Chapter 3: You Found Me
1088 Words
EVE
My tears finally fell when the rain dropped too. For several hours I held back my tears from the hot sun until now the moon has set.
By crying under the rain, no one will know.
I let it all out by crying as hard as I could.
Ethan really ruined my life. He made me question my own worth.
He still kept texting and calling. He should have known that I had visited his office. He should also know that I read the divorce papers. Why is he still contacting me?
I'll send a lawyer to represent me because I can't afford to come alone, especially if he brings his first wife to see me.
“Hey, do you want to get sick in the rain like this?”
I looked up and found an elderly couple looking at me.
I didn't answer them and just looked down.
After my tears stopped falling, I got up from this place to go somewhere else.
I gave that birthday cake to the homeless. They need the food more than Ethan.
I had no one to go to anymore. I have no home to go back to.
My father, the only family I had, disappeared without a trace after the wedding. He's been searched everywhere but hasn't been found. The police even said that my father might have run away after his debts were paid off.
It's not fair, is it?
I should be the one to make up for his debt and end up with the man who deceived me. But my father just left me when the debt was paid off.
My father entrusted me to the wrong man, Ethan Mars.
I didn't know it would end up like this either. If I had known Ethan was pretending to love me, I would have rejected the arranged marriage and run away.
Clothes, body, phone, and wallet are all I have right now. I don't have someone to be my home. I have no one to lean on.
My feet are walking without direction. I have so much on my mind that it's like a tangled yarn that's hard to untangle.
My tears came down again in torrents. Luckily the rain hadn't stopped so no one knew I was crying again.
My eyes were puffy and blurry to see because I cried for too long.
If I don't have anyone, there's no reason to stay anymore, right?
I live to love someone. I lasted this long because I had a reason, Ethan. But now there's no reason to live anymore.
I'm just a debt redemption tool and a hidden wife. No one really sees me as Eve. No one knew that I had disappeared forever from this world because no one knew of my presence.
My steps stopped at a red light crossing.
I looked around. The world was so busy. Everyone has at least one person they can laugh and cry with. Everyone has that one person who loves them, and I don't.
I laughed, laughing at myself for looking so pathetic.
Was I so worthless that I deserved to be trampled on by them?
I have feelings, but they have no heart.
There was no reason for me to live. I wanted to end my life, that way I could be at peace.
My vision blurred, my hearing weakened.
When everyone crossed the zebracross, I was silent. And when the light turned red for pedestrians, I started crossing.
I remembered the moment I said my vows with Ethan. At that time we looked at each other lovingly. Ah or maybe I was the only one who was in love at that time.
The distance between the arranged marriage and the wedding was quite long, about 6 months. So Ethan and I had time to get to know each other.
In my eyes, Ethan was a man who was caring, loving, patient, and a gentleman.
I was so blinded by my love for Ethan that my awareness radar went off to detect his lies.
Besides that, his kind acts made me forget my past until I decided to love him.
But Ethan just took me flying high and threw me away.
He forgot I didn't have wings, I wasn't an angel.
I saw people waving their hands at me as if to say goodbye.
It's so funny. When I was about to leave, they only realized I was there.
My feet kept stepping onto the highway. Some drivers yelled at me because I passed in front of them. I just gave up on myself.
I saw a bright light coming from the side. It felt like it was time for me to leave the world so that my disappearance would make Ethan regret it.
I closed my eyes waiting for that moment to come.
But nothing happened after I counted down. Was it that painless?
As I looked to the side, a car stopped less than a meter away from me.
The driver looked at me, our eyes meeting.
Suddenly my body felt weak and paralyzed.
I felt the cold, hard asphalt.
My breath caught as everyone gathered around me. Their gazes seemed to mock me for not making it out of this world.
Just as I was losing consciousness, I felt someone wrap his arms around my waist.
I saw his frantic face. He looked like the white horse prince from my past.
I don't know if this is a dream or a glimpse of the past shown to a dying person. But I could feel the warmth of his embrace.
“Please hold on.”
His voice sounded like my prince's when I was in high school.
“I will blame myself for the rest of my life if anything happens to you, Eve.”
He even recognized me, he knew my name.
Someone actually knows me and thinks I exist. Not as a child or a wife, but as just Eve.
Who exactly is this man? Is it really him?
My eyes felt heavy and I was so sleepy.
I heard the sound of a car driving very fast.
My body was so weak and exhausted. But that warm hand still hold my hand.
Even though my eyes were closed, I could still hear what the man was saying.
He was so worried about me. He was afraid of losing me. He wanted me to live.
Lastly, before I lost consciousness completely, I heard him say my full name and kiss my hand gently.
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