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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.

Leah. I've always seen her as a sister," he said,

his imposing figure casting a shadow that seemed to lower the temperature

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

I was like a rose

love you. Don't think for

and after living two lives, how could I possibly be swayed

Everything he said felt hollow, the land of

was running short, and I still had a dinner to get backto.

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 of us. This has nothing to do with her." Histone

my wrist again, and when I heard him call me Eve, there was no joy, no warmth-only a

up. You protected a murderer,

be strangers from now on Leave my world while I still don't

flickered, casting eerie shadows that danced in the brightness. But inside, I felt cold, wrapped in a chilling layer of

and I was in

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 affection was worthless to

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