“Well, that just makes it worse, for I died for that lie.”
In the stillness, he clearly heard the words she uttered before fleeing the garden. He felt his heart constrict in his chest with the hurt in her voice.
He was taken aback that she would voice out her pain. She always has been the type to use anger to mask out her pain. But tonight she said those words that broke his heart in an instant.
More than ever, tonight he regretted his decision two years ago. He was a fool when he acted cool taking on the responsibility that wasn’t his. For what? To break her heart?
He knew they have something special back then. Even without talking about it, he knew Ellise loved him. In her own twisted idea of love, and he was so dense not to realize it soon enough. Until it was too late. She walked
