Rewriting My Heart's Fate

I hesitated slightly. Alas, I stood up slowly and allowed myself to be led by Ethan to a bench nearby.

As we sat, I stuttered, "I-I... I don't know where to start."

My voice was very feeble. The night wind seemed to have taken away half of my courage.

"All of these are just too complicated and too much of a mess. I'm starting to doubt if I could even start to untangle this ball of yarn to reveal the truth."

Ethan sat quietly beside me. He didn't rush to interrupt me. He just comforted me silently with his deep, sensual eyes.

"Sometimes, the truth is like a lighthouse in the fog. It might be far away and blurry, but as long as we have the courage and determination, we could eventually make our way toward it, one step at a time."

I lowered my head. My hands balled into fists, my nails dug deep into the palm of my hands but it was like I couldn't feel pain at all.

Compared to the struggles and pain in my heart, I felt like the discomfort in my physical body was so ignorable in comparison.

hiding a greater secret behind it and there were also illegal transactions involved.

had to say. A flash of emotions fleeted in his

that things are way more complicated than we think. What are you planning

been sucked into a whirlpool with underlying currents all around me that would suck me in if I'm not careful." He gently patted my shoulder, giving

by your side, and we'll find out about the truth together. I'll protect you so you won't be hurt anymore." I lifted my head to see Ethan looking firmly yet gently at me, and warmth

I was before. Some love could melt the toughest of hearts into a puddle of goo, but we still had our hesitations about

now that you're back, could you please help me find out about some things?" Sometimes, one would only be able to know their desired

sure I would be so deeply wounded that I wouldn't be able to find my bearings again,

that my mother's death isn't just the way it seemed and that everything he had told me was a lie. You

darkened after hearing my request. He was silent for a moment like he was

responded slowly

tone. "Of course. I'll use all of the Grayson family's

matter what secrets are hidden behind it, I'll