The Author's POV

Chapter 743

She was beautiful.

More so than anyone I'd ever seen in my life.

She was someone whom I couldn't take my eyes away from.

She was the love of my life.

My everything…

***

"What do you think? I think it looks quite nice?"

The air seemed to echo with a soft but endearing voice. It belonged to a beautiful young lady in her early twenties, whose brown hair waved at the ends. Her features were flawless, and her face was soft.

She was beautiful. Extremely so.

"It looks awful."

A man muttered. He recoiled in horror at the sight of the room, which was dominated by the color pink throughout. He cast his gaze in her direction.

"You took this too far."

"Oh, please."

She rolled her eyes while casting a glance toward her belly. It was slightly bulging.

"Since you're training all the time, I took it upon myself to decorate the room. If you're unsatisfied, then you should've spent more time with us."

"Ugh."

After groaning, the man sighed and sat down on a nearby stool. As he continued to survey the surroundings, he eventually gave up and lowered his head.

"You're right. I guess this is the price I have to pay for being busy…"

"Ey."

The woman glared.

"You're making it sound as if it looks terrible. You know, I've put a lot of effort into this place."

"Oh, sure, sure."

The man raised his hands in resignation.

"You're right, and I'm wrong."

The woman smiled. Extremely pleased with the man's words.

"It's good that you know.

***

I was satisfied with my life.

Happy with it.

Every day I would wake up happier than the next.

Life was perfect.

I loved it.

I thought it'd last until my last days.

I could still envision my future back then.

It was beautiful.

So, so beautiful.

Every day I'd wake up with joy just thinking about that future.

I was naïve.

***

The surrounding walls were almost entirely dominated by the color white There was a lingering smell of stale alcohol in the atmosphere, and in the background, there was a faint rhythmical beeping sound.

A husked figure lay on a small bed within the room. There were metal tubes connected to her chest, and there were thinner tubes made of plastic connected to the veins in her arms.

dry, and

It belonged to a young man. He looked at

today. I wasn't there, but I got

his phone and played

with her hair pulled back into a ponytail and sporting a cute little frown was seen approaching the camera. She had just taken two steps when she tripped and fell

husky figure slowly turned her head to look

"Haha."

laughed, finding the little girl

you. Even her frown is the

His eyes started to redden a little, but he didn't

though it was only slight, Octavious noticed that the corners of her mouth turned

he knew it, something warm began to run down the side of

she's cute too, right? Haha, of course, she is. She looks just like

He pursed his lips.

we can finally be together and live like a family as we've always dreamed

the end of the sentence, his voice began to crack, and warmth continued to trickle down the side

***

was still

when she was

was the most

could take that beauty

So…

did she have

world take her away from

***

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa!"

child could be heard all throughout. They went on and on and

ceiling of the room.

"Hu..huh."

trembled as he took a

glass pane stood, and looked at his own reflection in the pane. His eyes were sunken in, his hair was a mess,

'Who is he?'

the look of the man that was reflected on the glass. Was that supposed to be him?

'That's not me.'

from the mirror, adamant in his belief that he was merely

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa!"

the child began to cry again, and Octavious turned his gaze toward the small girl

'She's probably hungry, right?'

crying. Octavious blinked a few times before leaning his head against the sofa and turning his attention to

to leave it where it

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa! "

in cycles. Sometimes they'd go for hours, sometimes for minutes,

spent his time listening to

only sound that filled his

sound that reassured him that he

***

Losing my emotions…

purely just for the

just wanted to forget. Numb myself

They call me strong.

The strongest human.

only that was the

…I'm not strong.

I'm just a coward.

***

[Ashton City Community Orphanage.]

children playing in the background. They seemed

as he gazed at the

hand to gaze at the

for the

but he knew this

a danger to

wanted to love her with all of his heart, but... he was too broken

He didn't deserve her.

"Huh...huh.."

in the distance. Closing his

Just that...

"Dada?"

stop as a sweet

moment and he lowered his gaze to meet two innocent eyes looking directly

They were so pure...

"Dada?"

her little hands reaching

Her hands soon touched his cheeks

"Uhum"

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