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.

voice, “Olivia, are you

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

Leo, I wouldn’t have gone to you. I don’t like Marina, and I

contract written on a piece of paper; it’s a decision

released her shoulders. “I hope you don’t regret your

would

she realized that she

thing

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

and block my ears.

was. I dared not take another step. But now,

accepted the truth and stopped caring, I realized that you’re the one I fear losing the most. But now that I’ve already lost you, what

but in the end, he didn’t

his arms fall by his

made up

to smile. “Ethan, I earnestly

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to give up on your dreams, tell yourself to hang on. For

be surprised with the results from

of this

home. The

someone who would

it felt like when the Fordhams went bankrupt. When my father got into an accident, and when I lost my

from the hospital. When I needed you the

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