Chapter 2

Vanessa closed the door and put on her earplugs, not wanting to listen to the noise outside. Since she had decided to go back and get married, she would have to quit her job here. But she still wanted to finish the work at hand and try not to cause trouble for others. She sat in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and worked alone. The sun was setting outside the window and the sky was gradually darkening. Vanessa took off her earplugs, got up and stretched her body. After working for so long, she finally finished her work. It was completely quiet downstairs. She instinctively turned on her phone to relax. At this time, Hannah Zahn's message popped up, and Vanessa instinctively opened it. "Why don't you like my post on social media feed?" This sentence was sent over a minute ago, and she sent another one, "I'm sorry, Nessa, I made a mistake, don't be angry?" Vanessa opened her social media feed to see what she had posted. What came into view was a nine-grid photo. The photos were all gifts from Keanu and Seamus. A gorgeous pink princess dress was spread out, like a pink cloud. To match the dress, Keanu also gave her a pair of custom crystal diamond shoes. The shining diamonds refracted beautiful light, very luxurious. And that red sports car was obviously given by Seamus. In the center photo, Hannah Zahn stood between Keanu and Seamus, with her arms around the two men, smiling sweetly. Caption: "Yay, today I also became a queen bee~" Vanessa knew that Hannah Zahn deliberately posted these just to break her composure. If it were before, she really couldn't stand this scheming-girl act, nor could she stand Keanu and Seamus giving what belonged to her to Hannah Zahn, who had only known them for less than a month. However, now that she was leaving, she naturally wouldn't care about these things. She didn't care and lightly tapped the screen with her fingertips, and a glowing heart emoji lit up the screen. From now on, she and Keanu and Seamus would just be ordinary friends, and the difficult decision would be left to Hannah Zahn. The next day, Vanessa went to the company to resign. After returning home, she sorted out all the photos of the three of them. They had known each other for more than twenty years, and the number of photos they had taken together was countless, enough to fill more than ten thick albums. When she opened it, there were pictures of Keanu and Seamus pretend-family games with her when she was little; there were pictures of the three of them winning awards in middle school; there were pictures of the three of them traveling together in college... Vanessa looked through them one by one, and these memories were so vivid that they seemed to be right in front of her eyes. But now, none of this mattered. She lit them one by one and threw them in the trash can, forming a small pile of fire. The flames kept devouring the images on the photos, and finally only ashes remained. Keanu and Seamus came back one after another and saw this scene. After seeing what she was doing, Keanu quickly walked over, and his voice sounded a bit shaky, "What are you doing!" Vanessa glanced at him and said calmly, "Nothing, I saw that these photos were yellowed with age, so I burned them." Seamus instinctively tried to grab the remaining photos from Vanessa's hands, but she intentionally shook her hand and threw the remaining photos into the fire. The flames quickly spread, giving them no chance to save anything. Seamus even tried to grab the photos that hadn't burned yet, but he was burned by the heat and pulled his hand back. "Even if they're yellowed with age, there's no need to burn them, these are memories!" He spoke with pain, and his eyes glistened with unshed tears. Keanu also looked at the fire with pain, but he was powerless. Upon hearing this, Vanessa found it a bit funny. She was standing here as a living person, but they could hurt her again and again for Hannah Zahn. Now it was just a pile of photos, and they were so heartbroken. She suddenly wondered what their reaction would be if they found out that she had decided to go back and get married.