goodbye my sweetheart

, but, then what?Then what?Then what?

The depression and grief in his eyes made Katherine uneasy. She frowned and asked, "Taylor, what's wrong with you? Did you think of Caroline again? You still love her? Haven't gotten over it yet?"

Stefan stared at Katherine with a concerned and worried expression, "Yes, still in love."

She hugged him, patted him on the back, and comforted, "Forget it, forget her, start over, there will always be a better woman, believe me."

Stefan sighed softly, smiled wryly, and looked at her deeply, "I...forgot...no... I can't start over, and even the best women are useless, because they are not her."

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The first day of work.

Because of the priceless real diamonds on the wedding dress, Katherine has to go to the client's site to work.

She arrived at the palace-like mansion and began to sew the vintage wedding dress.

It was a huge room, with a huge workbench, and beside it were the fabrics, lace, yarn, and some tools she specified.

There is a puppet in the middle of the house, and Katherine is gesticulating with the cloth on the puppet.

In the empty room, she was alone, with a wall full of mirrors.

Of course she knew there was someone behind the mirror, and those diamonds embroidered on the wedding dress were enough to arouse a person's greed, even if she was under surveillance, she could understand it.

What she doesn't know is that the man behind the mirror is Stefan Salvatore.

Stefan watched her through the thick one-sided glass.

At first, he just wanted to take a close look at her without disturbing her—before he figured out how to get along with her.

Slowly, he began to yearn for the feeling of watching her from behind the glass.

The longer he hid behind the glass, the less he knew how to get along with her.

In the later stage, he simply arranged a small room behind the single-sided glass. There is a comfortable velvet recliner in the room. He likes to watch her figure fall asleep, and he even enjoys the feeling of seeing her when he opens his eyes.

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tenth day.

Katherine knelt on the cold marble floor, sewing sparkling diamonds on the floor-length skirt one by one.

She never got a chance to wear an engagement ring.

She also never had the chance to wear a wedding dress.

Because of this, she put all her yearning and longing for the wedding dress into this wedding dress.

This is an extremely exquisite and intricate wedding dress, carefully designed by Katherine.

The dense natural color dark pattern embroidery, the skirt, cuffs and neckline are covered with countless floral patterns made of diamonds. It is as beautiful as a dream, Katherine's wedding dream.

She embroidered the flowers with her own hands, and embroidered the diamonds herself. She put all her heart and soul into this wedding dress, and she didn't even notice that her knees were swollen and bruised.

When the day's work was over, she realized that her legs were numb. She supported the ground and stood up with great effort. She rubbed her swollen knees and stared at the beautiful wedding dress in a daze.

Suddenly, she smiled, raised her chin, and whispered proudly and slightly sadly: "Although I am not the one wearing you, I created you. You are the most beautiful wedding dress in the world."

The melancholy in her eyes broke Stefan's heart. She looked at the wedding dress like a lonely little orphan standing in front of the window of a sky-high toy store, full of yearning, helplessness, sadness, and more pretending strong.

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No. 11 days.

Katherine found a row of fat gold velvet cushions in front of the wedding dress. They were all plump and thick, with long tassels on the four corners. She knelt on them and tried them out, and they were extremely comfortable. Feels like cotton candy.

She walked up to the mirror, took a deep breath, and drew a smiling face on the mirror. She leaned in front of the mirror and said silently: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Stefan smiled too, and where she drew a smiley face, he drew a heart.

love her heart.

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The door opened, and a group of people walked in, surrounded by a stunning beauty. She was wearing a close-fitting apricot-colored floral dress, her skin was tanned to an even and healthy wheat color, and a pair of ice-blue eyes were embedded in her pretty face. Waist, hips, long legs, golden strappy high-heeled sandals, well-manicured toenails painted with royal blue nail polish, beautiful golden curly hair hanging over her shoulders, she looks like the most perfect in a magazine Perfect model.

As soon as Katherine saw her, she immediately understood: it was the bride who came to supervise the progress of the wedding dress. Looking at the beauty in front of her, Katherine secretly admired: only such a beauty is worthy of my wedding dress.

Katherine nodded slightly to her, stood behind the wedding dress and lifted the skirt so that the bride could better observe the wedding dress.

The dizzyingly beautiful bride stood in front of the wedding dress with her hips crossed and looked at her, without speaking for a long while.

Katherine knew that this was an important client of Taylor, and she had to treat it carefully, so she humbly explained, "You know, because there are a lot of diamonds to be sewn on, it is very trivial and time-consuming...plus Real diamonds are used, and reliable tailor assistants are not that easy to find... so the progress will be a few days slower than originally expected."

"Hmm—" She looked at Katherine and snorted without any emotion in her tone.

"Anyway, I promise not to delay the wedding." Katherine explained carefully.

"Don't be nervous, you don't need to explain anything to me, I'm just the groom's... assistant, call me Carol, I don't care about the progress of this wedding dress at all, I just came in to take a look out of curiosity."

"Uh,...yes." Katherine was slightly relaxed because of this, but she was also a little disappointed that the bride was not the beautiful Carol in front of her.

"This must be your favorite work, right?"

Katherine smiled noncommittally, but said in her heart: No, my finished work is not this wedding dress, but a person, Ethan.

Carol suddenly said, "Go and try on this wedding dress, the bride is about the same size as you."

"Yes." Katherine went into the room and changed into the wedding dress she sewed by herself, thinking: There are brides in the world who even have their wedding dresses tried on by others.

Katherine didn't have any special emotions when she put on this wedding dress. Without the support of love and the hope of the wedding, no matter how beautiful the wedding dress is, it is just a wedding dress, even if it is sewn by herself.

When she appeared in front of Carol in her wedding dress, she asked Katherine to turn around and around in front of the mirror, and she praised, "It's perfect."

Katherine smiled politely and turned to leave.

"Don't rush to change clothes, you come here to give some advice, which style of wedding ring do you like? Simple and traditional ring shape, or winding S shape? I don't like the kind of childish two hands holding a heart Style?" Carol ticked her fingers at Katherine.

Katherine had no choice but to go over and look through the JeanSchlumberger wedding ring album with Carol. Katherine pointed to one of the rings, "I would choose this one."

"Are you wondering who the hell is a bride who is so arrogant that someone else has to choose the wedding dress and ring for her?" Carol asked, staring into her eyes.

Katherine thought of Elena, the Elena at the center of the universe, the Elena who was loved by thousands of people, she sighed, and laughed, "A loved woman always has privileges."

"Yeah, you're right." Carol tore off a post-it and stuck it on the page of the wedding ring album that Katherine was pointing at.

After Carol left, Katherine called Taylor, her tone was like a mother who was worried about her son's marriage, "Taylor, I met a girl who is as beautiful as a fantasy princess today, she is the assistant of that high roller , I wish you could see her, honey, it's time to leave Caroline behind..."

■Note:: Jean Schlumberger, one of the most famous jewelry designers in the world, is known as Tiffany's "Jewelry Poet". He was awarded the Order of Merit and knighted by the French government for his outstanding jewelry design achievements.The Duchess of Windsor, Jacqueline Kennedy, Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, etc., are all his loyal fans.

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Damon broke into Stefan's secret room and saw him sitting on the sofa looking at Katherine on the other side of the mirror with painful eyes but fascinated.

He watched her knelt on the ground sewing flowers and diamonds on the wedding dress, he watched her frown, he watched her sigh softly, he watched her dazed, she appeared in the wedding dress, she called Taylor... …

"Stefan, are you crazy? What are you? If you love her, just