Still a Blessing When I Start Over

"I heard that the boyfriend of the famous love blogger, Luna, specially arranged this fireworks show to confess his feelings to her."

"You're talking about Luna and Matt, right? They're super sweet."

"Yes, those two. They are very sweet!"

Jenna heard the conversation of the two women beside her, and her heart clenched. Her intuition told her that Matt was Matthew.

With trembling hands, Jenna pulled out her phone and searched for Luna's blog. Thanks to her high profile and Matthew's affection, Jenna found her blog almost effortlessly. Her full name was Luna Zachary, and she was seven years younger than them. Matthew affectionately called her Luna Bear.

All her blog posts were filled with Matthew's affection for her. In one instance, she complained about not getting along with her roommate, so he rented her an apartment outside the university and gave her a car with a driver.

Luna loved plush toys, so he gave up his business deals for her and went to buy her two big boxes full of plushies. She filled her couch with them and took a photo for Matthew.

Luna: [This is a love that's exclusive to me, right?]

Matthew: [Of course, it's exclusive to you.]

Jenna read through the blog post and suddenly stopped at one of them.

Luna pestered Matthew for a love confession, and he made her a promise.

Matthew: [I'll surprise you and fulfill your wish in a month.]

Jenna's fingertips on the screen slid down inch by inch, becoming increasingly weak. She pondered, 'It's exactly one month today. It turns out that he had already prepared everything and decided that he wouldn't be accompanying me until the end today. What am I, then? A witness to their love?'

Her heart ached as she pressed her chest hard. The intense pain forced her to bend over and gasp for breath while tears fell from her eyes.

Her love for Matthew had also begun with fireworks. The 18-year-old Matthew had a lot going for him; he was smart, had a strong family background, and was good-looking. He was the Prince Charming of most girls at school, but he only had eyes for Jenna.

Back then, he never avoided his feelings and was not worried about getting lectured by the teachers. He just declared openly, "It's my decision to like Jenna. What does it have to do with her? If you want to punish someone, just punish me. She doesn't know anything. What do you mean by puppy love? There's no such thing. It's unrequited love as I'm still pursuing her."

When faced with everyone's teasing, Jenna would only raise her book and silently hide away. However, her ears would turn red behind the book.

Matthew stood in front of the school building on the eve of graduation with the brilliant sky behind him. He cupped his hands around his mouth to mimic the effects of a megaphone and shouted in Jenna's direction while she was surrounded by people upstairs, "Jenna, I like you! You'll become my wife!"

That year's spring breeze was full of gentleness as it carried her sweet thoughts and blew his white shirt. His school uniform was the ultimate symbol of his youth.

Everyone called them the perfect match and said that they would be together forever. Jenna believed that too, but he had shattered this certainty. He had given away what had once belonged solely to her.

The bodyguard next to her saw that she was crying uncontrollably and hurriedly handed her a tissue. "Mrs. Simmons, are you okay?"

Jenna took it and said hoarsely, "You'd better keep what happened tonight to yourself. If he knows that I saw them, this marriage won't be able to continue, and you'll be punished as well."

"I understand, Mrs. Simmons," the bodyguard replied.

Jenna did not even look back when she left.

Fireworks faded away quickly, and it was hard to return to the past.

From the moment Matthew betrayed her, her relationship with him could no longer be restored.