Ethan kept vigil outside Cecilia's house throughout the night.
The next morning, Cecilia and Andrew stepped out together and found him curled up by the doorway.
His face was abnormally flushed, his lips cracked and peeling, and even his gaze appeared unfocused.
"Cecilia..."
Hearing movement, Ethan struggled to stand, only to discover his throat burned with pain when he spoke, his voice hoarse and barely audible.
But Cecilia walked straight past him as if he weren't there, continuing down the street arm-in-arm with Andrew.
Undeterred, Ethan trudged after them at a distance, never straying far.
In the days that followed, he became an inescapable shadow in Cecilia's life. When she went to work at the design firm, he would wait outside the building from dawn till dusk. When she returned
