LOGINI have an ability in which I can see the countdown to someone's emotional departure. The day Dad's countdown hits zero, he leaves behind divorce papers and abandons Mom and me. The day my best friend's countdown hits zero, she finally dumps her jerk of a boyfriend. I'm always terrified of seeing a countdown appear above Levi Hammond's head. But thankfully, seven years into our marriage, his head is still clear. I am thankful every day that I married a good man. However, when he picks me up from work last month, I look up and see bright red text burning into my vision. [702 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes.] That's less than two years from now. My heart clenches, and I frantically search for answers in my head. Have I done something wrong? Has he changed his mind? Things don't fall into place until our anniversary, when we run into his intern, Belinda Manning, outside his office building during a torrential downpour. She's soaked to the skin, but she still has a bright smile on her face. Levi hands her a pack of tissues to dry off, his face unreadable. However, in that instant, the countdown suddenly jumps. [327 days, 4 hours, 47 minutes.] The number of days has dropped by more than 300. The sound of rain is deafening in my ears. But I know now that I have found the reason for it.
View MoreI just watched Levi fall apart without feeling even a trace of satisfaction from the revenge. I just felt wary and tired."Stop making a scene and save yourself some dignity, Levi Hammond," I said, prying his fingers off my hand. Then, I turned and walked toward the exit, pausing for a bit without looking back."If you don't show up tomorrow, then you will never, ever see me again for the rest of your life."…The next morning was bright and sunny. The rainy season in Riverton seemed to have finally come to a stop after last night.Sunlight pierced through the clouds and shone on the steps in front of the courthouse.It was 8:50 am, and I saw a black car parked by the roadside as I stood on the steps.Levi stepped out of the car. He was emaciated, his cheekbones were slightly protruding, and the suit that used to fit him perfectly now looked somewhat loose and ill-fitting.He didn't get his driver to bring him here today and simply drove himself.He stopped in his tracks when
"Don't you think you're still just doing this out of self-pity?" I asked, watching the color drain from Levi's face."Go home, Levi. I'm not coming back to you no matter what you do."Then, I turned and walked back into the apartment building, slamming the door behind me, shutting out the wind, rain, and Levi's despairing gaze on me.An ambulance had to come and remove him from the premises the next morning.Levi got a high fever, which developed into acute pneumonia, and he remained unconscious in the hospital for nearly 24 hours.One of his best friends, Hugo Jensen, called me and immediately launched into a tirade."Are you really that fucking heartless, Anastasia Evans? He was willing to give up his life for you! And you're not even coming to visit him at the hospital?"He even kept calling out your name in his feverish daze! Are you that determined to drive him to his death? Is that what's going to make you happy?"I held the phone away from my ear and waited for him to fi
Levi tilted the umbrella toward me, exposing most of his body to the rain."Don't be mad, Anna," he said. "I never asked her to come. But she won't show up again."He looked at me again cautiously with a slightly hopeful expression. "Can we perhaps have dinner together tonight?"I looked at him, then at his shoulders that were getting soaked through."You know, Levi," I said. "The way you pushed Belinda just now was really ugly."Levi stiffened, gripping the umbrella handle until his knuckles turned white."Anna…" His voice was shaky, tinged with a fearful disbelief. "I was protecting you…""Protecting me?" I chuckled lightly and stepped out from under his umbrella. "You weren't protecting me. You were just covering up for your stupidity."You were the one who drew her here and gave her a false hope. And yet, you didn't hesitate to trample her into the mud just to prove your loyalty to me."The cruelty you showed her and me is essentially the same, Levi Hammond. You only ever
I didn't eat any of the food Levi made and threw them all away in the trash can downstairs.Melody watched me throw away all the food ruthlessly and couldn't help but click her tongue. "Wow. He's really leaning hard into the pitiful-husband-trying-to-win-his-wife-back act, isn't he?"I dusted my hands and said, "It's too little, too late. None of it means anything to me now."I thought that Levi would give up after a few days. After all, he'd been kind of spoiled since young, so he had an arrogant streak in him.However, he never gave up. In fact, he would sometimes follow me in his car when I got off work, staying a certain distance away. He didn't come up to disturb me, but he also didn't leave me alone. He was like an annoying fly that just couldn't be swatted away.On the 20th day of our cooling-off period, it poured heavily again in Riverton. I had only just gone down to the lobby when I saw a familiar figure standing outside the door.It was Belinda.She didn't have an umb






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