Chapter 0311

Hannah

My fingers traced the delicate lace patterns on the pillowcase while my eyes wandered the floral wallpaper, picking out patterns that I had almost forgotten over the years. The sun streamed in through the open window, the sheer curtains billowing slightly in the wind.

Everything in this room was exactly as I had left it years ago. The soft pink duvet, the white furniture, the stuffed animals still arranged neatly on the window seat–it was all a testament to the girl I used to be.

Innocent, kindhearted, sweet…..

All things that I didn’t feel anymore.

My eyes drifted to the desk beneath the large window, where I used to sit for hours, writing those letters to Noah during our two years apart. I could almost see my younger self sitting there, head bent over a piece of paper, pouring her heart out.

I closed my eyes, remembering the ritual that accompanied each letter. The careful selection of

stationery, the meticulous handwriting, and finally, the light spritz of perfume before sealing thelope.

How naive I had been back then, head over heels for the boy I had spent my summer with.

to those innocent days… and refuse the arranged marriage

I could have spent the rest of my life looking back on that summer fondly. Maybe then, the memories wouldn’t have

that my father announced the arranged marriage, I had been

my father’s voice boomed from his study. “We have something important to discuss

entered the room. My father, Stephen, sat behind his mahogany desk. Noah’s father, Marcus, sat in one of

my father began, an excited glint in his brown eyes.

gala or another, I could hardly remember.


about it, but I remembered

was no longer the awkward and gangly boy I had met two summers ago, but

was an aloof look to him when we saw each other, but I knew the years hadn’t been particularly kind; his fated mate, Zoe, had severed their mate bond

press when I had run into him earlier at the event and

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Chapter 0311

and distant; I told myself he was just grieving, and maybe a little

at Marcus. “I’ll allow you to share the news,

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