Runaway Groom (Groom Series Book 1) (English Translation)

Chapter 26

"I will break up with Gulf!"

His words got me dumbfounded. I opened the gate wider.

"Why?" I frowned.

"I know that I will never replace you in his heart. I know that he still loves you. And I know that it will always be you."

"I know. He told me that when I kidnapped him and brought him to the island. But he chose you."

"He chose me?" he was shocked.

"Yes. So can you leave now?"

"No. Gulf chose me out of pity. He chose me because of everything I did for him. He did not choose me because he loves me. And I know that I can never make him happy the way that you can. Gulf will never love me more than he loves you. That is why I want you to have him back."

"Why leave him all of a sudden? When you always knew that he still loves me?" Why did he have to wait for three years?

"I have my own reasons. So will you take him back or not?" Now he looked pissed.

"Of course I want to have him back."

"I have one condition," he added.

"What is it?"

"You should never make him cry. If I find out that you do, I will make sure to take him away from you."

"Okay. I'm confident that I won't make him cry again."

I'm still confused with his decision. Gulf chose him but he's letting him go?

"I'm serious, Mew. I love Gulf so much. So please take good care of him. You don't know how lucky you are to be loved by him. I would give anything just to be you. So please take care of him and never make him cry. Deal?" he offered his hand to me.

"Deal." We shook hands. I invited him to come inside and eat breakfast but he said that he has other errands.

*end of flashback*

Hughie earned my trust that day. I trust him. And I trust Gulf more.

I know that Hughie is a good man. So I know that he will understand me if I explain what happened.

I was about to approach them but they both stood up after being seated at the pool side.

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Gulf's Point of View

I just cried on Hughie's shoulder. He was patting my back, trying to calm me down and stop me from crying. It took me a few minutes before I finally calm down. I broke away from the hug.

I know that I shouldn't have done that. Hughie is trying to move on and what I just did would not help. I should keep my distance.

When I moved away from him, I saw that there was blood coming out of his nose.

"Your nose is bleeding," I pointed at his nose. He immediately brought his hands to it and check if I was right. When he saw the blood on his hands, he immediately covered his nose with his shirt.

He stood up so I did too.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?" I asked worriedly.

"I'm fine," he sounded pissed off.

I don't understand why he is suddenly grumpy. He was angry earlier at Mew but now it looks like he's angry at me.

He ran away from me so I did not have the time to stop him.

I want to respect the space that he wants, because I know how hard it is to move on. But I'm just worried about the nose bleeding.

Is he really fine?