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The Bride Who Vanished Before the Proposal
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The moment I decided to leave Vincent Graves, I did three things. First, I recalled the pregnancy report I had been about to forward to him and replaced it with a scheduled breakup message. Second, I called the bridal boutique and cancelled the custom order for my wedding dress. I had been measured three times for it. I had waited five months. I never wore it. I never would. Third, I called Dr. Helena Shaw and accepted the invitation I had turned down a week ago. An eight-year medical research program. Completely sealed. No contact with the outside world. Before he could spring the proposal he had been planning, I vanished from his life completely. He never noticed that while he let Cora take my place at the wedding rehearsal and stayed out all night, I was quietly erasing every trace of myself, step by step. I became exactly the wife Vincent always said he wanted: reasonable, gracious, unbothered. But after I was gone, he lost control and asked me, "Why aren't you angry? Don't you love me anymore?" I said nothing. I only remembered the flirtatious voice messages Cora had sent him, the ones I had heard from his phone. And I calmly dialed the number that would take me away.
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Two more years passed. I saw Vincent again in a restaurant in Rome.The restaurant was at the end of a narrow street. The light was low. The tables were spaced far apart. I had not planned to be there. Daniel had chosen it. He had become my husband by then, and he said the food was good, good for the end of a long day.When I walked in, Vincent was already seated by the window. He saw me before I saw him. His hand stopped midair. He was old now. His hair had gone mostly gray. His sleeves were rolled to his elbows, and there was a long scar across his wrist, old and healed but deep. He looked like someone who had been pressed down many times and had barely gotten back up.He rose and came toward me. He stopped a few steps away. I introduced Daniel as my husband. Vincent looked at him, then back at me. His mouth opened, but no sound came out. He looked like a car that had sat too long and could not start again."Hello," Vincent said.Daniel smiled. "Hello."The meal was quiet. Vincent di
The Bride Who Vanished Before the Proposal Chapter 10
Three years passed. I sat in my room at the research facility, flipping through case notes. Outside, the sky had grown dark. I had removed my phone card on the third day after I left.I received one message from Vincent. "Where are you? I will come find you." I did not reply. I never saw his name on my phone again. I thought he would eventually stop. He did.Tessa later made it into the same program. She told me what she knew about Vincent. He had found the paper. He knew who C. L. Moreau was. He had searched for my travel records, my flight history, every place I might have gone. I had left no trace. "He knows about the child," Tessa said. "The report you sent. He never told anyone about it. But someone told me he locked himself in his study that day. When he came out, his eyes were red."Tessa said he wanted to apologize. He had drunk too much after I left, and he had been hospitalized a few times. But he never mentioned my name in public. One researcher said he had stood outside th
The Bride Who Vanished Before the Proposal Chapter 9
Vincent called Cora. "Fifteen minutes. My study."He hung up and leaned back in his seat. He remembered the last time Claire had smiled. One night she came home from the lab late, holding a journal. She sat on the edge of the bed and flipped through a few pages. She did not look up, but her mouth curved a little. He had been checking messages. He had not asked what she saw. He had thought there would be time.Cora arrived in a new dress, lipstick freshly applied. She walked into the study with a smile. "Vincent, you wanted to see me—""You sent Claire a video," Vincent said. "The night she left."Cora's smile faltered. "I only wanted to—""You said, 'Who will be Donna in the end?'" Vincent said. "What were you thinking when you sent that?"Cora stood still for a moment. Then she lifted her chin slightly. "I was telling the truth. Claire left. Someone has to take her place. Are you going to keep the seat empty forever?"Vincent said nothing."I have known you longer than Claire has," Co
The Bride Who Vanished Before the Proposal Chapter 8
The next morning, Vincent called Claire. Seven rings. No answer. He tried again. Nothing.He stood in the bedroom and sent her a message: "Are you awake? I will come get you." No reply.He drove to the estate. The house was quiet. The curtains were still drawn. There was no coffee smell in the air. Her slippers were gone from the shoe rack. He walked quickly to the bedroom. His clothes were still in the closet. Her side was empty. The dresser was bare. The drawers held only a few old files.He went to the study. On the desk lay a worn journal. He opened it. It was from their first year together. The last entry was written in fresh ink: "Vincent. This is where we end. Today's date."He called her phone. It went to voicemail. Again. Voicemail. He kept calling until the phone turned off.He drove to the research institute and found Tessa. "Where is Claire?" Tessa looked at him without pity. "She left. Did you not know?"He asked where she had gone. Tessa laughed without warmth. "When you
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