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

Hearing this, Rylan let out a cold laugh.


"What can I do? Obviously, I'll perform the surgery for the patient. I'm her primary doctor."


He glanced at Orion standing next to me and said disdainfully, "Even if you let this patient go to your surgical department, Orion would end up doing the operation anyway."


"In my opinion, letting him do the surgery is worse than letting me do it. I can do it better than him!"


I looked at him angrily, taking a deep breath to calm myself down.


"You're playing with the patient's life."


"Rylan, is it worth doing such an unethical thing just to compete with Orion?"


"This isn't a game, it's a real human life. If something goes wrong during the surgery due to your lack of skill, can you take responsibility?"


I tried to persuade him, saying in a gentle tone, "Stop being stubborn and hand this patient over to us."


Little did I know my words seemed to have struck a nerve.


Chapter 10