Rewriting My Heart's Fate

"Who is it?" I asked, feeling a surge of confusion and dread.

Richard's face turned uneasy. "It's... it's Mr. Grayson."

I felt as if I had been struck by lightning.

Ethan? What was he doing here?

"Mr. Grayson seems to have realized you were missing, and he's gone crazy looking for you," Richard said quietly. "Somehow, he managed to find his way here and insists on seeing you." A fire of frustration burned in my chest.

What did Ethan want from me? Why couldn't he just disappear and stop messing up my life?

Richard noticed my anger and gently patted my shoulder. "Don't worry, Ms. Wiley. We'll take care of this. You stay here and rest, I'll talk to Mr. Grayson." With that, he hurried off.

I stood alone on the terrace for a long while, gradually calming myself down.

No, I couldn't run away anymore. I had to face Ethan, once and for all. I had to tell him to let go, to stop tormenting me.

Some battles had to be fought on your own.

I walked back into the villa with determined steps. As

and Richard standing across from him, seemingly trying to reason with him. "It's me," I

of them turned toward me, and

"Evelyn!" he practically shouted.

of an eye, he rushed over to me, pulling

did you just leave like that?" he rambled on, tightening his hold around me to the

away

froze. "Evelyn, let me

cut him off. "Ethan,

enough of this. Let's go our separate ways. Don't hover around me anymore. Where I go is not

concern!

let me

those words, I turned and walked out

I heard Ethan's desperate cry, "Evelyn! You can't do this to me! You still love

faltered for a moment,

still loved

loved him so deeply, so

this relationship... it was no longer my motivation; it had become my shackle. To chase