Rewriting My Heart's Fate

It was the darkest of nights. In the silence, Ethan Grayson's warm lips slid across my neck as I hugged him tightly. My heart was filled with joy but also bitterness. He was in a drunken daze. His breaths were labored, and his movements became more and more hurried. In the heat of the passion, I muttered his name. "Ethan..."

"Ding!"

The tension in the room was interrupted by a shrill ringing sound. Ethan and I turned around at the same time. The screen lit up with the word "Leah".

A suffocating panic rose up within me. In the darkness, I couldn't see Ethan's expression. However, I could feel him moving.

With courage from god knows where, I went all in. I lifted my head to kiss him. Yet, Ethan moved aside without hesitation. He got up to grab his phone. A woman's soft voice came through the earpiece.

"Ethan."

Just then, Ethan walked over to the window in large strides to answer the call. He didn't even have the time to turn on the lights.

Under the moonlight, his expression was filled with a gentleness that he had never shown me before.

All those feelings of love were instantly swept away. My cold heart was left with the feeling of being wronged, defeat, and despair. Finally, Ethan hung up the call. "Clack!"

The blinding lights turned on. Ethan's brow furrowed. A cold expression was plastered on his face.

"Did you pick up Leah Grant's call earlier?"

Though he was asking, his tone was full of certainty. It was like he wanted me to fess up. I fell silent and smiled bitterly.

"Yeah. Not only did I answer the call, but I also deleted the call history. I even got you drunk so that you wouldn't know she came back today."

Upon hearing my confession, anger built up in Ethan's dark eyes. His expression sank like he couldn't be bothered with me. He picked up his clothes from the floor and made to leave.

"Ethan!" I grasped the bedsheets tightly. Holding back tears, I asked, "Must you go visit your ex-girlfriend on our wedding anniversary?"

Ethan stopped for a moment. "Leah needs me urgently. Evelyn Wiley, I'm letting you off the hook for today, but this is the last time," he said.

Then what about me? I shivered slightly

I'm

darkened as he couldn't hold

was slammed shut. I let go and lay down on the bed powerlessly. The tears I had been

to look at our wedding

around the city aimlessly. I somehow

photo of our graduating class was still on the bulletin board. At the time, I did all I could to stand beside Ethan. Yet, when the shutter was pressed, his

school. He

him. I knew his interests

cried a lot. We drifted apart after some time until his family met with a crisis during

Leah had left the country too. Ethan was at his wits' end. I decided to abandon my studies to help him settle matters in his

Ethan asked what I wanted in return. My heart

want you to marry

favor, I got what I wanted. However, he didn't

coldness and busyness seemed to be like a punishment for my underhanded methods. Still, I was unwilling

calculated efforts to make him stay meant nothing in the face

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

appeared on the

Leah and

getting back

in heaven is finally getting back

thought I heard

him, but Ethan never mentioned it. Perhaps they've already broken up

to look at. I hung my head and

they were a match made in heaven. But I was just a mediocre housewife, a calculative woman in the eyes of others.

If only I hadn't fallen in love with Ethan

dark figure zipped by across the street. Instinctively, I yanked the steering wheel. The world