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I met my first love at a class reunion seven years after we broke up.    He had a successful career, was holding his girlfriend's hand, and had a huge expensive diamond ring on his hand.    Everyone taunted me:‘You dumped Conrad, now you regret it, don't you? It's too late!’    But after dinner, Conrad drunkenly hugged me and cried:‘If you want to get back together, you can do it anytime.’  1 A class reunion is always a battleground for gossip to converge.    Not to mention the former couples in attendance, with the most disparate statuses being Conrad and me.    Everyone was

Reunited with My First Love After Seven Years Apart

A chill ran through my entire body, as if I'd fallen into an icy abyss.


An overwhelming wave of shame washed over me.


Having such thoughts was already despicable, but now to have them exposed as evidence for all to see was nothing short of criminal.


Conrad's eyes were dark and unreadable; I couldn't discern the emotions within.


"Pining after a married man, tsk tsk. Melody, what do you think would happen if I played this recording for everyone to hear?"


I clenched my fists tightly, my nails digging into my palms.


"Indeed. You didn't want me to have it easy before, so why should I make things easy for you?"


He immediately dropped another bombshell,


"Either fulfill the contract, or I'll make this recording public."


The wall clock ticked steadily, each beat of my heart pounding against my eardrums.


My lips were parched as I looked up numbly,


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