"Go home," he said to Finnley indifferently. “Leave me in peace.”

"Will you... go to work tomorrow?" Finnley asked tentatively, "Shall I adjust your schedules? You need a good rest."

Ivan didn't answer, feeling as if the next day was too far away from him. He didn't have the energy to think about it.

Finnley could understand how he felt. "Ok, I know what to do. Please take care, Mr. Marsh. I'll keep you updated.”

Ivan didn't reply, and Finnley left.

He closed the door. Ivan stood up and locked it from the inside. Then he pulled out two bottles of whisky from the wine cabinet, sitting in front of the window.

His eyes were full of anger. Recalling every moment he spent with Jennifer in the past few days, he felt his heart was torn apart by grief, which he had never felt so in his life before.

Probably, since he encountered Jennifer for the first time seven years ago, he had loved her to the core.

He wanted to spend the rest of his life with her.

a cup, Ivan opened the lid, lifted the bottle, and gulped it

from his throat all the way to his stomach. The scenes where they were together became clearer and

my gift. Can you answer my question now? Have you got the answer, Mrs.

love you. I don't know when it started. Probably from the moment that I wished you could be happy, that I could cure the wounds on your back as well as your

always gentle and kind-hearted. All her wishes

heard the wind blowing outside. He gulped down the whisky in frustration, wondering where she

kept hitting his jumbled mind. Each second seemed to be

could it be so difficult to find

drinking the alcohol for a whole night, waiting

at the small bottle in his hand, he had mixed

couldn't believe that she had gone without telling him,

the medicine bottle. Her

wasn't beside him anymore. What was the point even if his stomach

all his strength and crushed it, which he had been holding for

were gone. About eight empty bottles were

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