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"Ryan,are you crazy?Can't you tell what kind of occasion this is?What nonsense are you spouting without any reason!"Ethan stepped forward and blocked Sylvia.His tall figure made Sylvia look even more fragile and pitiful.
"You’re the one who’s crazy,Ethan!"Ryan tried his best to control his emotions but still grabbed Ethan's collar.The veins on his forehead were bulging,and his voice was trembling uncontrollably."Ethan,do you have a heart at all?Amelia has loved you for so many years,and you don't fucking cherish her.Your mind is full of this first love of yours who’s full of lies!Do you still naively think that Sylvia left you because Amelia forced her to?You're such a fucking idiot!"
Ryan's sudden outburst of anger stunned Ethan for a moment.When he realized what Ryan was saying,he quickly broke free from Ryan's hand."What do you mean?"
"What do I mean?Look for yourself!"Ryan opened his phone and flipped through the photo album.The next second,he opened a photo and showed the screen to Ethan.In the photo was a wedding photo of a man and a woman,and the bride in the wedding photo was Sylvia.
"Sylvia,you probably never expected that I would meet your ex-husband when I was working in the UK.Back then,when you were dating Ethan,you thought he didn't have the ability to give you the future you wanted,so you went abroad and married a powerful movie director.Two years later,when you heard that Ethan had succeeded in his career while your marriage was unhappy,you came back unwillingly.You're so disgusting!You're so greedy and snobbish,but you made Amelia take the blame for you.Ethan is an idiot and can't see your true face,but anyone with eyes can see what's really going on."Ryan's sharp words directly left Sylvia in shock.She seemed to want to defend herself,but with the most powerful evidence right in front of her,she couldn't say a word.
It took me a while to digest Ryan's words myself.For so many years,Ethan had hated me because of Sylvia's departure.My countless explanations seemed pale and powerless when he looked at me as if looking at something disgusting and hateful,so I simply stopped refuting later.You’re already a criminal once suspicions for you arise.Ethan had never trusted me.The reason for Sylvia's departure had always been an unsolved mystery to me.Now I finally knew that I had been carrying the blame for her ambition for so many years.
But Ethan took two steps forward and tightly grasped Sylvia's shoulders.His steps were a bit unsteady."What he said, is it true...?Sylvia,tell me,what's going on?"
Sylvia was crying and sobbing with tears all over her face,and her words were full of pleading."Ethan dear...I really love you...I was blinded by my own desires and made a wrong turn back then,but later I realized my feelings for you and came back.Please forgive me.Please don't look at me like this..."
Her brokent but feeble explanation seemed ridiculous to me.So it wasn't just Ethan who didn't understand love.Sylvia also had no idea what love was.
The strength in Ethan's hands unconsciously increased a bit more.Sylvia let out a cry of pain,but Ethan still didn't let go.He just kept repeating,"No,this isn't true.No,it's not."
At that moment,Ryan punched Ethan in the face.The punch was so fast that Ethan didn't have time to dodge."Stop deceiving yourself,Ethan.You look so fucking ridiculous.Amelia explained to you so many times,but you never believed her.In fact,you knew very well,didn't you?You just didn't have the courage to believe it.For so many years,you've never had the courage face your own feelings!Ethan,you're nothing more than a coward!"
Yes,Sylvia was just a wall in our marriage,but definitely not the root cause of our marriage falling apart.It was Ethan's repeated lack of trust and his repeated avoidance that made us drift further and further apart.
"Ethan,are you full of regret and pain now?You wrongly blamed Amelia for so many years because of those baseless things.You let down her love for you!Damn it,that stupid Amelia always told me not to quarrel with you.Do you know that before Sylvia went abroad,Amelia even begged her?She begged Sylvia to stay for your sake!Do you know that!Amelia not only didn't drive her away,but she also humbly begged Sylvia to stay for you!"
Ethan seemed like an empty shell that had lost its soul,without any reaction.Ryan's fists rained down on him like a storm,but he just took it,staring fixedly at the sky.
