The Wedding That Never Was Chapter 16

This time, Adrian was stopped from jumping by Jessica, who had come up to mourn with a bouquet of flowers in her arms.

The once-formidable manager looked haggard. Her eyes were swollen high, hidden behind dark sunglasses. But she recognized the man on the edge of the roof instantly. He was the murderer who had killed her most promising artist and longtime friend, Ilara.

In that instant, she frantically wanted to push him over...

But she couldn't. Ilara had loved him to death. She wouldn't want Adrian to die.

If Ilara didn't want to see it, Jessica couldn't do it.

So, she grabbed Adrian by the collar and yanked him back. The bright red rose petals in her hands smashed all over him.

"If you want to die, go die somewhere else! Don't disturb Ilara's peace!" Jessica roared, but her voice cracked into a hoarse whisper when she saw his lifeless eyes.

She wasn't seeing that look for the first time.

Every time Ilara had cried on her shoulder, those beautiful eyes were just as unfocused and empty.

The reporters' long lenses and flashing cameras could never shake Ilara. Her perfect smile was always impeccable.

Yet, a cold look or a hurtful word from Adrian could always make her tears fall.

She wasn't a crier. Whether she was being scolded by a producer in the recording studio or grilled by a host on a talk show, she held her ground.

Jessica remembered the girl from the beginning because of her strength. But after meeting Adrian...

Jessica recalled the first time she saw Ilara cry.

Adrian disliked all of Ilara's friends in the entertainment industry, including Jessica.

Back then, when Ilara made her first friend and happily told Adrian, she was met with a cold face.

She could only sadly distance herself from her friend in exchange for Adrian's fleeting smile.

But he was always busy. His training went on day and night.

Ilara had no friends, so she could only curl up on the sofa to fight against one lonely long night after another.

She gradually realized that the fewer people she had around her, the happier Adrian was.

In her loveless life, Adrian was the first person to reach out to her, the one who gave her the most affection.

How could that love be fake?

So, this poor fool drove everyone away, keeping even Jessica at a professional distance.

She learned to do anything just to make Adrian a little happier...

Cooking, cleaning, laundry, massages...

Only to be scolded by Adrian for being too clingy and not giving him freedom.

After that, Ilara saw the women who clung to Adrian for his looks. Although his cold face scared them off, those scolding words took root in her heart. She began to reflect on whether she wasn't doing enough.

Day after day, depression naturally came knocking.

Jessica recalled those days and felt that the only reason she hadn't physically attacked Adrian yet was out of respect for Ilara.

And this culprit, only after everything was irreversible, put on this act of deep regret. It truly made her sick.

Even a colleague like Jessica couldn't stand seeing Ilara like that back then and would step forward to comfort her.

But Adrian could continue to speak cold words with a heart of stone. Only after he left did Ilara dare to cry out loud.

Because Adrian said her crying was annoying.

Thinking of this, Jessica looked down at Adrian, who was staring blankly with tears streaming down his face, and let out a mocking laugh.

This man, who hurt Ilara the most...

When he found out his girlfriend had depression, he ran to question her, the manager, asking if she had forced Ilara to do things she didn't want to do.

Back then, Jessica had only cursed him for being an irresponsible man before Ilara's pleading eyes forced her to stop.

Now, she only hated that it wasn't Adrian who died.

Adrian thought the same thing.