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My tears had not stopped until my best friend Grace came to pick me up. As soon as the news of canceling the wedding spread among my friends, everyone came to ask the reason.

The most common comments were: "Luna, is there any misunderstanding between you and Derek?" and "He's such a good man, if you miss him, you'll lose him forever."

Even my mom sided with Derek: "I heard what Derek said about your affairs. It's just a small matter. There's no need to take it seriously."

And Derek just sent me three words: "Stop it."

I held the phone in my hand, feeling powerless. No one understood me. In everyone's eyes, Derek was the perfect boyfriend: handsome, capable, able to make money, and had never cheated on me after dating for ten years.

If there was any shortcoming, it was that he liked to suppress me. We were childhood sweethearts and grew up together. He was the "other people's kid" who could do everything well and was better than me in everything. However, God was fair. While giving him talent, he also gave him a terrible family.

His mother died young, and his father was a workaholic who rarely cared about him. He would only look at him twice when he achieved something. Therefore, Derek was very precocious. When the kids in the yard were still playing in the mud, he had already started to participate in the Mathematical Olympiad and won awards.

The unfortunate family of origin made Derek cold. Only to me, he would show his venomous side. When I got second place instead of first place, he would knock on my head and say that I was "not smart enough"; when I only got a bronze medal in the competition, he would coldly accuse me of being "wooden-headed".

When I was young, my mother's favorite thing to say was: "Look at Derek. He's so good. He always gets first place in the exam and wins so many awards." It can be said that I grew up under Derek's shadow.

I don't like him always belittling me, and I hate my mom always comparing me to him. But when we were just beginning to fall in love, everyone said that Derek and I were "love enemies". They said that Derek treated me like that because he liked me.

Even when Derek confessed his love, he said: " Luna , if I didn't like you, would I be so strict with you?" That was the first time he spoke to me so gently, with a gentle look and a smile in his eyes. The constant booing around me made me have no time to care about the discomfort in my heart.

I was with Derek in a daze, and this daze lasted for ten years.