Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Chapter 244

The best thing I could do for Liam was to stay out of his way.

When I walked into the hotel wearing a light blue gown, I immediately caught the attention of many. Perhaps, for someone like me, youth and beauty were my greatest assets now.

the surface. If they didn't even have the desire to dig deeper, how could there ever be a chance for real connection or progress?

Most people only look at th

Thankfully, I was no longer the same weary, wom-our version of myself. I was young, radiant, and prepared for anything.

As I walked into the dinner alone, scanning the lavish spread of food and the faces around the table, I understood what kind of evening this would be.

came with strings attached. To show my sincerity and to stand out from the crowd,

networking through alcohol. After a while,

though this was my second shot at life, 1 still hadn't developed much of a tolerance for alcohol. I could hold my own in these situations, but just barely. Halfway through, I decided to escape the next round of drinks by slipping to the restroom 1 lingered there for

left the restroom, my phone buzzed with a

wasn't going to make it,

approaching me from a distance. His long frame blocked

chin was shadowed with stubble, as though he hadn't taken care of himself recently. He looked wom out, yet there

seemed to pierce through everything as if he had witnessed the passage

did you let yourself get this drunk?" He sounded frustrated, his brow furrowed, his

my back, standing tall and facing him head-on. "I didn't think I needed to report my life

so what right did he have

could've just come to