Chapter 14

I didn’t see Alex for a long time after that.

But that promised wish remained like an invisible thread, always connecting us.

He didn’t come to claim it, I didn’t fulfill it – as if keeping this connection meant there could still be an

outcome.

During this waiting period, I met with Victoria once.

Surprisingly, she had divorced.

“Unexpected, right?” She sat across from me, expression mild. “I never doubted he loved me. But his love for me didn’t stop him from loving others.”

“Everyone advised me to turn a blind eye, saying keeping power was what mattered.”

“Those affairs were just men’s entertainment, they said. Every man in that circle has one or two.”

“But I, Victoria Bennett, couldn’t do it. I couldn’t tolerate it. I couldn’t have even a grain of sand in my eye.”

She said she’d taken half the assets, enough for a comfortable life.

But in that world, how could someone who hadn’t truly loved be so intolerant of imperfection?

passed until autumn painted the world, when I finally

he

me wish instead. I’d usually announce

will stay together forever, never

been without desires – nothing in this world

couldn’t guess what he wanted me to

that

of sunlight falling the

of cooking from

Chapter 14

memory led me to lean

just like before, he said: “One more dish, then we can

good cook, just better than me.

each dish while he watched without

those years, now

cook?”

– taught me. When I told her

cooking actually isn’t very

always ate happily.”

darkened, neither of us turning on lights,

should go,”

not everything was pretense these years.”

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255