All too late for his love

Chapter 3

As Aaron fell, the paper in his hand fluttered beside Willow’s feet like a withered leat. She could see the three people depicted in the paper. There was Aaron, Willow, and… Zaynı..

Aaron had always wanted a dad. He had only denied it because he was scared that she would be upset. He had even written a few crude words eamestly next Zayn’s drawing.

‘My greatest hero“,

Willow’s tears fell silently. In Aaron’s heart, Zayn was his hero. But to Zayn, Aaron was a bastand that be looked down upon the most.

It was such a tragic irony

Once again, Willow’s heart was engulfed in throbbing pain. She held Aaron closely in her arms as tears streamed down her face.

“I’m sorry, Aaron. I’m so sorry!” she wept

Willow dared not allow the slightest delay. Holding Aaron tightly, she drove to the hospital in the old van for a blood transfusion.

Aaron had severe thalassemia major. Even if he were to undergo surgery this time, the doctor had warned that he still wouldn’t make it past age five. But without the surgery, he wouldn’t even make it past this winter.

Aaron was only three and a half years old. He was such an obedient and mature child. Willow couldn’t accept the fact that his precious life would end in this desolate winter.

there, Aaron. I won’t let anything happen to you!”

out at the intersection in front of

the steering wheel, but the sports car still

the vile and twisted look

“Aaron!” Willowscreamed.

but she could no longer care. As she carefully picked up Aaron who was covered in blood, Willow rushed toward

arrived, Willow felt an

and over again in her heart. Nothing

“Willow!”

footsteps echoed behind her. Zayn had pressed her

“Zayn..” she mattered.

already in a daze. Her face

Willow covered in blood. However, his demeanor quickly changed when he recalled Skyler’s words just a while

pregnant! Do you

Skyler was pregnant?

heart tightened in suffocation. All of a sudden, she remembered the words he said on her eighteenth

person I want in this lifetime. Whether it’s my body or my heart, you’re the only person I’ll give it to. You’re my

he had gotten someone

as if her lively, beating heart had

longer his one and