Everything here was perfect, but none of it belonged to me.
I looked around helplessly. All the sadness I had been holding in finally burst out the moment security guards came to escort me away.
“Why? Why are you treating me like this? What did I do wrong? Alexei, did you forget? You once swore in front of my parents that you’d treat me well for life!”
Thinking of the past, I wiped my tears and kept crying. “Alexei, you weren’t like this before. You loved me so much.”
“You used to bring me small cakes from your office, holding them carefully in your hands. On my birthday, when we had no money, you secretly sold your blood just to buy me a gift.”
“And once, when you lost your job, I sold our wedding jewelry to help us get by. When you found out, you cried alone for so long and said you’d become successful—so I’d never have to suffer again.”
“How long has it even been? Have you forgotten everything? Just last night we were still holding each other!”
Alexei looked at me quietly. A thousand emotions seemed to stir in his eyes. In the end, he only sighed softly.
“Emilia, that was ten years ago. I have my own family now, my own life. I can’t—and I won’t—go back to the past for you.”