ManyWriters

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On the morning we were supposed to get our marriage license, Rylan stood me up at the entrance to the city clerk's office.
He told me, "Elise, this is Callie's first surgery. I'm worried about her. Let's get our license tomorrow instead."
The next day, we arrived at the clerk's office again, just stepping inside.
His intern called with an emergency, pulling him away once more.
"Elise, I'm so sorry, but this is serious. A patient's family is causing trouble at the hospital. Callie tried to intervene and got hurt pretty badly. I have to go check on her. We'll come back another time, okay?"
It's been five years since our wedding, and this marks the 66th time Rylan has unilaterally canceled getting our marriage license, each time because of Callie.
Since he's always busy, I guess there's really no point in getting that license after all.
I decided to refocus on my studies, heading abroad for further education. I even met someone there who shares my passions and goals.
Just as we were about to walk down the aisle together...
Rylan came chasing after me.
"Darling, when are we going to get our marriage license?"

Husband Rejected Our Marriage Registration for 66 Times

Rylan's face turned ashen with anger as he spat out, "Am I wrong?"


"If he hadn't seduced you to go abroad, we would've been married by now!"


"Besides, we even had our wedding ceremony, yet he's with you every day. If that's not seducing someone else's darling, what is?"


As soon as those words left his mouth, everyone fell silent, staring at Rylan and me in shock.


Many people gasped, their eyes gleaming with the light of gossip.


Since Rylan insisted on airing our dirty laundry in public, he couldn't blame me for flipping the table.


I had originally planned to treat him as a stranger, saving dignity for both of us.


Now, it seemed there was no need to be considerate anymore.


"Rylan, we had our wedding ceremony five years ago, but in these five years, we've been to the city clerk's office 66 times. Each time, you had a last-minute issue and canceled getting the marriage license."


Chapter 9