Charlotte's POV: After arriving in Harbor City, Horizon Group didn't ask me to start work immediately. Instead, after learning about my car accident, they insisted that I spend another month recovering before reporting for duty. I might have looked carefree when I walked away from my old life, but the truth was far less graceful. The moment I lay down, memories of the past—wrapped in sweetness and regret—would surge through my mind again and again. No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn't understand how Ethan and I had ended up with such a heartbreaking ending. The veins in my wrist felt as though something were crawling beneath my skin. The itching and pain became unbearable, forcing me to respond to it somehow. Soon, the blade of a fruit knife was stained crimson. Alone

