“What happened? Why is it so sudden?” Holden’s tone softened as he gently inquired.

He couldn’t bring himself to believe the explanation Ariana had given him.

Had she genuinely experienced a change of heart, she would not have bothered concealing the identity of Melon’s father before.

Something he was unaware of must have happened.

Ariana took a breath to steady her emotions and spoke.

I just feel that continuing like

up, yet she mustered a smile and continued, “No one can live in the past forever, right? It’s been such a long time already. I think it’s time that I move on as well. I have to start rebuilding my life. It’s better to tell Melon the truth sooner rather than later. It’s

listened in silence as

sentence pressed on his heart like a heavy boulder, so much so that he felt

Ariana added, “On the bright side, I’m not going to be pestering you anymore. Isn’t that great? Besides, now that I’m starting fresh, maybe I’ll fall in love again and start a new

to sever ties completely. His heart felt like it was being squeezed, and a deafening scream echoed from deep within him. He wanted to reject the idea of drawing a clear boundary with her. He wanted

understood that he couldn’t have a say in the matter. Sadie

as he sat on the sofa with the phone to his ear. His mouth opened, a feeble attempt to voice a rebuttal or plea, but ultimately, no words found their way out. All he managed was a faint “okay” as a response before swiftly

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to chat with him

hand in which Holden was holding the phone slowly lowered from his ear, and he stared at the screen displaying the call had

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