“It’s my fault. Ethan, you don’t have to forgive me. But Daniel did nothing wrong. These five years, he’s been with me. Without him, I’d have died in the cold of Alaska long ago. He isn’t like you. You have everything. He only has me. I can’t abandon him.”
I snatched up the charm and hurled it at her face.
“I told you I’d go with you! Sophia Lane, it was you who refused me!”
The words tore out of me in a roar, the ache in my chest so sharp I could hardly breathe.
Five years ago, when she insisted on going to Alaska, I had clutched her hand and told her with all the conviction I had—
If I couldn’t keep her here, then I’d follow her anywhere.
No matter how far, no matter life or death, I wanted to be by her side.
But at the time, Sophia only wrapped her arms gently around my waist.
“Ethan, I want to reach that place on my own. I want to be the one who can stand beside you.”
And now… she had left me—for another man’s companionship.
How laughable.
I had thrown the charm with all my strength, yet it landed silently on the thick carpet. Just as all my strength had never been enough to keep her from running into someone else’s arms.
Sophia picked it up and placed it back on my pillow.