"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.

the chilly spring, he realized there wasn't just sunlight but also a coldness in the

smile, unsure of

myself," Maisie declared, looking into his eyes. "And you should

and start anew

planning to completely forget

her head, remaining

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

you anymore.

have

took a deep breath, slowly revealing, "I

"What?"

forced you to terminate

off the staircase...

didn't do that. I investigated those people back then, but you were in a

such a state that I was busy taking care of you, so I delayed

was resolute. "Maisie, trust me, I'll bring

action against his fourth uncle, Chace Quimby, and his

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