Chapter 13

"Why are you always so cruel to me?" Kaitlyn yelled, tears shimmering in her eyes. She couldn't make sense of it. "You agreed to marry me!" Dylan gave her hope by promising to marry her. Five years ago, Kaitlyn happily put on her wedding gown, and her father led her down the aisle to Dylan. She had once thought it would be the happiest and most memorable moment of her life. Yet Dylan's careless behavior had ruined everything. He had called off the marriage in front of their wedding guests when the officiant smiled and asked him, "Will you take Kaitlyn Lynch as your wife?" What followed was an uncomfortably long silence. Kaitlyn had to urge him a few times before he gathered himself. He looked at her with sheer determination. Then, he made the shocking declaration. "No. I will not take her as my wife." Dylan tossed out the ring he had clutched tightly, removed the boutonniere from his lapel, and left the venue without hesitation. Since then, the Lynch family became the butt o