She Killed My Dog for Her First Love–Now She's Drowning in Regret

Before Valerie's grandmother passed away, her dying wish was for Valerie to marry me.

So, even though she still loved her high school sweetheart, Valerie stuck to our engagement.

Until her high school sweetheart killed the puppy I'd raised since it was tiny.

Valerie, yet again, chose to stand by him.

This time, I didn't argue.

I just contacted my professor and applied to join his top-secret research project.

Before I left, I gave myself seven days to sort everything out.

On the first day, I took off the engagement ring, the one that was supposed to symbolize "forever."