Rewriting My Heart's Fate

hapter 247

Ethan's gaze locked onto mine, his expression sincere yet laced with a stubborn intensity. But I just laughed coldly.

"Love? Do you even know what love is?"

He kept talking about love, but he hadn't d

done a thing to prove it.

Maybe my firm stance caught him off guard. His eyes flickered with a hint of unease as if he hadn't expected me to be so resolute, to sever ties so cleanly.

I'd had too much to drink my stomach burned from the alcohol. But if I wanted to make my mark and carve out a place for myself in this world, dealing with moments like this was part of the price.

I pressed my lips together and forced myself to stand tall, looking up at him without flinching. It felt just like it did in my past life-always loolding up at him, always standing beneath him.

I had been like a flower stuck in the mud, always gazing up at Ethan, who remained pristine and untouchable, floating above me in the clouds.

do love you. What happened between us has nothing to do with Leah. I've always seen her as a sister," he said, frowning in mild frustration. A flicker of distaste crossed has face at the mention of

figure casting a shadow that

He reached out to grab my arm, but 1

I was like a rose

as "I love you. Don't think for a second that your words

child anymore, and after living two lives, how could I possibly be swayed by

no longer believed in sweet words or promises. Everything he said felt hollow, the land of emptiness that only highlighted my

and I still had a dinner to get backto. I tried to push past

over, just the two of us. This has nothing to do with her." Histone was pleading,

wrist again, and when I heard him call me Eve, there was no joy, no

my grandmother. And your family helped cover it up. You protected a murderer, and that makes you just as guilty." His loyalty had always mattered to me, and he'd never once

now on Leave my

brightness. But inside, I felt cold, wrapped in a chilling layer

cold, and I was

without looking back. He had chosen someone else when I needed him