Chapter 9

I scoffed at Jacob. "Do you really want your wish to be granted?" Jacob nodded solemnly and replied, "Yes. I want you to give me a chance. Even if you refuse to divorce Zane, I still want to be with you for the rest of our lives." I gently fidgeted with the love lock. Smiling sarcastically, I responded, "If that's the case, you should speak to Megan about this. After all, the lock has her name on it." Jacob froze. Then, he took the love lock from me and inspected it in disbelief. He had probably forgotten that my name wasn't engraved on it. On the day he decided to marry Megan, I had travelled to all the places we had visited without telling him. That was how I ended up discovering the love lock. I found the situation laughable and pathetic. The incident had also strengthened my resolve to find a new fiance. "Maybe you don't even know who you actually love, Jacob. Even at the peak of our relationship, you had no qualms about engraving your ex's name on our love lock," I said. I