ANMELDEN[I'm sorry, Ella. I know you've suffered a lot in the past years, but all I could do was beg you to hold on. [I initially planned to take care of Cecelia and sleep with her so she could quickly have a baby and we could finally be free, but when my daughter was born, I couldn't bear leaving her behind. She's my first child, after all, and it hurts me to think how she won't see her father again. I started to give in and agreed to spend more time with my daughter.[After that, the committee felt like a daughter wasn't enough, and they wanted me to have a son with her. She pretended that she wanted to help me, and she convinced me to sleep with her again after giving birth. I gave in again. [I felt guilty when this woman did so much for me without asking for anything and sacrificing her health, and I wanted to treat her better while I could.[However, my guilt and kindness toward her ended up hurting you so badly that you decided to leave without looking back. [I constantly wonder
I listened quietly but said nothing. When Salvatori finally looked at me hopefully after he was done speaking, I started to say, "I won't forgive you for what you did to me, but I won't hate you either. I have my life to live, and I can't be wasting my time on this."Salvatori was silent for a long time after hearing what I said. He gave a long sigh in the end and took out a diary I instantly recognized. It was the first present I had given Adrian with the money I earned from working part-time when we first got together.Adrian was so happy then and said he would use it well and jot down everything about us in there for our children to read in the future. He wanted our children to know how much their parents loved each other."After you left, Adrian became a little crazy. He would scribble in this diary every day, but I have no idea what he's written in there. On the day he found you, he said he wanted you to read the diary once he brought you back, but now, he… I took the liberty o
Adrian and I soon boarded the helicopter, which took us to the nearest hospital. Medical personnel immediately moved Adrian onto a stretcher and straight into surgery. The door was closed behind them as I signed documents and pressed my thumbprint for some papers.I felt dizzy as I completed the procedure under the doctor's instructions, and after everything was done, I could not take it anymore. Everything went black, and I fell to the ground."Help! Someone fainted here!"It was the next day when I woke up. The nurses told me Adrian's surgery was a success, and he had been transferred to a normal ward. Unfortunately, he had lost too much blood, and due to his long-term condition of being overworked, no one knew when he would wake up. It could be the next day, or it could be never.My heart sank. He had saved me, after all, and I should visit him. The scent of disinfectant filled my nostrils the moment I opened his room door. I stood silently for a while before walking in, and I s
I noticed the toys Adrian was hugging in his arms, and there were more by his feet. That was when I remembered how his mother had passed away. The toys were the last memories he had of his mother. I got the other teacher to leave with the child first while I packed up the toys and followed behind. I promised the child that I would bring every toy back to the orphanage for him.After they left, I quickly grabbed a sack to pack up all the days, but just as I was about to leave with the toy sack, the windows were suddenly broken with a crash from the landslide.Time seemed to come to a standstill as fear overcame me. All I could see was the turbid, sticky mud with broken wood and rocks mixed into it. The rumbling could be heard across the windowsill, and it looked like the mouth of hell had opened as the rotting smell of soil filled my nostrils, suffocating me.My mind went blank, and it felt like every bone in my body had been plucked out of me as I fell limply to the ground. All I
There was no sorrow or agitation, and even my tone was calm, but my attitude was like a sharp knife stabbing into Adrian's heart. He stumbled a few steps backward, and his back slammed onto the car, but the pain from it could not wake him from his numbness. Why did he come looking for me? It was because he wanted to find out the reason why I would suddenly leave him without saying goodbye, and why everyone was stopping him from looking for her. Most importantly, he wanted to ask if I still loved him, but he found himself unable to ask the question, no matter how hard he tried.It took a long time before Adrian finally said, "I want to take you home."Adrian started to explain to me how he found out Cecelia's true colors and how he took care of her and their daughter. He explained his and the committee's regret and told me how he went mad and almost broke down trying to find me.I clenched my phone, trying my best to stop trembling. I felt no joy nor sorrow, but the truth had com
The inspection and negotiations were a success. Adrian agreed to fund one million annually to the orphanage starting the next month, so that all the orphans could finish university without a glitch. The contract was quickly signed, and the director and accompanying teacher invited everyone enthusiastically to the orphanage's newly built canteen for a meal.Adrian was hesitant along the way until Sofia mentioned me. "Mr. Colombo, are you trying to ask about Ella?" Adrian's eyes lit up, but before he said anything, Sofia continued, "Ella did mention you to me, and I do know where she is, but she won't see you."He clenched his fingers, and his nails dug deep into his sharp skin. The sharp pain from it was nothing compared to the horrible pain in his heart. It was exactly what Salvatori had told him before, and Adrian could not understand why I would refuse to see him when I loved him so much.Sofia seemed to know what was in Adrian's mind as she looked at the distant foggy peak while







