Chapter 7\
“Heidi, I was momentarily confused. But the person I love the most is you! How can you give up our relationship so easily over these little things?”
I looked at him as if he were a stranger, keeping a distance of one meter, as if we were in the river, so close yet so far.}
“What do you mean by ‘little things‘? Is my child’s death a ‘little thing‘? Or is my near–drowning a ‘little thing‘?“}
He suddenly broke down, covering his head and squatting on the ground, sobbing.
“Heidi, I was wrong.”
This was the first time he cried and apologized to me, and the first time he affectionately called me Heidi.§
“I understand you must have been terrified in the river. It was my fault! If there’s a next time, I’ll save you without hesitation!”
He knelt on the ground, grabbing my hand, which I gently brushed off.”
“There won’t be a next time. My life is precious, it can’t withstand this kind of test.”
“Heidi, I really was wrong. Can you forgive me, considering that Gracie fell into the water trying to save you?”
I hate it when people can’t let go after breaking up. It makes my past love seem foolish.
“If I tell you, she didn’t fall into the water to save me, would you believe me?“}
Connor widened his eyes.
When he couldn’t help but frown, I knew he didn’t believe me.
“Forget it, let bygones be bygones. There’s no point in arguing anymore. You can go now.“>
“Heidi, I’ll confront Gracie right away. If she lied to me, I’ll block her immediately and never talk to her again. I just ask for your forgiveness.”
“That’s your business, it has nothing to do with me.“}]
“Heidi, ! believe you. I’ll block her right now!”
He deleted Gracie’s contact information in front of me, just asking for my forgiveness.}
How could I possibly forgive him?”
Between us, even if we got back together, we could never go back to the way we were.
I didn’t love him anymore.
Between us, there was always a vivid life getting in the way.
Maybe in his eyes, it was just a lump of excess tissue, but to me, it was my child, it was my love.”
The child died, and my love died too.
“Connor, I can take ninety–nine steps towards you, but I can also take one step back and give up completely.“}]
“It’s better to break up with dignity.”
Since the beginning of my romantic feelings, I’ve always been following him.”
I ran hard, just to make sure that whenever he looked back, I was always by his side.”
After my heart died, it was painful but not difficult to cut off a loved one who was flesh and blood.”
Connor understood me, he knew I had given up.
Gracie appeared just as he was about to say something else to me.
“Heidi, Connor loves you so much, is this how you humiliate him?”
She, with red eyes, helped Connor up from the ground, and looked at me arrogantly.
“If there was anything between him and me, it wouldn’t involve you at all!“}
“When the storm hit, I did want to grab my phone, but when I saw you thrown out, my first reaction was to grab you, I just didn’t catch you, why do you have to hold on to this small matter?”
“Connor and I are innocent, the circle of friends is just a joke because we have a good relationship, you as the official girlfriend, should not be so unconfident.”
I’d never seen such a unique mistress.
She didn’t arrogantly say that those who are not loved are the mistresses, but instead mocked and blamed me, the official one, for being unconfident.
I looked at her with amusement.}
“What do you count as, you dare to lecture me?”
“Since you’re here, take your good man away!“}
Gracie, instead of retreating, scolded me, “Connor said you know the big picture and when to advance or retreat, but now it seems that you don’t, you don’t deserve him!“}]
Connor, who had been silent since Gracie arrived, suddenly spoke, “Gracie, you leave!“}}
Gracie looked incredulous, as if she had been greatly hurt, she murmured, “Connor, are you driving me away?“}
