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.

teeth, he said in a cold voice, “Olivia, are you so

met his gaze. At that moment, she

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

contract written on a piece of paper; it’s a decision made by two adul do is to

“I hope you don’t regret your

that she would

came, she realized that she was much calmer than

thing you have

the past, I was scared of the dark. I was scared that you would leave me and not love me anymore. I

and block my ears.

another step. But now, I realized that it was scary because I

accepted the truth and stopped caring, I realized that you’re the one I fear losing the most. But now that I’ve already lost you, what is left for

parted his lips. He wanted to explain, but in the end, he didn’t

fall by his sides. He looked at Olivia with

truly made

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

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dreams, tell yourself to hang on. For one more day, one more week, one

with the results from just

this saying, I persisted for two years.

don’t know how I felt when I watched the sun setting alone at home. The moon was already in

for someone who would never

bankrupt. When my father got into an accident, and when I lost my lover and

then, I rushed to and from the hospital. When I needed you the most,