“No! It’s not me! Tristan, you’re crazy! You can’t do this to me! I didn’t push Nicole!”
Lisa was taken away as Tristan made several calls, paying the rescue team to continue searching for Nicole.
“Find her, alive or dead. Keep searching until you find her.”
Tristan didn’t leave. He just stood by the Northern Gate Bridge, staring at the river in a daze, his mind completely blank.
When did she find out? Why didn’t she tell him when she had?
Why had she chosen to jump into the river to get back at him?
But where exactly did he mess up?
Tristan replayed everything in his mind carefully, only to realize he was riddled with flaws.
Every time Tristan returned home after being with Lisa, Nicole would always complain about the unpleasant smell on him and insist he take a shower.
She didn’t trust him. For a while, she even insisted on following him to the office, claiming she wanted to spend more time with him there.
Later, she began rejecting his advances, questioning if he was seeing another woman.
Piece by p
piece, it all came back to him.
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He thought he was doing a good job hiding it, even going as far as to involve others in deceiving her.
But he hadn’t expected her to find out anyway.
What he couldn’t fathom was how cruel she was, disappearing from his life without giving him the chance to apologize or make
amends.
He still remembered her birthday, under the fireworks, when she said, “Tristan, if you ever betray me, I’ll disappear from your
life forever.‘
Her resolve was so ruthless, and she followed through.
Tears rolled down his cheeks as Tristan clung to Nicole’s clothes, desperate for even the faintest trace of her scent.
“Nicky, please come back. I swear I’ll never see Lisa again. I’ll never hurt you again. I’m begging you, please come back.”
His vision blurred with tears. Lowering his head, he reached into the car and grabbed Nicole’s phone.
He wanted to find her photos on the phone, but there wasn’t a single one.
Nicole had deleted everything she could.
There was nothing left, except for a few photos and some messages she had exchanged with Lisa.
The photos were of him and Lisa in their bed and in his office, caught in the act.
Each image stung like a dagger.
Nicole took them herself.
When had she taken these? She had seen everything with her own eyes.
