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“Nothing happened. Whether you agree or not, that’s how I will see it.”
She loved Ansel, the grandson of the Earl of Huntington, a summer guest at Longfield.
They had been childhood friends, but drifted apart due to their difference in status. Yet, she kept him in her heart until he became the fiancé of her only sister.
Eloise pulled her hand from his. Then she turned her gaze to the distant night street she had to walk, she replied. Though tears were streaming down her face, she spoke each word firmly so as not to appear any weaker…
“Let’s live as if nothing happened. As if we could forget by closing our eyes. As if we never loved each other.”
“……”
“You can do that.”
With those words, she turned and left. Having no more words to say, she desperately hoped he wouldn’t hold her back with every trembling step.
Why did I come to love you? After the wedding, when I see my sister standing beside you as your wife, will I really be able to accept everything then?
It was a night that felt as if her life had shattered into pieces. The days when she believed in love felt impossibly distant.
