Rewriting My Heart's Fate

His tone was dripping with sarcasm, as if he was bell-bent on dredging up the past I'd rather forget. It felt like he was rubbing salt into my open wounds, reminding me of how visible my scars were. It was as though he wanted to relive the pain until I realized just how much better he was to me. "You can tell if someone loves you by their actions, not their words. Yet, to him, it seems like you're not worth long." His tone grew more derisive as he trampled all over the feelings I had once lovested,

I could see right through him. Elam was using this moment to make me see how good he was to me while pointing out how Ethan loathed me and adored Leah. At times like this, arguing was pointless, so I remained calm and composed. "Aren't you the one who should be worried?" asked with a smile, my voice dripping with even more scer than his sarcasm.

"I mean, you're the one watching the woman you love being affectionate with another man, So why waste your time on me? It's not like you'd ever make Leah jealous anyway." It was obvious that he was being nice to me to make Leh jealous, Spin to Clam Your Surprise Reward

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However, as would never know that Leah's love for Ethan ran far deeper than he imagined.

To everyone else, they were the perfect match, while I was nothing more than a pawn in their game, an unwelcome intruder, someone who had come between them. Perhaps it was true that the homewrecker was the one who wasn't loved

All of a sudden, remembered that dreary afternoon when Leah Launted the brand-new necklace around her neck, which Ethan had bought for her at a high price at an auction. Despite the overcast sky, the diamond necklace sparkled brilliantly

"Don't you get it, Evelyn? He doesn't love you! So what if you're his wife? The person who isn't loved is the real outsider in this relationship!"

Leah must've noticed me because she flashed me a triumphant smile. I must've looked rather pathetic. I handed her my heart on a silver platter, allowing her to crush it time and time again. arton as

"I don't want to be a part of your game, so leave me alone! If you truly love her, prove it-don't push the one you love to someone else, I said coldly before leaving without a backward glance. Instead of being a part of their messed-up love triangle, I would rather be a self-sufficient and independent person.

After returning to my dormitory, I was quiet as a mouse. My roommates were really worried about me, but I just plastered a smile on That night, I turned in early, but sleep eluded me. Eventually, I drifted off into a hazy dream. I was back in that cold, empty villa-the place I used to call home.

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I pushed open the bedroom door and found Ethan there, reeking of alcohol. His face was flushed as he looked at me. Then, he pulled me into his arms. I couldn't help but wonder if he loved me.

"Eve." he murmured, his voice full of longing as his hands traced the curves of my waist.

All of a sudden, he pulled me into his arms, as if he wanted to crush me in his embrace, to become one with me, to make me a part of his very being, His soft lips hovered just above mine, and belt the heat of his breath on my skin. Right then, his phone rang.

"Leah.."

Ethan shoved me away, sending my frail body crashing into the wall, pain searing through me. He left me to wallow in the darkness of that empty room. Refusing to give up, I chased after him

Yet another misty, rainy night. He was about to get into the car when I wrapped my arms around his waist. However, he pried my fingers oft, one by one.

"Stop being unreasonable. His voice was devoid of any warmth as if he despised me to the core,NôvelDrama.Org content rights.

"Please, don't leave me here.." pleaded. I felt so small and so insignificant as if I was a beggar scraping ter crumbs of his affection.

"Don't make me hare y you" He shaved me to the cold, damp ground, leaving me in the cain.