Because of that, I swore that I would change.

My twisted relationship with Felix started when I was still in Mom’s womb.

Aunt Mel and Mom were best friends, and coincidentally, they both lived right opposite each other on the same level in the same apartment block. Thus, our families were close to each other.

When Mom was pregnant with me, Felix was still a toddler who waddled around in diapers.

Aunt Mel had been watching Felix play under a tree and suggested, “Harper, if your child is a girl, she should just marry Felix so we could all be a happy family!”

Mom had replied, “Well, that’s not up to me. We’ll let her decide in the future.”

“Felix, come here! Would you like the girl in Aunt Harper’s belly to be your wife?” Aunt Mel asked.

Felix had laid in Mom’s lap, giggling as he sucked on his thumb and mumbled the word “wife” repeatedly. He had amused Mom and Aunt Melinda so much that they decided to go ahead with the unofficial betrothal.

that, my marriage was settled before I was even

wife really meant, I had no say in the matter anymore. Besides, I

I had always acted in a way I thought wives were supposed to. In

take a bite before keeping

our bags as he fought with the other students behind the school. I would cheer him on,

would cheer him on when he was playing sports, yet all I received in return was

cared for him, accompanied him, and loved him. Since I liked him so much and treated him so well, I

realized I was nothing more than a

He never smiled at me, and the way

with Mom and Dad. Having finished cleaning up the

started, but she couldn’t seem to say anything, so she just pulled

probably never thought that her beloved daughter would be humiliated like that. She was a loving mother to me, so I knew she felt

who had coincidentally bought apartment units opposite of each other. They lived there for the next 20 years or

that Aunt Mel

with Felix wasn’t the only one at stake. Mom

about Aunt Mel, and I couldn’t bear

but I also understood that feelings couldn’t be

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