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."

nodded numbly and let the two of

of meeting Ethan just now. I seemed so zoned-out and listless that I probably looked like a

started to worry. "Are you okay?

know what to do. He suddenly showed up, and his suggestion for a collaboration... It's just too

asked seriously. "This opportunity is hard to come

this was all part

been avoiding him recently. I just couldn't trust him now that he suddenly took the initiative to be kind

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

than overthinking, you should just talk to him and

was on the same page. "Go see him and find out what he's trying to do. Isn't that better than overthinking? You have the right to refuse if he has an ulterior motive."

"You

an answer right away. Just hear what he has to say first. You can also tell him

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

up. "I'll see him. I'll take

my resolve, Kevin and Lianne stopped persuading