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She looked at me and said she\u2019d tell me after the ceremony. But I felt great unease.\n
\u201cWait,\u201d I blurted, holding up my hand. The entire church went dead silent. I turned to Jane, my chest tight. \u201cTell me. Tell me why you\u2019re wearing black. Now.\u201d\n I FROZE when she said, \u201cIt\u2019s all because of your mother,\u201d Jane revealed. \u201cShe told me everything.\u201d\n \u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d I asked.\n At the time, I saw Jane\u2019s eyes fill up with tears.\n \u201cShe told me about you and Lauren,\u201d Jane began as her voice trembled. \u201cYour best friend.\u201d\n \u201cWhat? What did my mom say about Lauren?\u201d I asked while squinting my eyes. I had no clue what Jane was talking about.\n \u201cShe said you\u2019ve been ch:eating on me with Lauren,\u201d Jane announced, and a collective gasp rippled through the guests. \u201cShe said you two were having an affair and that you planned to leave me for her. That\u2019s why I\u2019m wearing black. To mourn the love we once had, Nathan.\u201d\n I couldn\u2019t believe what Jane just said.\n \u201cThis is not true, Jane,\u201d I pleaded. \u201cI swear I never ch:eat:ed on you. Lauren and I are just friends. I don\u2019t know why my mom would say that.\u201d\n Desperate to spot my mother in the crowd, but she was nowhere to be seen. I wanted to confront her, to prove she was lying.\n \u201cI don\u2019t believe you,\u201d Jane said firmly. \u201cI know you\u2019re lying because that\u2019s what you\u2019ve always done.\u201d\n \u201cJane, please,\u201d I begged, reaching for her hand, but she pulled away. \u201cMom never liked you. She\u2019s trying to sabotage us. Please, you have to trust me.\u201d\n \u201cOh, I see. But it\u2019s not just about the affair, Nathan,\u201d Jane shook her head. \u201cI know your secret. I know you\u2019ve been lying to me.\u201d\n \u201cWhat secret?\u201d I asked.\n Jane looked around the church and locked eyes with me.\n \u201cYou lied about your family\u2019s finances,\u201d she spat. \u201cYou hid that your family is bankrupt, and you\u2019re marrying me to use my money to save your business. Isn\u2019t that true?\u201d\n Oh, no, I thought.\n What Jane said was partly true, but I never wanted to reveal my secret like this. Yes, indeed, my family business wasn\u2019t going well, and we were almost bankrupt. And yes, I thought marrying Jane would help, but I wasn\u2019t marrying her for the money!\n I loved her, so I decided to tie the knot with her. I had no idea how to explain this to her.\n \u201cListen, Jane,\u201d I said. \u201cLet me explain, I\u2014\u201d\n \u201cExplain what?\u201d she cut me off. \u201cThat your mother pressured you to find a wealthy woman to save the family business? She told me everything. I just can\u2019t believe I was so dumb to fall in love with a man like you!\u201d\n At the time, I wanted to say so much. I wanted to explain that I wasn\u2019t lying, but somehow, I couldn\u2019t speak a word. I couldn\u2019t say anything.\n \u201cIt\u2019s over, Nathan,\u201d Jane declared before storming out of the church.\n She walked away when the guests whispered among themselves. Meanwhile, my friends rushed over, but I couldn\u2019t let her go like that. I had to make her understand.\n \u201cJane, wait!\u201d I shouted, running after her. \u201cPlease, just listen to me.\u201d\n \u201cI don\u2019t want to listen to your lies, Nathan,\u201d she said without even turning around.\n I walked and stood in front of her, blocking her path.\n \u201cI swear I\u2019m not lying to you,\u201d I protested. \u201cI don\u2019t know why Mom said all this to you, but I think that\u2019s because she doesn\u2019t like you. I never told you this but Mom wasn\u2019t really happy with our relationship.\u201d\n \u201cAnd why should I believe you, Nathan?\u201d\n Before I could answer, Lauren walked out of the church.\n Jane looked at Lauren, and then me. She wasn\u2019t sure if she could trust us.\n \u201cLook, if I wanted to marry you for your money, I would\u2019ve never signed the prenup,\u201d I said, holding Jane\u2019s hands. \u201cI signed it because I wanted to protect your money and your future. I wouldn\u2019t have done that if I had my eyes on your money.\u201d\n \u201cBut why did you hide your family\u2019s financial situation?\u201d she asked. \u201cWhat if you\u2019re hiding more? Why should I trust you?\u201d\n I took a deep breath.\n \u201cYou\u2019re right, Jane. I should\u2019ve told you about my family\u2019s situation, but I was scared you\u2019d leave me.\u201d I paused, realizing I needed to tell her the rest. \u201cThere\u2019s something else I\u2019ve never told you.\u201d\n Jane folded her arms as she waited for me to speak.\n \u201cMy mom hates me,\u201d I confessed. \u201cShe always has. Years ago, I took a DNA test when I was in college. I found out that my father wasn\u2019t my biological father. When I confronted her, everything fell apart. Dad left us, taking all the money with him.\u201d\n \u201cThat\u2019s why she lied to you,\u201d I continued. \u201cShe wanted to ruin my wedding because she can\u2019t stand seeing me happy. I guess she just pretended to accept you and was waiting for the right moment to ruin my relationship. I\u2019m sorry for keeping all this from you. I was embarrassed.\u201d\n At that time, I could see that Jane wasn\u2019t angry anymore. She had this look of sympathy on her face like she felt really bad for me.\n \u201cYou didn\u2019t tell me because you were embarrassed? She asked. \u201cWe were supposed to build a new life together, Nathan. But you were hiding so much from me. Do you think I can trust you after all this?\u201d\n I don\u2019t like to admit this, but I knew Jane was right. I should\u2019ve told her everything from the beginning.\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Jane,\u201d I said, looking down. \u201cI know I\u2019ve made mistakes, but I love you.\u201d\n \u201cI\u2019m sorry too, Nathan,\u201d she looked away, wiping tears from her cheek. \u201cI guess this is how it ends. This is how we part ways. I can\u2019t live with someone who keeps secrets.\u201d\n And with that, the woman I adored the most, the love of my life, walked away from me.\n Tears streamed down my cheeks as I watched her get into her car and drive away from the church. 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\n\u201cJane, listen,\u201d she said. \u201cI don\u2019t know what your mother-in-law told you, but there\u2019s nothing going on between us. Nathan is just a friend, and he loves you a lot. Trust me.\u201d\n