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

to the dorm, I still couldn't snap out of the shock of meeting Ethan just now. I seemed so zoned-out

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

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

hard to come by! It's

faltered. I feared that this was all

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

uncrossable chasm between us. I was scared of making the same

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

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

added, "You don't have

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

I couldn't just avoid him until the end of

gritted teeth. My mind was made up. "I'll see him.

Kevin and Lianne stopped persuading me. They