DIANA’S POV
I left the restaurant and ran. "Wait, Diana!" he called after me. I didn’t turn back to look at him and just continued running making my way back home.
I ran all the way, and when I arrived and opened the door, I was met with an empty apartment. God knows where my mother was, she was barely ever home.
I expected Keith to follow after me but he didn’t. Instead, he called me. I ignored the call and fell to the floor crying.
I cried in utter shock and disbelief. Keith was getting married to someone else. It was supposed to be me that he chose to marry.
He continuously tried to call me but I ignored them. He then resorted to sending me texts, however, he never came to my home. I was frustrated by this. The following day it was the same, he didn’t show up.
Eventually, I picked up my phone and asked him why he wouldn’t. He told me that his father wouldn’t allow him. He said he had to be faithful to his new partner.
’His last message to me was: ’I’m sorry that things had to turn out this way. But I have to cut all ties with you now.’
I literally threw my phone on the floor after reading it. Just like that, I had been dropped.
Keith, why can’t you see that you were all I had? I have no family. My mother was never home my dad abandoned me after the divorce. I was hoping you would become my new family. Why couldn’t you fight harder for us! I said in annoyance. I didn’t see him again. He even stopped sending me money that he always used to send me every month given my circumstances.
As the days passed, and days turned into months, Keith’s wedding soon came. I saw it online since I followed his social media. I bit my tongue as I looked at the photos. I just couldn’t believe he was moving on without me while here was, left to suffer.
I thought I had secured my future. That I would live a life of luxury as the wife of a wealthy businessman. I didn’t go to university after graduating high school because of that. Now that he wasn’t sending me money, and my mother not caring for me I had to get an actual job now. I couldn’t believe I was going to remain lower class.
In time, I managed to find a job as convenience store cashier. I began regretting not having used the money Keith gave to buy a new home instead of continuing to stay in the small apartment with my mother. The money wasn’t a lot, like a couple of thousand dollars but if I saved it up I could have got something useful or even asked him to purchase the home.
Because I often stayed with Keith at his home I never thought it would be an issue. I wasted the money he gave me buying luxury things and services. The countless times I went to the spa or to buy new clothes was insane.
Then one day everything changed...I was working a normal late evening shift at the convenience store. The store was was usually empty at this time only one customer was currently in. I casually read a magazine from behind the counter.
"Hello Diana," I heard the customer say as he placed two beers on the counter.
"Hello," I said as I looked up at the figure noticing his voice sounded familiar.
"You?" I said in surprise. I recognized the man. It had been so long since I left Keith’s world. I never thought I would see anyone from that world again. Why would someone as wealthy as him be here shopping at an inconvenience store?
He leaned on the check put table as he looked at me with a grin.
"Have you come to laugh at me?" I asked him.
"Not at allWhat if I said there was a way for you to get your precious Keith back? "
"What?" I asked in disbelief. "What do you mean?"
"Exactly that. You get to have your man back," he confidently continued.
"Hes married,"I pointed it out to him.
"Well then, we’ll have to change that won’t we?" he said to me. "I would like to offer you a deal. It’ll take some time but I assure you in the end you’ll have him back...."
My eyes widened as I stared at him. What was this man up to?
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