Chapters
Read Now
Share
Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart
Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart

Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart

8.8
/ 10
In the billionaire romance novel Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart, Maribel’s dream wedding turns into a nightmare when her husband Garry orders her father beaten to death over a lie. Heartbroken and grieving, she abandons the marriage, only for her powerful ex to chase her down.

Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart Summary

Maribel and her best friend expected a lifetime of happiness marrying into the wealthy Huerta family. Instead, their wedding day becomes a tragedy. When Garry Huerta’s first love accuses the brides' fathers of harassment, Garry and his nephew order a brutal beating. Denied belief and forced to humiliate themselves to save their families, the women suffer an irreplaceable loss. Realizing the horrific cost of their marriages, they choose to walk away forever—but their husbands refuse to let go.
Read More

Chapter 1 of Once I Let Go, He Fell Apart

My best friend and I married into wealthy families on the same day.

I married Garry Huerta, the younger uncle of the Huerta Family and she married Jarvis Huerta, the nephew of Garry.

On the wedding day, my father and my best friend's father came to the wedding, but were beaten by bodyguards.

My best friend and I cried, begging Garry and Jarvis to stop it.

Garry held his first love in his arms and glared at me as he barked, “Maribel, can you be more sensible? These two old perverts sexually harassed Quinn, they deserve to be beaten to death.”

I tried my best to explain that my father and my best friend's father were not like that. There must be a misunderstanding between them.

He sneered, “That's enough. In order to go against Quinn, you even made up a lie that they are your parents. I am so disappointed in you!”

In desperation, I knelt in front of Quinn Fritz and kowtowed to apologize.

My best friend wanted to rush over to protect her father, but was held tightly by Jarvis.

Jarvis slapped her in the face and cursed, “It's all your fault that you insisted on having the wedding. That's why Quinn got wronged. This is all your fault. Go and apologize to Quinn.”

After the beating, my best friend and I immediately sent our father to the hospital, but it was too late.

A wedding destroyed my family and my best friend’s. We regret it and decided to not want to marry them.

But after we left, they caught up with us.

——

The lights in the emergency room went out and the bodies of my father and my best friend's father were pushed out.

The moment the doctor shook his head at us, my best friend and I collapsed to the ground and cried our heads off.

Several medical staff hurried past us.

“Have you heard? Mr. Garry and Mr. Jarvis of the Huerta Family offered 10 million to hire the best psychologist in the hospital to treat their first love's psychological trauma.

“It is said that the first love was harassed by two old men at the wedding.”

When I heard these words, I was stunned. My nails dug into my palms without me noticing and blood dripped down.

Quinn was the unattainable first love of both Garry and Jarvis. A woman they cherished but could never truly have. 

Yet, she was also the very person responsible for the deaths of my father and my best friend’s father.

At the wedding, Quinn's loud cry for help attracted everyone's attention.

As I rushed over, I saw Quinn being cornered by my father and my best friend's father.

Her eyes were blurred with tears, the collar of her skirt had fallen to her shoulders and the hem of her skirt was lifted up a little bit and she was struggling to break free from the arms of my father and my best friend's father.

Everyone gasped, while Garry and Jarvis were furious.

Without giving my father and my best friend's father any explanation, he ordered his bodyguards to beat them up.

My best friend and I knelt at Garry and Jarvis's feet to beg them, telling them that the person being beaten was my and my best friend's father and asked them to stop.

Quinn said while crying, “I have already given Garry and Jarvis to you, why are you still unwilling to let me go and spend money to hire two old men to sexually harass me?

“They even took indecent photos of me and you actually lied, saying that they were your fathers, just to protect them and get those photos back? Was ruining my reputation the price you were willing to pay?”

Hearing this, Garry and Jarvis were certain that my best friend and I were lying and forced me and my best friend to watch our father being beaten to death.

When they were sent to the hospital, it was already too late.

A wedding turned into my father and my best friend's father's funeral.

My mobile phone suddenly rang.

I received the video of the wedding and the photo shoot that I took by chance.

In the video, Quinn deliberately ruffled her clothes and threw herself into the arms of my father and my best friend's father, holding them tightly with both hands.

Then, there was the scene where she shouted for help. 

