Chapter 383 Strangers

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&#lt;p&#gt;The white wedding dress perfectly outlined the beautiful figure of Lennie. The white veil covered her
face, but from that haze, one could still clearly see the beauty of the bride today.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Miss Lennie, will you marry Mr. West and make a solemn vow before God to love him, comfort him,
protect him, in sickness and in health, for richer or for poorer, always to be faithful to him and to your
marriage."
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&#lt;p&#gt;As the priest read the vows, Lennie stood quietly to the side. She said, as if shyly, "I do!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;The same vows were pronounced again by the priest. He asked Callum. "Mr. West, are you willing?"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum seemed to pause for a moment.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Mr. West?" Since he didn't get an answer from Callum, the priest couldn't help but increase the tone of
his voice. Callum was stunned to see that everyone was looking at him. And Lennie, beside him, was
so beautiful and enchanting under the wedding dress.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"I do." Callum finally spoke.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee's eyes were dead silent, yet so peaceful. Her eyes were hollow and she kept looking over there,
only the sweat on her forehead was growing.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee was still so calm, and Leila subconsciously looked at Renee. Then she seemed to hear a
stream of water, which was so loud. She looked at Renee's feet, where the blood had gathered a small
pool, and it was shocking to the eyes.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Ah--" Leila whimpered. "Mr. White, help Renee!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;With Leila's whimper, Vincent looked at Renee with sharp eyes. He instantly turned pale, and without
saying a word, he picked up Renee. "Leila, go get the doorman to drive here! We need to get her to the&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;hospital right away!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;She was clearly bleeding profusely.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"No, no need!" Renee maintained her composure, but her face was ashen and her lips were turning
white.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum was stunned at the sight.
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&#lt;p&#gt;He staggered. In full view of the crowd, he saw a flash of purple, followed by a patter of bright red. The
wedding march continued. As the crowd stared in disbelief, flash after flash, Callum finally left the bride
behind and followed after them.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Callum?" Lennie shouted in dismay.
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&#lt;p&#gt;But there was no sign of Callum.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Blood was dripping. Vincent was covered in blood, and Leila's hand was stained with blood as soon as
she reached out.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Renee, Renee ..." Callum lunged over. The driver was already driving the car around fast.
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&#lt;p&#gt;At the hospital.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum slumped in the doorway of the operating room with a look of shock and disbelief.
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&#lt;p&#gt;On the way here, Leila had told him what had happened. He couldn't believe that Renee was pregnant
with his child and that she had aborted it herself, "Renee, why are you so stubborn?"
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&#lt;p&#gt;That day at the piano shop, she told him herself that she was in love with someone else and asked him
to marry the secretary's daughter. At that moment, he really gave up!&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;But--
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&#lt;p&#gt;He looked desperately at the door of the operating room and murmured, "How could it have come to
this? How could it?"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum finally broke down.
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&#lt;p&#gt;His parents even came after him personally.
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&#lt;p&#gt;His father yelled at him righteously, "Callum, how can you leave your bride behind? Come back with me
now. Don't miss the auspicious time!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Leila looked at Callum's parents, and her heart suddenly went cold. Didn’t miss the auspicious time?
But what about Renee?
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&#lt;p&#gt;Vincent reached out and grabbed Leila's hand, taking her into his arms. How much blood had Renee
lost? Was she still alive?
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&#lt;p&#gt;Leila really didn't dare to think about it. She only dared to pray in her heart to God to save Renee!
&#lt;/p&#gt;
&#lt;p&#gt;"No! I'm not going!" Callum shook his head and stared at them blankly. "I'm going to wait for Renee to
wake up!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;"What's wrong with Renee?" Mr. West then remembered to ask.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"She's pregnant with my baby and now she's bleeding profusely!" Callum covered his face with his
hands in pain.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Ah--" Callum's parents were stunned at the same time.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"How could this happen?" Mrs. West exclaimed. "How is Renee?"&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;"I don't know. I don't know. It's all blood. It's all blood ..." Callum murmured.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum's parents didn't dare ask him to go back again and had to wait there.
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&#lt;p&#gt;After an hour of resuscitation, the door to the operating room was finally opened and Renee was
wheeled out. Just like when Pippa was resuscitated, one blood bag and one drug bag, and two
syringes were fed into her body at the same time.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her eyes were closed and her long eyelashes curled against her eyelids. Then she slowly opened her
eyes.
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Renee, Renee, how are you?" Callum shouted in a low voice.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee opened her mouth. "I'm sorry I ruined your wedding. Go back quickly. Don't spoil the mood of
the bride!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her words made Callum feel like his heart was pricked by a needle. "Renee, I'm an asshole. It's all my
fault. Why are you so stubborn?"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee just turned to look at Callum's parents and apologized gently. "I'm sorry, Mr. and Mrs. West. You
can take Callum away!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;"Renee, no, it's you I love. I was wrong! I was really wrong!" Callum murmured and grabbed her hand
tightly.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her hand was cold. But she struggled and gently drew her hand back from his grip.
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&#lt;p&#gt;They were no longer related. Why did he have to be so ambiguous?
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&#lt;p&#gt;She smiled faintly."I love you, but it has never been about you. Callum, I don't hate you! Don't feel guilty
about me! Our love is over, and our fate has been destroyed. We are not destined for this life. You and I&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;are strangers after all!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;That was it!
