Love After a Steamy Affair

Chapter 312: Perhaps It Has the Taste of the Past

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

Every day after school, she would come see the sapling as soon as possible. She would carefully water it, afraid that it would die if she watered too much or too little. She had always been very careful.

And under her meticulous care, the tree survived and grew better day by day. In the end, it grew to the thickness of a wrist.

On her eighteenth birthday, she and John carved their names on the tree. John even added the words ‘Together Forever’ at the bottom.

Back then, they had truly thought they would be together forever – they would get married, have children, work, wash clothes, and cook together. And when she turned sixty, he would still dote on and spoil her.

When she left abroad, she thought the tree would die since she wasn’t around to take care of it anymore. She didn’t expect the tree to still be alive and full of vitality.

She took a few steps forward and saw that the row of words carved on the thick tree was still there. Serenity thought they would have faded over time.

still remember this place?” A man’s clear and hoarse voice entered her

was their

lowered her eyes, her

here on purpose, nor did he come to see the pomegranate tree, nor did he miss the

tree full of fruits. “In the three years after you left,

liked to eat pomegranates. Moreover, this particular flavor of

Serenity remained silent.

from the tree branch that was bending downwards and handed them to her. She looked at the big red pomegranates in his

she didn’t reach out to take it, John stuffed them into

clenched the things in her hands

her back view under the setting sun, John’s eyes dimmed. He turned to look at the pomegranate tree

names carved in perpetuity. The words on the tree trunk did not become blurry

years, every time it was her birthday, he would come here to engrave

say in his heart, ‘Serene, wait for me to get you

along the bluestone path and returned to the living room. Selena and Helena