Chapter 1
The eighth year of my tonic relationship with Clias Stone]
Three miscarriages one with, and in the end, he had me committed to a psychiatric facility for his new love
His last word to me were, “If there’s another life. I hope 1 never meet you again.“|
Boom! His with came true but only half of
When I opened my eyes, I was back to being sighteen, looking at the young Elias whose heart and eyes were full of nothing but me
I smirked. This time, I’m gonna play the game differently:||
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The school hully seas at it again, normuneisog Dun Sione.||
The bay’s face wat bruised and swollen, barely recognizable from his normally handsome features. Spir covered him from head to toe, making him look absolutely filthy
I stood befor kúmany ryer ninring with taun.
randed up, reaching out to scipe my tears away, That dont cry.
Hulya bere. She can’t actually the Elias Stone, can she?“||
“I bet the school queen’s just being nice. She treats stray cats and dogs the same way:“||
The bully must be pied. The girl he’s known forever falling for
An the boy’s hand was about to touch my face. I flinched an
He lowered his eyes and said self mockingly. “Don’t stand too close mithr|||
This
was eighteen year old Elias Stone
That year, he lost both parents and wint from being the golden boy to a poverty stricken orphan from the wrong side of town
Everyone wanted to kick him while he was down]
Only 1. foolishly, told him “Let’s be plads. They won’t bully my friends.
Back then, my side was radiam.]]
Imrayed by his side, threw away hindeal–smelling lunch, and shared my own food with him
I watched him work add jobs, aw his thin stealders bend under the weight of a few dollars, and cried helplessly for him
in and said. “No one is allowed to bun Dias Stops.
Imood up to veryone who
The always seemed cold and
cor – acting like has didn’t care
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did he reveal bh barely visible tage dig like kind gel–like Lily Taylor“]]
Back then, I hadis idea than this landde boy would five years later, think out of the gutter to become the youngest tech magad at his tisse||
And I certainly did now that ten year later. Thas Stone would choose to end my late vel
my late with a bullet ger hus now love ||
The even said with disgust. “Lily Taylor, I hope I never stort a paycho like you my Pestle 1
mals and secretly married Lane, without even aproper wedding ||
To Lave money for h
his startup, we moved to a cheaper apartment||
On moring day, Dias desperately rüied the umbrella toward me, but the rain was too ravy. I was soaked through with water dripping from my clothes
En apologized frantically, ter gently hugged him and said. “I fought so hard to be with you. You better treasure pie.
The young man, red–eyed himself, made a lifelong promise: “I w
Actually I lied
That day, every bilbound in the city was celebrating another girl’s Levish 18th birthday. When her parents took her hand on stage, their doting smiles reminded me of my own coming of age mitration.
My party!
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been even grander than heri–my powerful father had held my hand, tears in his eyes, announcing her rose has bloomed, she forge her own path now.”
But at that moment. I wasn’t absorbed in my parents affection. Though the massive floor–to–ceiling windows, I saw Elias Stop standing alone in the snow
He held a tiny cake, and her waiting for three hours, his skin had turned paler than the snow inst
He stood under a streetlight, watching the birthday broadcast, watching me dressed like a princess, surrounded by admirers, cutting an eighteen layer cake|| Then quietly, he threw away the cake he’d brought.]]
It had only been a joke when I’d asked him to share cake with me on my eighteenth birthday
nut on my actual birthday, he couldn’t even got past the door
When the party ended. I dragged my heavy princess dress and stood before las, who was frozen like a snowman ||
I’m sorry I didn’t know my parents had planned a surprise_-
Elias smiled, but it didn’t reach his eyes.]
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said it was me, that I deserved to be that happy
When I pestared him for a gift, he said, I didn’t prepare anything.“”]
That day. I didn’t scold him for hiding the cake he’d boug with his hard–earned money
Iratead, I placated him with a kiss. The boy’s expression remained calm, but his heart raced
I smiled and said. “That’s my to you. And as Stone, I like you.”
