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.

has nothing to do with Leah. I've always seen her as a sister," he said, frowning in mild frustration.

imposing figure casting a shadow that seemed to

second. He reached out to grab my arm, but 1 jerked

like a rose covered in thoms, determined

as "I love you. Don't think

and after living two lives, how could I possibly be

sweet words or promises. Everything he said felt hollow, the

dinner

my family's expectations. I know I've hurt you, but please, give me another chance. I swear we can start over, just the two of us. This has nothing to do with her." Histone was pleading, his eyes filled with desperation. But I had long since become

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

she killed 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 chosen me. How could

let's be strangers from now on Leave my world

casting eerie shadows that danced in the brightness. But

and I

He had chosen someone else when I needed him most. Now, I didn't need human hore His