Alexander left.
don’t know if he took my words to heart.
When Noah returned, his face bore injuries.
You fought with him?”
Yeah, he’s a bastard. Victoria, it’s time for your medicine.”
looked at the bottles and jars before me, not telling Noah that the medication had long since stopped suppressing my pain.
ntil I numbly swallowed another handful.
oah gripped my bony wrist, looking at me thoughtfully.
top taking them. The medicine is bitter.”
et me buy you some little cakes.”
hat night, I heard Noah’s suppressed crying throughout the night.
aybe I really was dying.
n the fifth day, the snowy mountain finally showed me some mercy. The snowkes in the sky grew lighter. The mist at the mountain peak also eared. I had slept too long and missed the sunrise.
could only let Noah push me to the observation deck to watch the sunset.
ehind me, through the ss reflection, I saw a silhouette that looked very much like Alexander. I didn’t expose him, nor did I stare. I just quietly atched the entire sunset.
>me unruly snowkes fell on my hair, and Noah unusually didn’t brush them away.
e just quietly watched me for a long time.
couldn’t help but feel sorry for him, tugging at the corner of his clothes.
Don’t remember so clearly.”
After I die, forget about mepletely.”
oah looked at my face, unusually not avoiding the topic.
Victoria, I’m afraid you’ll die too early, and I won’t even be able to dream of what you’d look like with white hair.”
Let me look at you a bit more.” <fnde83> Fresh chapters posted on find?novel</fnde83>
In the next life, I’ll definitely fall in love with you before he does.”
After seeing the snowy mountain, I returned to my room and slept for an unknown amount of time. I no longer ran around the world with Noah, but uddenly wanted to go home to see my parents.
The day I left was rainy.
Noah was ying chess with my father while I watched from the side, constantlymenting on their moves. I was in unusually good spirits, chattering non-stop. Perhaps because the game was too intense, both their brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
My mother was sitting on the sofa nearby, holding yarn for me while knitting knee pads.
She smiled at me, somewhat lost in thought.
“Mom is making these for you. When springes, wear these. They’re the warmest!”
Ding dong.
The doorbell suddenly rang.
Opening the door, it was Alexander.
He was holding a pot of tulips, walking toward me with great enthusiasm.
Victoria. Look, the flowers bloomed!”
le walked toward me step by step, but my vision gradually became blurry.
na trance, I heard the familiar school bell ringing.
ty fingertips couldn’t help but touch the petals, but someone firmly grasped my hand.,
murmured.
Alexander, school’s out.”
nder Alexander’s bewildered gaze, my hand fell heavily.
closed my eyes and made no more sound.
thest moment of remaining consciousness, I heard dense crying around me.
was fortunate.
t least this life had no more regrets.
ater, Sophie stayed in Stone Creek to be a rural teacher. Noah switched to researching my pathological condition. Alexander rented a field c lips and woulde to my grave every day, chattering about the past.
ntil one day, I no longer saw him.
Victoria.”
ut suddenly I heard him calling me from behind.
urning around, he had purple bruises around his neck and pulled open his shirt.
resh marks, bloody and raw, with my name carved on them.
Victoria Carter]
lexander smiled foolishly at me.
In the next life, I’ll never forget you again.”
The next day’s TOP 1 trending topic:
#Whitmore Corporation heir Alexander Whitmore died by suicide at home in the early hours of this morning#