Select Chapter

After I was Framed, Everyone Regretted
After I was Framed, Everyone Regretted
In this modern novel, Azura ignores her classmates' petty wealth-flexing until they demand she post her car. After she casually shares her Maybach, she is framed for seducing a classmate's boyfriend. Dive into After I was Framed, Everyone Regretted, a gripping billionaire romance novels hit.
Betrayed Luna Finds True Love
Betrayed Luna Finds True Love
Just as she discovers she's finally pregnant with Alpha Ryan’s miracle pup, his Luna uncovers a devastating betrayal on his laptop that shatters her world. Forced to flee to protect her unborn child, she and her wolf, Lily, must leave behind the only pack they've ever known. But running from a toxic mate might just lead her to the true, powerful Alpha who will cherish her forever.
Letting Go in Three Seconds
Letting Go in Three Seconds
In Letting Go in Three Seconds, Stella abandons a ten-year romance with billionaire heir Levi Smith. After he vanishes on their engagement day, his return and a shocking secret from his first love force her to choose a new life. Read this modern romance novel for free online now.
Mom Was Dying, But My Fiancé Was Too Busy Flirting
Mom Was Dying, But My Fiancé Was Too Busy Flirting
In this modern romance novel, Mom Was Dying, But My Fiancé Was Too Busy Flirting, a daughter's world shatters when her mother is hospitalized. Her wealthy fiancé, Dyrroth, cruelly blames the elderly victim to protect his smug classmate. Heartbroken, she makes the cold decision to call off their wedding.
Moonlit Lies: The Hollow Choir
Moonlit Lies: The Hollow Choir
In Moonlit Lies: The Hollow Choir, a mother and daughter face the return of monsters in this modern romance. To stop a rehearsal of the end of the world, they must navigate a lake of secrets. Read this romance novel to see if the key will break to unlock the final heartbeat.
Playing The Toxic Wife To Attract Billionaires
Playing The Toxic Wife To Attract Billionaires
In Playing The Toxic Wife To Attract Billionaires, June transmigrates and must maintain a villainous persona to survive a deadly system. This modern romance novel follows her struggle to avoid a death penalty by acting as a drama queen while her husband, Isaac, refuses to let her go.

Popular Articles

Beneath the Forbidden: The Drama Where Power Can't Outrun the Past
Beneath the Forbidden: The Drama Where Power Can't Outrun the Past
Beneath The Forbidden centers on a woman who accepted $2 million to carry a powerful man's child — a child she then lost, under circumstances the father never knew. Thirteen years later, she returns to his household as a nanny, face-to-face with both the man and the heir she was denied. This review argues the drama's real subject isn't romance — it's the architecture of power, and who gets to reclaim it.
2026-06-01
Broken Vows: The Goddess Casts You Down Makes Forgiveness Feel Dangerous
Broken Vows: The Goddess Casts You Down Makes Forgiveness Feel Dangerous
Broken Vows: The Goddess Casts You Down turns divine betrayal into a ruthless emotional reckoning. With a half-goddess pushed beyond endurance, a cursed demon who offers refuge, and a war god chasing forgiveness too late, the drama uses mythic stakes to ask a brutal question: when power destroys love, can love ever be innocent again?
2026-06-08
Cry For Losing Me: The Marriage Nobody Wanted Was Always the Winning Move
Cry For Losing Me: The Marriage Nobody Wanted Was Always the Winning Move
Cry For Losing Me opens with Eileen occupying the lowest position in a hierarchy designed to keep her there — a human shield for her rival Vera, misreading her rescuer Lucian. What follows is a precise, escalating study in how underestimated people build leverage. The drama's central question isn't whether Eileen will win. It's whether everyone who dismissed her will understand the cost before or after she's already won.
2026-05-20
Fated to Two Kings: The Power War Behind the Love Triangle
Fated to Two Kings: The Power War Behind the Love Triangle
Fated to Two Kings follows Grace, a heiress who hits rock bottom overnight and finds herself defended by two sworn enemies — a werewolf leader and a vampire prince — who both pursue her with fierce intensity. Beneath the supernatural romance is a sharp story about social power, who holds it, and what shifts when everything is stripped away.
2026-06-11
Reborn to Marry the Enemies I Hated: A Mermaid's Vengeance
Reborn to Marry the Enemies I Hated: A Mermaid's Vengeance
In this gripping short drama, mermaid princess Nerina is murdered by her husband on the eve of Atlantis's destruction. Granted a second chance by the Fates, she returns to the day of her choosing ceremony. Instead of her traitorous lover, she selects her fiercest rival. Reborn to Marry the Enemies I Hated(updating) delivers a dark, suspenseful tale of political intrigue, hidden hatred, and deadly underwater alliances.
2026-05-27
The $3 Billion Duopoly: ReelShort and DramaBox Command 70% of Global Short-Drama In-App Purchases Amid Loss-Leader Battle for US Attention
The $3 Billion Duopoly: ReelShort and DramaBox Command 70% of Global Short-Drama In-App Purchases Amid Loss-Leader Battle for US Attention
A comprehensive data analysis reveals that the global vertical short drama app market has consolidated into a massive duopoly. ReelShort and DramaBox captured approximately 70% of all global short-drama in-app purchase (IAP) revenue, driving a market that expanded 115% year-over-year. Despite massive gross consumer spend, the platforms operate on radically different strategies regarding production budgets and AI implementation.
2026-05-21
Logo
Your guide to the best short dramas online. Free episode previews, full cast info, and links to official platforms — all in one place.
©2026 PinesDramas All Rights Reserved