My Wedding, My Choice novel Chapter 5

I stood there, feeling like my chest had been split open.

A week later, Elliot disappeared.

And I saw the video of his wedding online.

The church in the video-

It was the one I had picked for our wedding.

I let out a cold, bitter laugh, shoving the memories away.

Elliot frowned. "What's so funny?"

I didn't answer. I was done talking, done fighting.

He wasn't worth another word.

Elliot seemed caught off guard by my silence.

I turned and walked away, without looking back.

I almost laughed out loud at his self-righteous monologue.

"Are you done? If so, please see yourself out."

A guy this full of himself-was there even a point in trying to reason with him?

He wasn't even speaking human language anymore.

I opened the door and said coldly, "Now, get out of my house."

Elliot still tried to persuade me.

"Alyssa, we're not naïve college kids anymore. Nothing in life is perfect."

"Plenty of couples have open relationships and make it work."

"Honestly, compared to others, I'm already pretty clean."

I was so stunned by his shamelessness that I was at a loss for words.

When did he become this rotten?

Seeing my silence, Elliot assumed I was considering it and kept going.

"I promise Nova won't affect us. She'll live somewhere else."

"As long as you're willing, we can still be a family and-"

I couldn't take it anymore. I grabbed the cup next to me and threw its contents right at him.

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