Rewriting My Heart's Fate

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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.

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

casting a shadow that

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

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

after living two lives, how

sweet words or promises. Everything he said felt

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

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 of us. This has nothing to do with

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

And your family helped cover it up. You protected a murderer, and that makes you

be strangers from now on Leave my world while I still

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

cold, and I

to stop me from leaving, but I walked away without looking back. He had chosen someone else when I needed him most. Now, I didn't need human hore His belated