Chapter 1

On my birthday, I made a wish.

I wished that Ethan and I could finally have a real date, just the two of us.

The next second, the cake was flipped onto the floor. The unlit candles were crushed into the creamy mess.

My best friend, Chloe, wiped her tears and asked in a shaking voice if I hated her for ruining my night.

Ethan gently stroked her hair, looking at her with pure heartbreak before glaring at me.

"You know Chloe just went through a bad breakup, Hazel. Why did you have to bring up a private date right now?"

"She's going through so much. Can't you just yield to her for once?"

I stared blankly at the ruined cake on the floor. It was the cake I had stood in line for three hours to buy.

Ever since Chloe broke up with her boyfriend a year ago, my romantic dinners with Ethan had turned into group hangouts.

Our custom promise rings had turned into a set of three "friendship rings."

Even our wedding, which was supposed to happen a year ago, had been put on hold because Ethan was afraid the wedding atmosphere would trigger Chloe's depression.

For Chloe's sake, I had stepped back again and again.

But Ethan always thought it wasn't enough. He acted as if I should hand her the entire world.

As my tears dripped onto the ruined cake, I finally made up my mind.

I would let Chloe have this wish. I would give Ethan to her.

As for the rest of my life, I wouldn't waste another second of it on them.