The Fifth Year of Marriage to Him novel Chapter 5

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“I’m not mad,” Cedrick put away his phone and said. “Forget it. She won’t

go anywhere.”

For the past five years, she had never set foot anywhere beyond their house, and there was nowhere else for her to turn.

Harlan glanced at Maricela and muttered, “Our Mari is always compassionate. If you didn’t break up…”

“Shut it!” Maricela glared at Harlan. “What’s gotten into you tonight? Ced is married. That kind of talk is out of line!”

A trace of sorrow glinted in her eyes as she gazed at Cedrick. “I’ve come back, asking for nothing more. If you’re still willing to accept me and stand by my side, that’ll do my heart good.”

“Don’t be silly. You’re always our favorite. Should anyone dare to mess with you, we’ll teach him a lesson. Am I right, Cedrick?” Harlan said, thumping his chest with passion.

Cedrick remained silent, swirling the wine gently.

He had a sudden feeling of déjà vu.

Back in the day, he enjoyed watching them banter with Maricela. But when things got out of hand, they would turn to him and ask him to be the judge of it.

Now, they turned to him again. He answered with a faint smile, “Of course.”

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Lucille didn’t home.

go

She checked into the hotel that she had booked.

The moment she closed the door, a flood of pain and grievances surged through her.

The image of Harlan mimicking her limping gait replayed endlessly, while the pearls of laughter echoed in her ears, like a curse.

In fact, she was aware of the criticisms that Cedrick’s bros made behind her back, but she

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never breathed a word of it to Cedrick,

She knew they had been his closest friends for years,

She understood the hardships he had endured out there.

Thus, she didn’t want to cause him any more headaches and sow discord between him and

his bros.

But it turned out it was all in her head.

How could he ever let her come between him and his bros?

Their bond was simply unbreakable!

What was she to him?

She was merely the debt that he had married her to settle, a liability. Without her, his life would have been much happier.

“She’s just a cripple! Without you marrying her, who else would want her?”

“She’s a cripple, and she married someone like Cedrick. How is she not satisfied?”

“If I were Cedrick, I would rather choose to be hit by that car than marry a cripple and become the butt of everyone’s jokes.”

“While every other big shot parades a dignified and elegant wife, Cedrick has no one to flaunt.”

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Suddenly, she remembered all the gossip she overheard over the past five years, like a raging vortex that buffeted and swallowed her whole.

She couldn’t breathe. Her heart was ripped apart.

Trembling, she unlocked a photo album on her phone that she hadn’t had the courage to revisit in five years. Inside it were stored the memories of her training and performances during college.

Ever since she could no longer perform on stage, she had locked away all her dance photos and videos in this album.

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She clicked on a random video.

To the rhythm of the music, she spun and leapt, executing a perfect split in the air.

She once shone with brilliance, danced with elegance. Her performance could bring the house down.

So, was saving him a mistake?

Yet when she saved him, she never thought about marrying him.

It was he who promised to marry her, planned a spectacular proposal, and knelt before her with a huge diamond ring. It was he who gave her hope…

She turned off her phone, and for the first time in five years, she collapsed onto the bed and cried her heart out.

She cried for a very long time.

She didn’t stop until she was exhausted, until every tear had dried, and until there was only pain in her chest, burning like fire.

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