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 them drag me away

still couldn't snap out of the shock of meeting Ethan just now. I seemed so zoned-out and listless that I probably looked like

"Are you okay? You

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

seriously. "This opportunity is hard to come by! It's not necessarily a

feared that this was all part

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

happened between the two of us, and there was an uncrossable chasm between us. I was scared of making the same mistake

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

Isn't that better than

added, "You don't have

first. You can also tell him where you stand so

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

teeth. My mind was made up. "I'll see him. I'll take it as a chance to

Kevin and Lianne stopped persuading me.