Olivia Fordham And Ethan Miller

Olivia smiled. It was an extremely mocking smile.

She pried Ethan’s fingers off her. “Mr. Miller, I’ve never wanted anything from you. I can even let go of the title of Mrs. Miller without any issues.”

Under Ethan’s gleaming gaze, Olivia smiled faintly. She said calmly, “In the past, I thought that nothing could rival you. But then I stood still, waiting

“I waited as leaves budded, then cicadas started crying in the summer. The leaves then turned yellow in fall, and lastly, the wind began to howl in winter.

“I couldn’t wait any longer, so I had no choice but to drag my tired body forward. Then, I realized something.

“The spring breeze, the summer cicadas, the leaves in the fall, and even the winter snow… All those things are better than you.”

She lifted her hands, her slender fingers touching the face she used to love with all her heart.

“Ethan, I admit that I haven’t completely forgotten about you. Maybe I won’t be able to wipe you from memory even after

many years.

“You’ll still affect my mood and change my thoughts, but… I don’t have the energy to miss you anymore.”

In the end, her fingers touched his lips. “Ethan, aren’t you tired of all those grudges? I am. I don’t want to waste more time on you and Marina.

“I don’t want to be upset because of people that don’t matter to me anymore. Let’s just go on our separate paths, alright?”

Her face was reflected in Ethan’s eyes. She was supposed to be familiar, but now, he felt that she was a stranger. He felt like he had never seen her before.

in a cold voice, “Olivia, are you so desperate to

met his gaze. At that moment, she wasn’t afraid, nor

weren’t looking for Leo, I wouldn’t have gone to you. I don’t like Marina, and I don’t want

paper; it’s a

her shoulders. “I hope

would be scared and

came, she realized that she was much calmer

only thing

scared that you would leave me and not love me anymore. I would

and block my ears.

step. But now, I realized that it was scary because

I realized that you’re the one I fear losing the most. But now that I’ve already lost you,

his lips. He wanted to explain, but in the end, he didn’t

his arms fall by his

you truly made

smile. “Ethan, I earnestly tried before. I kept believing

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decided to give up on your dreams, tell yourself to hang on. For one more day, one more week, one

with the

her hand, she held up her index and middle fingers. “Because of this saying, I persisted for two years.

alone at home. The moon was already in the sky, and the food was reheated

waiting for someone who would

got into an

I needed you the