Rewriting My Heart's Fate

I didn't accept his offer right away. Instead, I asked, "Mr. Grayson, you aren't solely interested in my work. Am I right?"

Ethan looked a little surprised by how straightforward I was, but he regained his composure very soon. "That's right. Your designs are outstanding, but you've caught my attention." At that moment, I felt as though he could see right through me.

He continued, "You're talented and determined. You're tenacious and resilient. I appreciate that."

I never thought he'd say that about me, and I didn't know how to respond.

"Thank you," I told him. "Pardon my abruptness, but I think things aren't that simple. It's so sudden that you want us to collaborate."

"Oh?" Ethan lifted an eyebrow. "What do you think I have in mind then?"

I took a deep breath, mustering my courage. "You suddenly showed goodwill. Was it because of... our past?"

My cheeks burned when I posed the question. Our past wasn't particularly pleasant, after all.

you saying that I'm trying to get close to you under the guise

rendering me speechless and making my cheek burn even more. He was so straightforward that I didn't know how

business that I asked to collaborate with

"Besides, it's all in the past now. We have our own lives to lead,

upon hearing his words. I was beyond the pain and regret I once felt, so I shouldn't be overthinking it. Why should I assume that he still had feelings

that's the case,

offer, I said, pretending to be calm and unperturbed. "I have a condition, though. It'll be just_ business between us. You

short. "I promise there's nothing but business between the two of us. I won't do

relief. There wasn't anything I should be worried about anymore since he gave his

forward to working with you,"

didn't hesitate. We shook

wouldn't become the Evelyn of the past who followed his every order. I wanted to start all over with a new identity, one of which was as a confident and independent designer. After