Chapter 5 Played Like a Fool

"After everything we've been through, only you're still waiting for me."

The picture showed the back of two people sitting side by side, gazing at the sunset by the beach. Settling in Wavecrest City was Nicholas' idea. He said he loved the vastness of the sea and the city. I used to think it was simply because he had spent four years here during university and couldn't bear to leave.

Now, I finally understood what he meant.

Maybe there truly was something between them back in university. Maybe all of his friends knew but me. No wonder the day before our wedding, I noticed the best man repeatedly trying to say something to me but stopping himself every time. And then, there was Nicholas, who was so drunk that night that he passed out and never made it back to our bridal suite.

I wasted no time and called one of his old university roommates, asking to meet at a café not far from my apartment.

Half an hour later, I was face-to-face with the very same best man who was trying to tell m