Step aside, Uncle Pride：Your Nephew is My Next Man - Chapter 28: Chapter 28
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Cassian came out to see everyone huddled around the desk whispering, and immediately frowned.
The sudden voice behind them startled everyone. They instinctively hid whatever they were holding behind their backs, laughing awkwardly: "It's nothing, nothing..."
Before they could finish speaking, Marcus felt his hands go empty.
When he turned around, sure enough, the invitation had vanished from his grasp. Looking again, he saw that flash of red now in Cassian's hands—it was definitely the invitation they'd been hiding.
Before they could stop him, Cassian had already opened the invitation and seen the two names inside:
Mara Collins, Noah Hartwell.
Looking at the wedding date on the invitation: October 21st.
He pressed his lips together and said nothing, but everyone present couldn't help but shiver, feeling the temperature around them drop significantly as his mood clearly darkened.
"Um... we've got some stuff to handle, so we'll head out first!"
Seeing him like this, the others didn't dare stay longer and all found excuses to leave early. In the end, only Marcus remained.
The next second, he saw Cassian pull out a small box.
This wasn't the first time Marcus had seen this ring box. Over the past three years, he'd occasionally catch Cassian taking it out to touch, as if reminiscing about someone.
Who that someone was went without saying.
"When did Mara get back?" He looked at the invitation, finding something odd about it.
After a long silence, Cassian let out a bitter laugh and replied in a muffled voice: "Three days ago. I ran into her at the airport."
At that, Marcus's eyes widened.
Saw her three days ago, invitation arrived three days later—the intent to keep their distance was painfully obvious. After a pause, he asked again: "What did you two talk about? How did it end up..."
Before he could finish, Cassian shook his head: "She said she came back this time just to get married."
At those words, Marcus fell silent too.
He started to speak several times but stopped, until finally it all became just a sigh.
What else could he say? In the end, it was Cassian himself who had broken Mara's heart back then.
Still, thinking about it now brought some regret.
After all, back then they'd all assumed Mara and Cassian would end up together. They could all see that Mara liked Cassian.
If she hadn't, how could she have possibly endured Cassian's terrible temper during that period?
But just then, Cassian seemed to suddenly make some kind of decision: "I'm not giving up just like this."
The person Mara liked was supposed to be him. She was supposed to be his.
But when he said this, Marcus, who'd always thought they should be together, paused in surprise. After a moment, he looked at him with complicated eyes and asked: "Why put yourself through this?"
When you didn't know how to treasure her back then, and now Mara's about to marry someone else, what's the point of struggling over whether to let go or not?
"There's no 'why put myself through this.' I love her, and I absolutely cannot watch her marry someone else."
Marcus was startled by his words and wanted to persuade him further: "But she's already fallen for someone else..."
What can you do about it if you're unwilling?
He swallowed the rest of that sentence, but Cassian seemed to read his unspoken words. Still unconcerned, he even smiled: "So what? If I could make her love me once, I can make her love me a second time."
Seeing he couldn't be persuaded, Marcus shook his head and sighed helplessly, ultimately saying nothing more.
"Fine, do what you want."
But he knew Cassian probably wouldn't succeed.
Maybe he hadn't realized yet that Mara was someone who, once she'd made up her mind, would never look back. Just like when she'd decided to care for the paralyzed Cassian—no matter how he berated or drove her away, she never thought of giving up.
And just like later, when he recovered and she realized she was being pushed away, she'd quietly planned her departure and silently disappeared from all their lives.
Perhaps some people need to hit a wall before they realize that what they've lost—people or things—can never be found again, no matter how much they regret it.
After everyone left, Cassian took the ring out of its box. He looked at the letter representing Mara, gently stroking it as he whispered:
"Mara, I absolutely won't give up just like this..."
The sudden voice behind them startled everyone. They instinctively hid whatever they were holding behind their backs, laughing awkwardly: "It's nothing, nothing..."
Before they could finish speaking, Marcus felt his hands go empty.
When he turned around, sure enough, the invitation had vanished from his grasp. Looking again, he saw that flash of red now in Cassian's hands—it was definitely the invitation they'd been hiding.
Before they could stop him, Cassian had already opened the invitation and seen the two names inside:
Mara Collins, Noah Hartwell.
Looking at the wedding date on the invitation: October 21st.
He pressed his lips together and said nothing, but everyone present couldn't help but shiver, feeling the temperature around them drop significantly as his mood clearly darkened.
"Um... we've got some stuff to handle, so we'll head out first!"
Seeing him like this, the others didn't dare stay longer and all found excuses to leave early. In the end, only Marcus remained.
The next second, he saw Cassian pull out a small box.
This wasn't the first time Marcus had seen this ring box. Over the past three years, he'd occasionally catch Cassian taking it out to touch, as if reminiscing about someone.
Who that someone was went without saying.
"When did Mara get back?" He looked at the invitation, finding something odd about it.
After a long silence, Cassian let out a bitter laugh and replied in a muffled voice: "Three days ago. I ran into her at the airport."
At that, Marcus's eyes widened.
Saw her three days ago, invitation arrived three days later—the intent to keep their distance was painfully obvious. After a pause, he asked again: "What did you two talk about? How did it end up..."
Before he could finish, Cassian shook his head: "She said she came back this time just to get married."
At those words, Marcus fell silent too.
He started to speak several times but stopped, until finally it all became just a sigh.
What else could he say? In the end, it was Cassian himself who had broken Mara's heart back then.
Still, thinking about it now brought some regret.
After all, back then they'd all assumed Mara and Cassian would end up together. They could all see that Mara liked Cassian.
If she hadn't, how could she have possibly endured Cassian's terrible temper during that period?
But just then, Cassian seemed to suddenly make some kind of decision: "I'm not giving up just like this."
The person Mara liked was supposed to be him. She was supposed to be his.
But when he said this, Marcus, who'd always thought they should be together, paused in surprise. After a moment, he looked at him with complicated eyes and asked: "Why put yourself through this?"
When you didn't know how to treasure her back then, and now Mara's about to marry someone else, what's the point of struggling over whether to let go or not?
"There's no 'why put myself through this.' I love her, and I absolutely cannot watch her marry someone else."
Marcus was startled by his words and wanted to persuade him further: "But she's already fallen for someone else..."
What can you do about it if you're unwilling?
He swallowed the rest of that sentence, but Cassian seemed to read his unspoken words. Still unconcerned, he even smiled: "So what? If I could make her love me once, I can make her love me a second time."
Seeing he couldn't be persuaded, Marcus shook his head and sighed helplessly, ultimately saying nothing more.
"Fine, do what you want."
But he knew Cassian probably wouldn't succeed.
Maybe he hadn't realized yet that Mara was someone who, once she'd made up her mind, would never look back. Just like when she'd decided to care for the paralyzed Cassian—no matter how he berated or drove her away, she never thought of giving up.
And just like later, when he recovered and she realized she was being pushed away, she'd quietly planned her departure and silently disappeared from all their lives.
Perhaps some people need to hit a wall before they realize that what they've lost—people or things—can never be found again, no matter how much they regret it.
After everyone left, Cassian took the ring out of its box. He looked at the letter representing Mara, gently stroking it as he whispered:
"Mara, I absolutely won't give up just like this..."
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