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 them drag me away with

I still couldn't snap out of the shock of meeting Ethan just

started to worry. "Are you okay?

He suddenly showed up, and his suggestion

Kevin asked seriously. "This opportunity is hard to come by! It's not necessarily a bad thing, you

"I faltered. I feared that this was all part of

couldn't trust him now that he suddenly took

the same mistake as I did in my previous

"Rather than overthinking, you should

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

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

thought, I decided that it was a reasonable idea. I couldn't just avoid him until the end of time, so I might as well make

made up. "I'll see him. I'll take it as a chance

Lianne stopped persuading