“Yes, I did love you deeply once. Enough to leave Silver Crescent for Shadow Moon.”
“I even continued loving you while watching you and Victoria together.”
“But Ethan, no one’s love is inexhaustible.”
I tilted my head, looking at him mockingly:
“What makes you think you can rely on my love to hurt me repeatedly?”
“Why do you believe that after hurting me, one useless ‘I love you‘ will make me come running back?”
“And what makes you think that after my love has been worn away time after time, I still love you?”
My words forced Ethan to retreat step by step until he finally collapsed to the ground
He suddenly realized that the love in my eyes had extinguished completely.
Only then did he panic, apologizing repeatedly:
“I’m sorry… Autumn… I’m sorry….please forgive me.”
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I watched his tear–filled eyes and felt nothing stir in my heart.
Without emotion, I delivered the most final words:
“Don’t apologize to me. Seeing you now only makes me feel utter disgust.”
“Ethan, the girl who once looked at you with adoring eyes is dead. She died during those countless nights sitting alone until dawn.”
“I won’t forgive you on behalf of my former self. You deserve to live forever in guilt, haunted every night by what you’ve done!”
Hot tears streamed down Ethan’s face.
His face turned pale, his lips opening and closing several times, unable to form words.
Finally, he stood up weakly. “Then… Lily…”
“Lily is my child. According to Silver Crescent tradition, she will take my family name, Silverwood Lily.”
“And she will have uncles, and someday a new father.”
“None of which concerns you anymore.”
The amethyst in his hand dimmed completely, its purple glow fading to gray.
