Chapter 8

Chapter 8

I would regret it – regret my fearlessly forward–rushing youth.

Realizing this, I decided to fulfill some unfinished dreams before falling off the cliff.

From bedroom to kitchen to living room, I traced our familiar paths, slowly erasing traces of our

existence.

But this rental apartment held too many memories and too much love.

The evening sun slanting into the bedroom, the warm light swaying, his endless strength devoted entirely to loving me.

Running home laughing through snowy nights, urgently pushing open the door, then kissing against it

until breathless.

Splitting a watermelon in two but fighting with spoons over one half, getting tipsy on $12 cocktails, me cupping his face with tiny kisses until I nestled into his arms as we fell onto the sofa, feeling his chest vibrate with laughter.

In this moment, I decided to let memories stay memories.

The lock turned. I looked back to see a stranger named Alex in the doorway.

Though he looked at me as he had thousands of times before, I knew–this wasn’t him.

looking at my suitcase:

head: “Just clearing out some useless things, making

than yesterday – a $50 jacket, $20 pants, only his underwear was pricier since I insisted on quality

of privileged life, his greatest hardship was playing with a poor girl

when bored.

his living standards but laboriously

that measure, I hadn’t lost

handsome, well–built, capable, and even good in

on wedding dresses

oflox Seed

Chapter 8

eyes in the lamplight seemed frosted with silver,

somewhat helplessly: “Emma, about marriage, I’m still… isn’t it too early for wedding

them on, doesn’t mean we have to get married. What

was the first time I’d mentioned not getting married so playfully, as if

indifferent.

froze momentarily, pulling me into his arms

path isn’t finished yet. No one knows how it will

for each other. Maybe my future

“Shut up. I’ll go with you, okay?”

throwing myself into his arms ecstatically like

I kept asking

pick someone in your league. Why keep asking about him? He was in Milan picking wedding dresses with

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