t let you attend a class reunion alone and then go home by yourself. I’ll be there in twenty minutes.”
I smiled and didn’t say anything more. Just as I put down my phone, someone approached me.
“Olivia,” Madison came over with a wine glass in hand, “long time no see. I should thank you.” Madison smiled and said, “Christopher told me that if it weren’t for you helping him with his studies back then, he wouldn’t have gotten into an Ivy League
school.”
“Don’t mention it. We just helped each other out,” I said casually.
“Either way, Christopher’s current achievements are partly thanks to you. I’m thanking you on his behalf.”
As Madison spoke, she moved to pour wine into my glass.
“I don’t drink,” I firmly declined.
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“Just a little bit.” Ignoring my refusal, she reached out to pour wine for me, I gently blocked the glass with my hand. Madison suddenly let out a sharp cry as the wine in her hand spilled onto her clothes and purse. She quickly grabbed napkins to wipe her outfit, complaining non–stop: “Oh no, my clothes and bag can’t
get wet.”
The classmates around us knew her clothes and bag were worth a fortune, and they watched us nervously. After Madison wiped her clothes for a while, she looked up and said to me with displeasure: “Olivia, even if you’re jealous of me, you can’t treat me like this! You’ve ruined my clothes and bag – can you even afford to compensate me?”
I was about to explain when Christopher walked over. He said, “Olivia, you’ve gone too far!”
“I didn’t do it on purpose,” I explained. I really didn’t mean to, and I hadn’t even touched that bottle just now – I was only trying to stop Madison from pouring wine for me. Somehow the wine splashed out of the bottle in her hand and spilled on her.
I had barely gotten one sentence out when Christopher raised his hand to cut me off. “I just told you that Madison and I are getting married, and you’re this angry?” Christopher mocked me publicly.
The classmates nearby couldn’t help but start gossiping:
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“I think Olivia seems pretty calm. She doesn’t seem like the type to
be jealous of others, right?”
“You can’t judge a book by its cover. Some people act like they don’t care, but deep down they care the most!”
“Exactly. I heard that back in the day, Olivia and Christopher dated, but then Christopher went to college in another state and they broke up. Now that Olivia sees how well Christopher is doing, she probably regrets not following him!”
Hearing the chatter around me, I felt helpless but still patiently explained again: “I really didn’t do it on purpose. And I said I don’t drink, but Madison insisted on pouring wine for me, which is why the accident happened.”
“I sincerely appreciate you studying with Christopher back then, and I hope you can let go of your obsession,” Madison said with a sincere expression. “I know you’ve never been able to forget Christopher, but he belongs to me now.”
I was stunned and looked at Madison in confusion. I said, “How did you figure out that I can’t forget Christopher? Did I say
something that gave you the wrong impression? Or was there something wrong with my expression or the way I looked at him today?”
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“Olivia, stop pretending!” Madison said with certainty. “Christopher is doing so well in his career now – there’s no way
you don’t have regrets.”
“I don’t feel the slightest bit of regret,” I looked into her eyes and said seriously. “I chose my current life, and I’m very satisfied with
it.”
Christopher sneered, clearly not believing my words. I didn’t want to explain anymore either. We were people who had nothing to do with each other, and today’s encounter was just an accident. If I had known Christopher would be at this reunion, I might have
avoided it altogether.
It wasn’t that I couldn’t forget him–I just didn’t see any point in meeting up with an ex–boyfriend again. I said, “I can compensate you for the clothes and bag.”
Not wanting to argue with them anymore, I said directly, “Send me the price and your bank account number, and I’ll transfer the money to you.”
Christopher said bluntly, “What? Do you know how much Madison’s clothes and bag cost? The dress is fifty thousand dollars, the bag is one hundred eighty thousand dollars, and that’s not even including the accessories! They’re worth at least two hundred thousand dollars at the cheapest. Can you even afford to pay that back?”
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attitude, I told myself not to get angry. The doctor said pregnant
women need to maintain a good mood.
“Of course, I’m not a petty person either. Just apologize to Madison and we’ll call it even,” Christopher said magnanimously.
“She can’t just apologize!” Madison quickly added. “You have to promise in front of all our classmates that you’ll never have any inappropriate feelings for Christopher again!”
I laughed helplessly. Watching Madison’s arrogant demeanor, I picked up the nearby wine bottle that was half–spilled. The doctor said pregnant women shouldn’t get angry, but even more importantly, they shouldn’t bottle up their anger. I stepped forward and slowly poured the remaining half bottle of wine all over Madison’s clothes and bag.
“Ah!” Madison screamed in shock, looking at me in disbelief. Christopher beside her also took a while to react before saying, “Olivia! Are you crazy? What are you doing?”
While speaking, Christopher pulled Madison behind him and even pushed me. Fortunately, Kevin quickly protected me and stood in front of me, worried that Christopher might impulsively do something dangerous. He tried to mediate, “Christopher, calm down…”
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“Olivia, how dare you!” Christopher said harshly. “How dare you
treat Madison like this? Who do you think you are?”
I said, “I am who I am. Of course I dare to do this!”
After saying that, I added coldly, “I already agreed to compensate you. The clothes and bag on her are mine now. How I handle them is my business and has nothing to do with you.”
“Can you even afford it?” Christopher questioned me harshly.
“Give me your bank account number,” I said seriously.
Christopher said, “Are you planning to go bankrupt just to save face? Olivia, you should have changed your stubborn personality long ago. Otherwise, we wouldn’t have ended up with this kind of relationship today!”
“Give me the bank account number!” I repeated, my voice louder
this time.
“Don’t regret this!” Christopher threatened.
“Christopher, stop talking!” Madison screamed, looking
absolutely furious. She said, “Since she doesn’t appreciate your kindness, give her the bill! I don’t believe she can afford to pay this much money!”
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Christopher didn’t hesitate anymore and gave me his bank
account number. I entered the account number and tried
to transfer the money, but the system reminded me that my
password was incorrect. I clearly remembered it was this password. I thought for a moment and entered another password,
but it was still wrong. I thought to myself, “People say pregnant women become forgetful, and it’s absolutely true. I actually forgot
my password.”
Christopher and Madison waited beside me, and everyone was watching me, all waiting for me to embarrass myself. Seeing that I hadn’t succeeded, Madison laughed first.
“Olivia, you were so arrogant just now. Where’s your money? Why hasn’t Christopher received any money?”
At this moment, Christopher was holding his phone in his hand, and there had been no notification of any incoming payment.
“I forgot my password,” I explained. “I’m afraid if I enter it wrong again, my bank account will be locked.”
“What a convenient excuse,” Madison said, mocking me without
any courtesy.
Christopher looked at me with disdain. The classmates around us were also whispering among themselves.
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“I thought Olivia was really going to pay Christopher back. That would be a huge sum for her!”
“She’s so foolish. That’s two hundred thousand dollars, not twenty dollars!”
“Olivia is making a fool of herself.”
Madison stared at me coldly and asked, “Are you planning to
write an IOU? When exactly do you plan to pay me back? One
Christmas from now or two?”
Her expression was full of disdain: “You look so poor, you probably couldn’t pay this back in a lifetime!”
“Five minutes,” I said, holding up one hand. I was certain Scott would arrive within five minutes.
“Stop pretending–you can’t afford to pay for it!” Madison didn’t want to waste any more time and urged, “Originally, a simple apology would have been enough, but now you need to beg for my forgiveness!”
She was clearly ready to humiliate me. Christopher frowned beside her, but soon his expression turned expectant as well. Perhaps he also wanted to see me grovel pathetically.
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