Love Her to No End

Chapter 13

 

Chapter 13 Time Flows

The setting sun sank silently to the bottom of the ocean, taking away with it the last rays of the day. Glowing orange merely moments before, the ocean slowly descended into blackness, making everything seem inexplicably melancholy and sad.

Michaela was seated atop the hood of her Land Rover as she gazed into the distance where the ocean and the sky met, hidden by a mysterious veil of the night.

Shadowy figures could be vaguely seen on the beach not far away. Running barefoot, they were engaged in carefree play upon the shore. The occasional peals of laughter completed the beautiful innocence of the scene.

The breath of the sea lingered, sighing with the ebb and flow of the tide. Michaela remembered the last time she came here. It was the night she and Zack got engaged.

Back then, she was only eighteen years old. She had come alone to clear her thoughts from the dread of finally becoming an adult.

 

Though she knew that everybody in the world had their own baggage and that she was not entitled to lament her fate, she could not help but feel sad to lead a life that was not hers.

Never had she expected that she would be there this time because of the cancellation of her engagement. To her surprise, all she felt was calmness instead of sorrow.

 

Such is life, I guess. I did my best then, and I did my best now. At least I realized this now and not after ten years of an unhappy marriage.

herself, Michaela did not notice the silent arrival of a black Lincoln not far

immediately after rolling to a halt. Instead, a window wound down, and a pair of thoughtful eyes studied the

adjacent parking space and walked to the open window before addressing the passenger respectfully, “Mr.

sitting like this the

voice was as calm as water, yet his sad, dark eyes shone brightly against the fairness of his handsome face. Since his arrival, the man’s deep and fathomless

a tantrum. She seems

smile appeared in Jonathan’s eyes at the unexpected

that I have been worrying over

her temper like most girls tended to,

I’ll go have a

and walked toward

face. “Gary, why do you think he

think you know what Mr. Xander is thinking

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