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.

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

figure casting a shadow that seemed to lower the temperature

by the second. He reached

shouted. I was like a rose covered in

Don't think for a second

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

Everything he said felt hollow, the land of emptiness that only

dinner to

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 of us. This has nothing to do with her." Histone was pleading, his eyes

wrist again, and when I heard him call

us," I said coolly. "Like you said, it has nothing to do with Leah. But 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 I not

let's be strangers from now on Leave my world while I

flickered, casting eerie shadows that danced in the brightness. But

was cold, and I was

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