Life in Full Bloom After Walking Away

Owen only replied to Gabriella's message half an hour later, long after she had arrived home."No need. I'm sure that whatever you ask me to sign won't harm me."It meant that Owen wasn't going to look at the divorce agreement. Gabriella wasn't surprised.Owen was in a rush to pick up Samantha, who was drunk. He didn't have the time to spare to look at the divorce agreement, even though it was easily within his reach.It rained for an entire day, only letting up in the evening.Gabriella stayed home the whole time, quietly deleting all her post-wedding updates on her social media. She had just finished deleting everything when she saw Samantha's new post.Samantha was lounging on a yacht. Each photo that she took was perfectly angled to show off a man's defined hand.Gabriella knew the hand belonged to Owen and that Samantha had intentionally taken those photos. However, she no longer cared about Samantha's petty actions. She locked her phone, got up, and headed to the kitchen

Gabriella was momentarily stunned before she swiftly recovered her composure. She took her phone back from Owen and explained, "I'm not buying plane tickets. The airline company just sent me a promotional email about discounted tickets."Owen wanted to question her more, but when he noticed that she had no intention to elaborate, he decided to drop the subject. After all, she had never lied to him.He nodded as Gabriella retrieved her phone and left to freshen up. However, she stopped him before he could leave. She then grabbed a first aid kit from the cabinet and said, "Your back was hurt by some broken glass just now. Let me bandage it for you."Owen was stunned by her words, but he still obediently sat on the couch and removed his jacket, revealing the scratch across his back.It wasn't a serious injury, but no one had noticed that he had gotten hurt because the wound was on his back. He was surprised that Gabriella had noticed it at all.His thoughts wandered to her letter, wh

When Gabriella and the others rushed to the hospital, they saw Owen waiting outside the operating room.He was covered in blood, and there was sweat beading across his forehead. His eyes were filled with terror and helplessness.It was Gabriella's first time seeing him in such a pathetic state.When Samantha's friends approached him to ask what happened, he yanked at his own hair, explaining in a pained voice that was dripping with regret, "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have made her angry, and I shouldn't have let her leave by herself."She was only speeding because she was angry at me. I'm the reason why she got into the car accident…"Gabriella's lashes trembled as she listened to Owen pin the blame solely on himself.If Owen had intentionally said those words to anger Samantha, what were his true feelings at the time? Had he been waiting for her to return to the country all this time, so he could reunite with her? It didn't sound out of the realm of possibility, but Gabrie

Gabriella received a call from the embassy after she left the hospital, informing her that her visa had been approved. She stopped by the embassy to pick up her documents before heading home to pack her belongings.She had a calendar on her desk that she tore a page from every day. It wouldn't be long before she reached the last page.The year was about to end, after all, and she was about to leave this city that she had lived in for more than two decades.Owen didn't return home even once that week.Meanwhile, Samantha sent Gabriella messages every day, obviously meant to provoke her.Seven days before Gabriella's departure, Samantha sent her a video of Owen kneeling on the floor, gently massaging her calves.As Gabriella watched the video, she threw all the gifts that she had bought for Owen over the years into the trash.Five days before Gabriella was scheduled to leave, Samantha sent her a few photos of Owen giving her a box of jewelry and personally slipping a ring onto her

Owen knew that Natalia was just trying to look out for him. He also understood that his and Samantha's story ended when he decided to marry another woman, after Samantha had abandoned him at what was supposed to be their wedding.He had tried to forget the past in the last three years—had tried to live a good life with Gabriella.However, it was easier said than done to forget someone whom he had loved for the past 18 years.It was why Owen's heart ultimately softened when Samantha returned to the country and kept clinging to him. He convinced himself that even if they couldn't be lovers, they could at least be friends, and he used this excuse to seek her out again and again.If he were being honest with himself, his heart would waver every time Samantha cried about still loving him. However, the moment would only last for a split second, reminiscent of how ripples would form on the surface of a lake when a breeze blew past before disappearing a few moments later.He would always