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."

and let the two of

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

to worry. "Are you okay? You don't look

to do. He suddenly

Kevin asked seriously. "This opportunity is hard to

that this

now that he suddenly took

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

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

to do. Isn't that better than overthinking? You have the right to refuse if he

"You

You can also tell him where you stand so that you won't give him false hope. Isn't that what you had in

idea. I couldn't just avoid him until the end of time, so I might as well make

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

resolve, Kevin and Lianne stopped persuading me. They simply told