Jake stared blankly at "Keera".

Confusion clouded his gaze as he focused on the corner of her eye.

Keira had a small beauty mark near her eye—something Keera didn't have. It was the most obvious difference between them. Yet just moments ago, the sarcastic comment "Keera" made felt eerily familiar.

It took him back to college when he'd gone on and on about preparing for a certification exam. Keira had quietly turned to him, her expression calm as she said, "Did you even pass level one? And here you are talking about taking level two?"

The tone, the expression, even the cold look in her eyes—it was identical.

Jake was stunned, just staring at her.

"Keera" walked slowly toward him. "Jake, they're discussing your marriage, and what are you thinking about?"

Jake looked at her in shock. He wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat, leaving him clenching his fists in frustration.

"Keera's" eyes locked on his. "Do you even know what you want? What kind of wife do you want?"

Jake's mind flashed back to college again when he was torn between two conflicting club activities. Keira had asked him the same question back then: "Do you know what you really want?"

to distinguish whether the person in front of him was real or a figment

more than anyone and had pursued her relentlessly throughout all four years of college. But when he later learned from Isla that Keira was an illegitimate child, he suddenly

every time he thought of how Selena had driven his mother into a frenzy and how much his family despised illegitimate children, he couldn't stand to even look at

a fit of spite, he'd proposed

And then?

wrong step led to a

the illegitimate child, and the Keira he had looked down

didn't define them. He shouldn't

had Keira moved on

from the icy sea, Jake felt like his own heart had sunk into that cold,

His spirit was shattered.

his father arranged without a thought of his own. He'd become numb, nearly disconnected

father's wishes could bring his mother some comfort, what difference did it make who he

mind, Jake looked at Keira and muttered,

it didn't matter who it was. Anyone else would

into despair as he

He lowered his eyes.

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