“You two go ahead. I have something to do tomorrow.”
Sebastian frowned. “What could be more important than taking wedding photos?”
“Let’s take the photos first, then I’ll go shopping with you.” His tone was firm and did not allow for refusal.
Vivian pouted playfully. “Exactly! Rach, you’re not avoiding this because of me, are you?”
I did not want to argue further and agreed to go.
Early the next morning, I heard Sebastian coaxing Vivian to get out of bed in gentle, pleading tones from her room. The circle on the calendar reminded me that there were four days left. In four days, I could completely escape this life.
Just when my patience was wearing thin, they finally emerged from the room, taking their sweet time. Sebastian attentively took some water and personally washed Vivian’s face.
I must have been blind in my previous life to naively believe that marrying him would make him treat me the same way.
Lost in thought, I watched as Sebastian approached me awkwardly, clutching a ring. “Mrs. Gilbert reminded me to buy you a wedding ring. Here it is.”
I did not take it. In my previous life, this ring never existed.
The moment Vivian saw it, she pouted. “It’s so pretty! I want one too!”
I generously offered, “Then take it.”
Sebastian’s face darkened immediately. “Stop fooling around. This is our wedding ring!”
Vivian snatched the ring and slipped it onto her finger, waving it at Sebastian. “Seb, does it look good on me?”
Sebastian gazed at Vivian with pure adoration, nodding with a foolish grin. Then, he turned to me guiltily and whispered, “I-I’ll buy you another one next time.”
I nodded indifferently. I had heard his promises countless times, yet he never kept them.
At the photo studio, Vivian went first, even taking several couple shots with Sebastian. When it was my turn with Sebastian, the photographer raised his camera but awkwardly lowered it again.
