Even After Death by Lilting Champ

Olivia smiled. It was an extremely mocking smile.

She pried Ethan’s fingers off her. “Mr. Miller, I’ve never wanted anything from you. I can even let go of the title of Mrs. Miller without any issues.”

Under Ethan’s gleaming gaze, Olivia smiled faintly. She said calmly, “In the past, I thought that nothing could rival you. But then I stood still, waiting

“I waited as leaves budded, then cicadas started crying in the summer. The leaves then turned yellow in fall, and lastly, the wind began to howl in winter.

“I couldn’t wait any longer, so I had no choice but to drag my tired body forward. Then, I realized something.

“The spring breeze, the summer cicadas, the leaves in the fall, and even the winter snow… All those things are better than you.”

She lifted her hands, her slender fingers touching the face she used to love with all her heart.

“Ethan, I admit that I haven’t completely forgotten about you. Maybe I won’t be able to wipe you from memory even after

many years.

“You’ll still affect my mood and change my thoughts, but… I don’t have the energy to miss you anymore.”

In the end, her fingers touched his lips. “Ethan, aren’t you tired of all those grudges? I am. I don’t want to waste more time on you and Marina.

“I don’t want to be upset because of people that don’t matter to me anymore. Let’s just go on our separate paths, alright?”

Her face was reflected in Ethan’s eyes. She was supposed to be familiar, but now, he felt that she was a stranger. He felt like he had never seen her before.

voice, “Olivia, are you so desperate to cut off ties with

moment, she wasn’t afraid,

I weren’t looking for Leo, I wouldn’t have gone to you. I don’t like Marina, and I don’t want

of paper; it’s a decision made

“I hope you don’t

thought that she would

realized that she was much calmer than

only thing you have

past, I was scared of the dark. I was scared that you

and block my ears.

now, I realized that

you’re the one I fear losing the most.

explain, but in the end,

only let his arms fall by his sides. He looked at Olivia with

truly made up

smile. “Ethan, I earnestly tried before. I kept believing this

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you’ve decided to give up on your dreams, tell yourself to hang on. For one more day, one more week, one more month, and even

the results

held up her index and middle fingers. “Because of this saying, I persisted for two years. I

setting alone at home. The moon was already

was waiting for someone who would never

like when the Fordhams went bankrupt. When my father got into an accident, and when I lost

hospital. When I needed you the most, you