"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.

just sunlight but also a

a smile, unsure of

myself," Maisie declared, looking into his eyes. "And you should also forgive yourself. Let's

other and start anew

completely

lowered her head, remaining

had been plunged

won't disturb you anymore. You

have to tell

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

"What?"

find you, forced you to terminate the

off the staircase...

then, but you were in a critical condition

state that I was busy taking

found out everything now." His gaze was resolute. "Maisie, trust

Daniel took swift and decisive action against his fourth uncle, Chace Quimby, and

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