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.

her as a sister," he said, frowning in

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

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

like a rose covered in thoms, determined

you. Don't think for a second that your words are going to move

wasn't a child anymore, and after living two lives, how could I possibly

he said felt hollow,

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

don't love Leah. I only dad what 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 the two

and when I heard him call me Eve, there was

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

Leave my world while I still don't hate

the brightness. But inside, I felt cold, wrapped in

was cold, and I was in

looking back. He had chosen someone else when I needed him most. Now,