The Free Bride

With only one month left until the wedding, I uncovered my fiancé Julian's true colors. All his painstaking pursuit of me, even buying an island to propose, were nothing but schemes to get revenge on his arch-enemy Arthur. He even plotted with his friends to abandon me right on the wedding day and make me the laughingstock of the whole city.​ Ten years of deep affection and three years of companionship meant nothing. I was merely a pawn in his revenge game. Heartbroken, I dried my tears and chose to play along. I accompanied him to pick wedding dresses, listened to his sweet lies, and watched him painstakingly prepare a wedding doomed to fail.​ On the wedding day, three hundred guests gathered. He waited for me at the end of the red carpet, only to find an empty venue and a wedding dress I had cut to pieces with my own hands. I left without hesitation, leaving all the past behind and starting a new life abroad.​ Three years later, I achieved academic success and lived a calm and free life. In contrast, he went crazy searching for me all over the world, becoming a deserted groom mocked by everyone. When we met again, these two stubborn former lovers faced belated repentance and redemption. Yet I no longer loved him and would never turn back. From then on, I live not for love, but for my own freedom.