"Maisie..."

"I should indeed forgive myself," Maisie uttered, her gaze averted as if looking at something beyond. "And to do so,

I must confront the past."

She enunciated each word deliberately. "Daniel, I did love you. It was a love that gave everything, even risking my

life.

"I initially stayed with you because of money... I constantly reminded myself that I didn't mean anything to you and

that you would leave me sooner or later. But I couldn't control falling for you.

"After recalling those things from the past, I also hated you. But I seem to understand something these days—I

hated you because I still loved you. Yet, the opposite of love isn't hate. It's forgetting. So... I genuinely intend to

forgive myself."

Daniel stood in silence.

A breeze swept by, causing cherry blossom petals from the tree behind Maisie to drift, landing gently on her hair

and shoulders.

Although she stood right in front of him, he felt as though they were worlds apart.

wasn't just sunlight but also a coldness

forced a smile, unsure of what to

into his eyes. "And

and start anew

you planning to completely forget about me?" he

lowered her

twisted, feeling as if a knife had been plunged into it. Eventually, he nodded, smiling at

you anymore. You can start

have to tell

a deep breath, slowly revealing, "I wasn't the one who

"What?"

thought I sent someone to find you, forced you to

off the staircase...

I investigated those people back then, but you were in a

you were discharged, you were in such a state that I was busy taking care of you, so I

gaze was resolute. "Maisie, trust me, I'll bring justice for you and the

later, Daniel took swift and decisive action against his fourth

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