Chapter 1
When I was six weeks pregnant, my fiancé Alden Arellano, a skier, cancelled our wedding eight times in a row. The first time, he left because his junior, Nanette Barton, twisted her ankle while skiing. I apologized to my relatives and friends alone in my wedding dress. The second time, Alden did not even change his clothes as he heard that Nanette was scolded and cried by the coach. He left me alone in the dressing room to wait for a day. Later, every time we decided to have a wedding, Nanette would always have various problems. When the ninth wedding was cancelled, I decided to leave him. I went to the hospital for an abortion without hesitation and agreed to my parents’ arranged marriage, but Alden knelt at the engagement scene with bloodshot eyes and begged for my forgiveness. —— After seven years of dating and six weeks of pregnancy, Alden still did not hold a wedding or get a marriage certificate with me. Three days ago, he won the silver medal in the international freestyle skiing men’s competition. He promised me for the eighth time to hold a grand wedding. On the eve of the wedding, it happened to be the celebration banquet of the ski team. I kept running to the toilet to vomit because I was not used tpo eating seafood, but Alden kept blocking the wine for Nanette and never cared about me. The people in the ski team were used to this, but the sympathy in their eyes when they looked at me still embarrassed me. It was getting later and later. If I did not go back, I would miss the makeup at four o’clock tomorrow. I urged Alden to go home, but he said impatiently, “If you are tired, drive home first. Nanette is drunk. I have to take her back, otherwise I will be worried. “It does not matter if the wedding is postponed for a few days. I wo not cancel it this time.” This was the eighth time Alden regretted our wedding. I was about to say that there were so many people present, but Alden had already turned his head and gently stopped Nanette’s hand from wanting to drink. He did not think about my feelings at all, nor did he think about how dangerous it was for me, a pregnant woman, to drive. Ever since I got pregnant, my mood had been a constant storm. In the past, I would have cried, thrown a tantrum like a heartbroken fool, demanding to know if Alden ever intended to marry me, if I ever truly mattered to him. But this time, I simply lowered my eyes and whispered, “Then… I’ll go home first.” As soon as I finished speaking, Nanette vomited all over him. But he did not show any disgust. Instead, he wiped the body clean patiently, picked her up and took her to the bathroom. Alden has mysophobia. When I vomited in the trash can due to morning sickness, he would stand two meters away from me and remind me to clean the trash can. Not to mention vomiting on him. It seemed that his mysophobia was only directed at people other than Nanette. I got into the taxi in silence. The driver turned on the air-conditioning very well, but I was sweating all over. Because I vomited too much, my body was already very uncomfortable. Thinking back on what had happened, I no longer hesitated and opened my phone to make an appointment for termination of pregnancy. I could not hold on to this seven-year relationship. The next morning, I went to find the coach of the ski team and asked to resign from the position of nutritionist. The coach thought I was just being emotional, so he gently advised, “There’s no need to resign just because you’re pregnant. We will wait until the baby is born, once you’ve recovered, you can come back to work.” The coach did not want me to leave either, because I was a gold medal nutritionist certified by the International Nutritionist Association and the athletes who had been through my treatment had excellent physical fitness. “I’ve made up my mind, coach.” I had loved skiing since I was a child, but because I had no talent, I decided to become a nutritionist for athletes and got closer to this sport. But that time, I thought it was time for me to give up, just like giving up Alden. “You, hey, I know that Alden is a bit confused, but we all know his feelings for you. When you were together seven years ago, he confessed to you on the top of the snow mountain.” The coach smiled helplessly and approved my resignation. If he did not mention it, I would have almost forgotten how fast my heart beat on the day Alden confessed to me seven years ago. But feelings were like memories, they would fade with time.