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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

"Melody, I wasn't there for you during your darkest moments..."


He gripped my hand tightly, noticing the raised scar on my wrist.


"Conrad, everyone has a past. I don't want us to argue in the future because I'm bringing up these old issues now."


I brushed the snowflakes from his eyelashes with my fingertips. "I'm happy to see how successful you've become."


Conrad started to feel uneasy again. "But I promised you I'd give you the best life possible..."


I blinked, my nose turning red from the cold. "Look, I can afford to buy my own scarf. That means I'm already doing pretty well."


The light in Conrad's eyes dimmed completely, his voice trembling as he spoke: "So there's really no going back for us?"


"That's right. As you said, we just can't go back."


I wrapped my arms tightly around myself. "You have your path to follow, and I have my own bridges to cross. I won't be returning to New York City."


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