Love Vanished Like Ashes

It had been three years since Everet and I broke up, and then I received his wedding invitation.

I went, sitting at the head table.

My friends at the table just laughed, their words laced with mockery.

"If you hadn't been the one to break it off back then, you'd be the one in the wedding dress today."

I just smiled, saying nothing.

Chloe, Everet's new bride, deliberately walked over to me, raising her glass.

"Thank you for stepping aside and giving me such a wonderful man."

I drained the wine glass in one gulp, revealing the hideous scar that marred the side of my face.