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&#lt;p&#gt;It was over!
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&#lt;p&#gt;It was time for everything to end! After the disaster, what she wanted most was to let go.
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&#lt;p&#gt;No matter how much Callum begged, Renee didn't want to see him again.
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&#lt;p&#gt;In the end, Callum went back!
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&#lt;p&#gt;It was said that the wedding went on again that day, except that the groom never smiled again.
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&#lt;p&#gt;It was said that Secretary Newman, the father of Lennie, was furious.
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&#lt;p&#gt;It was said that the newspapers were extraordinarily sensational that day. None of them expected that
the wedding could be interrupted.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee's parents finally found out about it, but could only sigh helplessly.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee, lying on the hospital bed, had a hidden sadness in her eyes, yet it did not seem like it, but more
like a sense of grief.
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&#lt;p&#gt;In these gloomy days, Renee recalled the conversation between them at the piano shop that day.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee was singing the song "Later" for hours until her voice was hoarse, and she was still singing.
After Leila left, Callum came to the piano shop.
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&#lt;p&#gt;The moment she turned back around, he was staring at her in a daze.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her heart ached and her tone stiffened a bit. "What are you doing here?"&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum was silent for a long time and just said, "Renee, I'm going to get married! I thought I should tell
you in person! About that night, it was a beautiful mistake. Everything was my fault! Since you have a
boyfriend too, and I have someone to marry, let's be brother and sister in the future. I hope to remain
your friend!"
&#lt;/p&#gt;
&#lt;p&#gt;He came to just apologize, he said that the night was a mistake, and he denied the night between
them. Renee even wanted to die at that time. It turned out that her sincere dedication, her most
precious first night, was actually a mistake for him.
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&#lt;p&#gt;She had said that after making love to her he could not do it with anyone else, and yet he had done it
without a second thought ...
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&#lt;p&#gt;But what did he do then?
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&#lt;p&#gt;She finally understood that in this world, she would rather believe in ghosts than in men. She was
obsessed with her love and always thought that since she loved, she would love like a fool. It turned
out that everything was just a beautiful mistake.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Who said that men love women with their lower body, and women love men with their upper body.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Once a woman made contact with a man, she immediately wanted a wedding dress and diamond ring
and wanted to be with the man for a long time, even if the man had an extramarital affair. Men would
like to sleep with women and say something sweet to coax them to spend as little money as possible,
while women wanted to get married to them. So the biggest difference between men and women was
that men wanted to possess a woman's body, while women wanted to possess a man's heart.
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&#lt;p&#gt;In the end, she just said two words, "Get out!"
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&#lt;p&#gt;Callum finally did go away. Although he looked a bit forlorn, although he seemed to have something to
say, he finally did not say anything. The moment he turned to leave, she burst into tears.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;She sat at the piano in the piano shop and continued to play the song "Later". She sang that very
meaningful song in a mournful, hoarse voice to the point of heartbreak.
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&#lt;p&#gt;What she didn't know was that outside the piano shop, Callum was standing there for an hour. He
thought she would chase him out, would grab him, and forbid him to get married, but she didn't. He
thought that maybe she was really in love with that guy. The man that day was indeed dazzling. He was
driving a red Ferrari that he couldn't get in exchange for a lifetime of hard work!
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&#lt;p&#gt;Unrequited love was a blooming flower that bloomed only in the heart, one after another, which became
a patch and then a garden of lovesickness. However, that person came just to pick the flowers. He was
just a hurried passerby, and that was all!
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&#lt;p&#gt;She thought he would stop and love her for as long as he could. But no. It was just a fleeting moment.
Then, having loved, it was just a thing of the past!
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&#lt;p&#gt;Renee had to stop loving him and give up. Even though she knew it hurt, it was hard, she decided to
give up. If she could, she would spend her life trying to forget this love that she had held on to for so
many years!
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&#lt;p&#gt;One must always learn to forget something. The flower would fade, just like her heart!
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&#lt;p&#gt;Leila didn't know what to say. She just felt that there was still love between the two, but Renee was hurt
too deeply. The one she loved was the tattoo on her heart. How could she just forget him? Even if she
didn't think of him, the tattoo engraved on her heart would throb and ache, reminding her that the
person might have been engraved on her heart long ago.
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&#lt;p&#gt;Her withered heart. Her heart withered because of infatuation!
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&#lt;p&#gt;A week later.&#lt;/p&#gt;
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&#lt;p&#gt;Leila went to see Renee and found her quiet and expressionless. She was no longer the lively and
cheerful woman she had been. Leila only felt her despair was like water, making her suffocate.
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&#lt;p&#gt;In the quiet office, Vincent, who had been busy, was taking some rest for the first time. He put down the
file in his hand and gazed with unusual concentration at Leila who was sitting on the sofa looking at her
review material. Her bangs were a little long and fell down as she bowed her head. Between her hair,
her brow was slightly furrowed, as if she was thinking about something.
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&#lt;p&#gt;What was he looking at? Leila did not look up, but still clearly felt Vincent's passionate eyes like fire
burned on her body. Did he openly ask her to come to his office to work with him, saying that he was
protecting her, but in fact he was looking at her?&#lt;/p&#gt;
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