At Camille’s coming-of-age ceremony, Alexei who had turned a successful man fell in love with her at first sight. He started pursuing her passionately. After years of getting closer, the two finally got married last year.
And just then, I... the me from ten years ago... suddenly appeared out of nowhere. I came into this strange new world, still covered in the dust of the past.
My mother spoke about everything so calmly, but her words felt like a heavy stone pressing on my chest.
Back then, Alexei had promised to marry no one but me. We only had one argument and now he had married someone else?
He used to love me so deeply…
As if he could read my thoughts, Alexei sighed softly. “Emilia, ten years have passed. We’ve all moved on. Back then, you vanished without a word. You almost destroyed both of our families.”
He finally asked, “You can’t be that selfish. Do you want everyone to die for you?”
“I didn’t disappear on purpose!” Looking at his familiar yet distant face, I felt tears sting my eyes. “It was just a normal morning. I opened a door and the next thing I knew… I stood here—ten years later.”