Romance

Seasons Of Mourning

by Yummy Yam

Dominic Fletcher and Sabine Mercer were high-society rivals known throughout the entire city for their bitter feuds.Yet by a twist of fate, the former was my childhood sweetheart and fiancé, while the latter was my best friend.Every time they crossed paths, teeth flared and claws came out.Now that I was pregnant, the two were locked in a relentless shouting match over who the baby would later address first.Hoping to ease the tension, I organized a road trip for the holiday weekend.Never did I imagine we would run into a violent landslide along the way.At the threshold of life and death, staring down at me as I lay pooled in my own blood, Dominic turned to scoop Sabine, who was suffering nothing more than a scraped elbow, into his arms.Just then, a massive boulder was about to crush down on me.He suddenly bolted back, wrapping his arms around me in a desperate, suffocating embrace.“The wedding we miss... I'll make it up to you in the next life.”I opened my eyes again to find myself alive again.I could hear the frantic bickering echoing clearly from outside the door.“You were willing to die alongside Elaine. Why didn’t you save her first?“Her baby’s gone! How on earth am I supposed to explain…”Dominic’s voice cut through, a restrained, low growl.“I couldn’t just stand there and watch the woman I love die, could I?“You know full well how indebted I feel...”I froze on the bed, half my body turning numb.Years ago, my father was hit by a truck and knocked off a cliff in an attempt to save Dominic’s life.I had always interpreted the look in Dominic’s eyes as affection, never realizing it was nothing more than guilt.Turned out I had been the villain breaking up the tragic lovers all along.It was time to step aside.

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