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.

with Leah. I've always seen her as a sister," he said, frowning in mild

imposing figure casting a shadow that seemed to

gaze growing colder by the second. He reached out to grab

shouted. I was like a rose covered in thoms, determined to keep him at

say something as ridiculous as "I love you. Don't think for a second that your words are going to

living two lives, how could

sweet words or promises. Everything he said felt hollow, the land of emptiness that only

short, and I still had a dinner to get backto.

I did because of my family's expectations. I know I've hurt you, but please, give me another chance. I swear we can start over, just

call me Eve,

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 chosen me. How could I not

from now on Leave my world

lights flickered, casting eerie shadows that danced in the brightness. But inside, I felt

and I was in

walked away without looking back. He had chosen someone