I didn’t let him move back in.
Just pushed Henry toward him and shoved them both out the door.
“Sorry, we’re fully booked.”
They waited outside for hours without leaving.
Last time around, that’s exactly what I did the day they left.
I stood there forever, even after their car disappearedpletely, refusing to go inside.
I was always the one waiting for them, begging them.
Now they finally knew what it felt like to wait for someone who wasn’ting.
But William still wouldn’t leave.
He just found some random ce to rent nearby.
held regr sses teaching people to make sachets.
They’d show up and crash my sessions.
They worked so seriously on those sachets they used to think were beneath them.
ometimes when I looked up, I’d catch William staring at me like he was in a trance.
knew why.
looked beautiful making sachets in my silk dress.
Otherwise Chester wouldn’t have fallen for some older vige woman.
hough his pursuit had ulterior motives too.
ignored them both, treated them like random strangers.
wo weekster, Emma showed up ready for war.
Head-to-toe designer, just likest time.
When she saw me, she froze for a moment before saying, “Lucy, you’ve changed so much.”
Then with a hint of sarcasm: “No wonder you’ve got William so hooked he won’t go home or handle business.”
William happened to overhear that.
“What the hell are you talking about?”
Emma put on her pitiful act.
“William, if you don’te back, your mother’s condition will get worse.”
William’s tone was t.
“You’re there with her, aren’t you?”
“Just keep ying Sophia.”
This past year hadpletely killed whatever feelings he’d had for Emma.
Emma’s face went ugly.
ying Sophia meant being William’s sister.
She could only be Sophia when Old Mrs. Winchester had episodes.
If Old Mrs. Winchester got better, Emma would be aplete outsider.
Only as William’s wife and Henry’s mother could she stay in the Winchester family forever.
Going from luxury back to nothing-Emma couldn’t handle that.
She turned to me and took a step closer, eyes pleading.
Her voice cracked with emotion.
Lucy, please let William go.”
‘He had this huge fight with his family over you.”
When he couldn’t bring you back, he said he wouldn’te back either.”
His father’s blood pressure spiked from the stress.”
His mother can’t handle any shocks.”
The kid’s having meltdowns constantly.”
almostughed.
Vasn’t I hiding far enough away?
hey were the ones who tracked me down here, wouldn’t leave no matter what I did.
hey were the ones disrupting my peaceful, happy life.
And somehow I was the one not letting him go.
frowned at William. “If you don’t leave, I’m selling my form to MorningSky.”
William went dead still.
MorningSky was Winchester Industries’ biggestpetitor.
Thepetition was so fierce it had hit a bottleneck, which is why Winchester was looking for new angles-that’s how they ended up targeting raditional medicine skincare and tracking me down.
William knew I was dead serious.
These past few weeks had been enough to show him I felt absolutely nothing for him.
Even Henry barely got any warmth from me-there was no way I’d care about Winchester Industries’ interests.
William finally gave up.
He looked like all the life had been drained out of him.
For the first time in two lifetimes, his shoulders weren’t perfectly straight.
“Do you really hate me that much?”
I shook my head.
I used to hate him.
Last time around, when I was dying, I thought if I ever saw him again, I definitely wouldn’t save him. Hell, not kicking him while he was down would be me honoring what we once had.
But this past year, doing my own thing, bing this amazing version of myself-the hate just faded away.
I barely even thought about them anymore.
Because I didn’t love him anymore.
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