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.

and her eyes were

her hand tightly. It belonged to a young man. He looked at her

her first steps today. I wasn't there, but I got a video of

took out his phone and played the

a ponytail and sporting a cute little frown was seen approaching the camera. She had just taken two steps when she tripped and fell forward, at which point

slowly turned her head

"Haha."

finding

you. Even

covered his mouth with his hand and rubbed it. His

woman. Even though it was only slight, Octavious noticed that

knew it, something warm began to run down the side of his cheek, and he squeezed her hand

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

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

***

still beautiful

when she

she was the

that

So…

have

the world take her

***

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa!"

could be heard all throughout. They went on and

the ceiling of the room. It was pink.

"Hu..huh."

as

the right, where a glass pane stood, and looked at his own reflection in the

'Who is he?'

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

'That's not me.'

adamant in

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa!"

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

'She's probably hungry, right?'

only thing that could explain why she was crying. Octavious blinked a few times before leaning his head against the sofa and turning his attention to the bottle of

while, he chose to leave it where it was and continued to

"Uwaaa! Uwaaa! "

continued and stopped in cycles. Sometimes they'd

his time listening to them with his

only sound

sound that reassured him

***

Losing my emotions…

wasn't purely just for the

to forget.

They call me strong.

The strongest human.

that was

…I'm not strong.

I'm just a coward.

***

[Ashton City Community Orphanage.]

of children playing in

lips trembled as he gazed at the orphanage in

hand to gaze at the young girl in his arms, he found

is for the

didn't want to, but he knew this was the best decision he

was a danger to

her, he couldn't allow himself to be near her. He wanted to love her with all of his heart, but... he was

He didn't deserve her.

"Huh...huh.."

once more as he gazed at the orphanage in the distance.

Just that...

"Dada?"

feet came to a sudden stop as

that moment and he lowered his gaze to meet two

They were so pure...

"Dada?"

her little hands

her. Her hands soon touched

"Uhum"

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