Broken Rings

Chapter 1

Autumn POV:

I fucking hate men.

Seriously why do men think they are the gods of the fucking earth? Just because they have the ability to overpopulate the earth.

That was my thoughts before and now after I met my now ex-fiancé, Matthew. We met in our senior year of high school, I just thought that it was going to be my first small relationship, letting me gain some experience with guys and how I would be able to have a real relationship and that it was going to end before college, that's how most relationships work anyways.

But the universe had different plans, instead we continued our relationship, my parents eventually met him and they immediately loved him, Matthew was very respectful to my parents and they treated him like a future son in law, they loved that their daughter finally found someone that she can love and marry one day, possibly have children with.

We went to college together and finally when we graduated college years later, he proposed to me in the restaurant we were celebrating in.

I was so happy with him.

I loved him.

He was my everything, I thought we'd have a future, a life together. Probably raising children and having our own house and pets, and just laughing about old high school memories.

But no, we don't all get what we want.

Instead here I am, three months after he proposed, he just suddenly called off the wedding the day before I was supposed to walk down.

I tried talking to him, but he just shut me down, not really caring about my feelings, I was seeing a completely different side of him. I tried calling him, but it seems like he blocked me.

For no fucking reason.

All he did was just send his lawyer to give me some papers about us staying together and made me leave the apartment we own together.

His family didn't even try to talk some sense into him, they didn't say a word to me at all. They switched up on me so fast.

I don't know what he was thinking or what had changed but maybe it was something that I've done. Maybe he thinks that we were moving too quickly, I mean we are in our early 20s. But I don't think that's a reason to call off a whole wedding and having no explanation to why and not talking to me.

I accepted it somehow and sadly returned the beautiful dress I bought. Some other girl deserves to have it on her special day.

That huge dream of our future together... gone.

I'm now currently in my childhood bedroom, where I am just laying on the floor and crying my eyes out. Matthew was the love of my life.

Now I really do hate men.

I was supposed to get married today, I was supposed to become a Knight today, I am supposed to be now on my way to my honeymoon.

Now gone, down the drain.

I hear the door open, I know exactly who it is, my mom and dad have been checking on me nonstop, not to be rude, but I just want to be left alone.

I turn around to see her face, her tinted brown hair pulled back into a low ponytail. Her features have sympathy all over it. It makes me want to break down all over again.

"Honey, why don't you help me cook dinner tonight" her sad expression deepens.

"No thanks, I'm not hungry" I say, looking down to avoid her eyes.

"It's not healthy to lay on the floor and-"

"Mom!" I cut her off, jumping to my feet, "For god sake, just leave me alone!"

Shock covered her face, but she returned to sympathetic look, "Sweetheart, I know you're hurting but if you would just calm down then-"

"Fuck this shit" I push past her and yank my keys off the key holder and walk out the door.

I just want to be alone.

The walk to the beach was long but I didn't care, I needed space and fresh air, as the wind started to pick up and made my dark brunette hair flow into my face.

I knew it wasn't fair to shout at my mother, but sometimes, some people just don't understand what you really need except yourself.

When I got to the beach, I thought about it, from the wedding being canceled, to Matthew not talking to me, and my parents checking up on me every five minutes. I definitely needed fresh air to breathe.

The more I think about it, the heavier my chest feels and the more my eyes becomes glossy with tears.

I just let it out, I don't think I actually cried this hard in my life.

After a few minutes of crying, it later turns into anger. I ball my fist up so tight that my nails are digging hard into my palms, almost piercing into my skin. I soon started to pick up a rock by the water and just threw it into the ocean.

I used to do that when I was younger to let frustration out, it helps out a lot, so I picked up more rocks and I keep throwing the rocks with all my force.

*

Some time goes by, the sun is now gone and it becomes dark soon enough but I don't know nor care about how many rocks I threw. I'm about to throw another one but someone quickly grips my wrist firmly, preventing me from throwing it.

My head turns fast, my hair whips in the air in the process and I lock eyes with a guy, who has brown fluffy hair and deep brown eyes, he has a tan skin tone, he looks like he can be a model or something.

He gently takes the rock with his other hand. And lets go of me, he tosses the rock somewhere on the beach and turns back to me.

He gently lifts his hand and places a lock of my hair behind my ear, somehow sending tingles down my spine.

"What got you all mad, darling?"

Yay! First chapter is done!

What do you guys think Autumn will say to the mysterious man?

Why did Autumn ex-finance cancelled the wedding?

- Summer Roe