Eloise was gaping. She didn't expect Simon to say that to her on the first day they met again, did she?
"Mr. Sim--"
"Listen to me first, Eloise." Simon interrupted, asking Eloise to let him finish what he needed to say. "I don't understand what happened to me. But really, that night..."
Eloise unconsciously squeezed her hands together on her lap. Simon seemed to be sitting more comfortably, but not Eloise, who was even a little frightened to bring up the past.
"That night... I didn't know you would leave," Simon said. The man also expended quite a lot of energy to say these things to Eloise. "I thought I wouldn't be able to tell you this. But it turns out that we are destined to meet again; I want you to know how I feel."
Eloise felt her heart pumping very fast. Now, she thought invit
