That day, the entire wedding hall was as beautiful as a palace. The bright yellow light shone on the radiant face of the groom – Hoang, a successful man who owned the most luxurious restaurant chain in the city. Beside him was Linh – a new, young and beautiful bride, wearing a sparkling fishtail dress, constantly bowing and smiling to greet the guests.
No one knew, a year ago, Hoang was still happy with his wife Mai. She was a gentle woman, always behind her husband’s support, from the days when he was empty-handed to when he became a businessman praised by people.
But then Hoang changed. He met Linh at a reception party. Linh was still young and knew how to mingle with men. Hoang gradually grew cold towards Mai. He was deliberately lying, lying loudly, just to push her to the limit. The climax was when Mai was in the office, Hoang quietly called the doctor, signed a paper for his wife to be hospitalized, with the reason “she is sick”.
The next day when he was brought in, he looked at his wife with dark eyes: “I am not sick, I am just sick… I believe you.” But Hoang turned his face away, avoiding her gaze. In his heart at that time, only the image of Linh was full.
A year later, Hoang had a peaceful marriage. He did not know that, in a place nearly 200 kilometers away from the city, Mai had left the hospital three months ago. She quietly learned to drive, selling all her gold and wedding jewelry to buy an old 2016 supercar, for one reason only…
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… There was only one reason: she had to show up on her husband’s wedding day, not to hold, but to close everything.
The bustling music blared, the MC shouted to invite the bride to come up to the stage to cut the wedding cake. At that moment, the roar of the engine sounded outside the door, overwhelming the entire orchestra. All the guests were shocked and turned their heads. A shiny black supercar rushed into the hall, braking right in front of the main door, causing white smoke to rise in the fog.
Maya got out of the car. She was not wearing a dress or evening gown. She was wearing a simple white dress, her hair loose, her face calm but her eyes cold. In her hand, she held a luxuriously wrapped gift box. The atmosphere in the hall immediately fell silent, only a confused whisper remained.
Huang was stunned, her face turned pale, and her mouth spoke:
“M-Mai… Star… You’re here again?
Maya didn’t answer, she just smiled. She went straight to the stage and handed the gift box to Linh. Her voice was clear in front of hundreds of guests:
“Congratulations to you both. This is my wedding gift and I will never forget it for the rest of my life.
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Linh shivered and picked it up. The auditorium seemed to be holding its breath. She slowly opened the lid of the box—and a stack of bright red paper fell out. Not a bomb, not a knife, but… the certificate of ownership of the entire restaurant chain, along with the transfer contract signed in Hoang’s name.
Mai continued calmly:
“Everything he has now… all from my efforts, capital and sacrifice. I returned all my shares to his biggest partner. From now on, there is nothing left of Hoang, except for the name of the “betrayal groom” now.
The auditorium roared. The powerful guests began to retreat, and the phone kept ringing. Huang’s face was white, his legs were bent, and Linh was amazed, hugging the gift box like hugging a lump of hot coal.
Mai looked straight at her ex-husband and smiled faintly:
“I’m not crazy, I haven’t gone crazy yet. Crazy people… Do you think you can bury me to be with my wife?
After speaking, she turned and walked out of the wedding hall to the occasional applause of a few guests who were impressed by the pride of the betrayed woman. The supercar roared again, shrouded in white smoke, leaving a wedding that had been reduced to ashes since it began.