Seven Years of Love Seven Minutes of Truth

Chapter 44

Chapter 13

Alex reached out tocasually, as if I'd just returned from a routine vacation.

“Still angry? Can we reconcile?”

| frowned, staring at him motionlessly.

“I was wrong about this. | apologize.” He habitually squeezed my fingers, and my eyes slowly traced down his

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hands.

Initially, | had so many questions - why me, why five years.

But then | realized many questions were meaningless now.

“Alex, we've been over for a long time.”

“| already set you free. You don’t need to pretend anymore, don’t need to worry about disappearing gracefully.”

Though I could no longer distinguish where your pretense ended and sincerity began.

“I never agreed to your decision...”

“Your agreement wasn’t needed, just like | never agreed to you entering my life that way!”

Theals wounds, but it needs so much time.

One year one year of sleepless nights - wasn’t enough to fade these scars.

“Please don’t seekout anymore. I'm begging you.” | stepped backward. “This is the most dignified ending for

us.”

“What if-” he stepped closer, gently wiping tears from my eyes, “I refuse to accept that?”

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| hadn't considered this possibility, so | scrambled for a response.

He suddenly laughed silently, covering my anxious, darting eyes with his hand: “Don’t be afraid. | won't do that

to you.”

“But Emma, you still oweone wish, if you're willing.”

“| promise you, between us...”

Chapter 13

He couldn't finish, couldn't speak words of final separation.

| should have expected this step, but kept delaying, hoping to find another way out.