My Mother Died At My Wedding Chapter 24

“Jack, why are you like this? Lily made a mistake, and you punished her. Isn’t that enough? Do you really love Freya that much?”
“Exactly. She’s just a woman. With your status, you could have any woman you want.”
“Just let her go. Are you really planning to chase after her? You should show her that you don’t need her, that you can have plenty of other women and still live a great life. That’ll make her come crawling back.”
“Yeah, worst case, just find a few women who look like Freya and teach them to act like her. Isn’t that the same thing?”
The men spoke casually, trying to comfort Jack.
Over the years, they had seen how deeply he loved Freya, and they couldn’t help but think it was a waste.
They were always surrounded by women, while Jack stood apart.
Was Freya really that special?
But the fact they even voiced this doubt revealed a part of themselves they rarely admitted.
Despite all their dismissive talk, they sometimes envied Jack and Freya’s love. They’d even felt pangs of jealousy.
They had long worn the mask of playboys, cycling through flings without ever finding a genuine connection. They had forgotten what it meant to truly care for someone.
To them, women were nothing more than toys.
However, Jack was the outlier in their group.
Behind their friendly smiles, they had always harbored a quiet desire to pull him down to their level.
Jack’s entanglement with Lily was the final proof that Jack was no different from them, that he had joined their ranks at last.