Rewriting My Heart's Fate

Ethan nodded as though he had expected me to say that. "I won't take your time," he said. "If anything, you can just call me."

And with that, he turned and left, his silhouette fading into the distance.

I hastily stuffed the name card into my pocket as if I was allergic to it and was afraid that others would see it.

"Gosh! Am I dreaming?" Lianne mumbled with an astonished look on her face. "Mr. Grayson wants to collaborate with you? That's simply unbelievable!"

I didn't share her exuberance, though. Somehow, I felt as though everything was in Ethan's grasp.

It was as if he was trying to lure me into his trap and that he was carefully planning his every move so that I would fall right back into his world.

I couldn't stop worrying about how uncertain the future may be, and my thoughts weighed on me, making me feel suffocated.

"Let's head back. We don't want others seeing us here," said Kevin, pulling me back from my thoughts.

Lianne grabbed my arm. "Right. We'll talk about it later."

numbly and let the two of them drag me away

of the shock of meeting Ethan just now. I seemed so zoned-out and listless that I

started to worry. "Are

smiled wryly. "I just... don't know what to do. He suddenly showed up, and his suggestion

you worried about?" Kevin asked seriously. "This opportunity is hard to come by!

I feared that this

been avoiding him recently. I just couldn't trust him now that

chasm between us. I was scared of making the same mistake as I did in my previous life. Lianne sensed how hesitant I was

know that you're worried," she told me. "Rather than overthinking, you should just talk to him and

he's trying to do. Isn't that better than overthinking?

"You

first. You can also tell him where you stand so that you won't give him false

decided that it was a reasonable idea. I couldn't just avoid him until the end

was made up. "I'll see him. I'll take it as a chance to find out what he's

and Lianne stopped persuading me. They simply told me