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.

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

intensely, his imposing figure casting a shadow that seemed to lower

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

rose covered in thoms, determined to keep him at a

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

living two lives, how could I possibly be swayed by

sweet words or promises. Everything he said felt hollow,

still had a dinner to get backto.

of 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 numb to the pain he'd caused. No

him call me

cover it up. You protected a murderer,

now on Leave my world while I still don't hate

danced in the brightness.

and I was in

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