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When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 10
Six months later.News spread through my social media back home that Ethan’s studio had gone bankrupt.Mia sent me a video over WhatsApp.In a dimly lit bar, Ethan was drunk out of his mind, clutching the plain ring that had been too big for my finger.His clothes were a mess, and he kept asking everyone he saw, “Have you seen Stella? She’s so afraid of the cold. Why hasn’t she come home yet?”Mia’s voice message was full of mockery.“I heard he saw the news yesterday about your exhibition in Paris.“He cried all night alone in that empty wedding home. This morning, he listed the place for sale at a low price and said he was going to find you and make it up to you.“Too bad he’s been sued by a former client over a debt dispute, and now he’s restricted from leaving the country.“He’ll spend the rest of his life rotting in his memories.”“What about Linda?” I asked casually.“She ran, of course,” Mia said with a cold laugh.“Once Linda saw Ethan had no money left, she moved o
When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 9
Stella's POVThe doorbell rang three times.Then the door opened.I was wearing loungewear, a cup of hot coffee in my hand.When I saw Ethan standing there, I wasn’t surprised.He had lost so much weight that he looked almost unrecognizable. His eyes held a broken, feverish desperation.“Stella.”He dropped to one knee on the cold marble floor of the hallway.Then he opened the expensive velvet box in his hand.The pink diamond inside caught the hallway lights and flashed with a blinding brilliance.“I bought a new wedding ring.“It’s not a plain band this time. It’s a pink diamond.“The same style as the picture you sent me before.”His voice was thick with emotion, and his hands trembled slightly.“I know I was a bastard before.“I didn’t know how to appreciate you. I took everything you did for me for granted.“These past few days, my stomach hurt so badly I thought I was going to die. That was when I finally realized I can’t live without you.”“Please forgive me ju
When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 8
Third Person POVEthan didn’t know how he made it back to the hotel.He clutched his stomach and curled up on the bed, pain twisting through him.It felt as if a knife were churning inside his gut.In the past, Stella had always tucked a small bottle of antacid tablets into the left pocket of every coat he owned.When he complained that it was too heavy and said he didn’t want to carry it, Stella simply sewed it into the lining of his pocket.“Your stomach is going to kill you one day. Carry it!”Her face was always cold when she said it, but her hands were always gentle.But now, there was nothing.His pocket was empty.Cold sweat broke out all over Ethan’s body. Even his vision began to blur.He rolled on the floor in pain, unable to find the strength to go downstairs and buy medicine.Only then did he understand with painful clarity.What Stella had taken away was not just her luggage.She had taken away his life.For the past four years, he had been like an overgrown
When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 7
Hawaii in winter was as warm as spring.I joined a top local visual arts agency as an art director.In fact, they had sent me an offer six months ago.But back then, for Ethan’s studio and for that wedding I had been preparing, I had turned it down.Now, I was simply taking back what should have been mine all along.At three in the afternoon, I was directing an outdoor magazine shoot.“Director Winters, is the lighting okay?” the photographer asked me.“Darken the right side a little more. Bring out the model’s jawline,” I said, my eyes fixed on the monitor.“Stella.”A voice, hoarse to the extreme, sounded behind me.I didn’t turn around.The voice came closer, accompanied by hurried breathing.“Stella Winters!”Someone grabbed my arm and yanked me backward.I turned around.Ethan stood in front of me.He was wearing nothing but a thin shirt and a trench coat. His eyes were sunken, and his jaw was covered in dark stubble.He looked like a vagrant who had escaped some
When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 6
Ethan returned home like a man who had lost his soul.When he pushed open the door, the seafood chowder on the table had gone completely cold, a thin layer of yellowish oil congealed on the surface.He sat on the couch and stared blankly at the plain ring.Then the doorbell rang.He shot to his feet and rushed to open the door.“Stella.”But the person standing outside was Linda.She was holding the cat they had found in her arms, the twenty-three-thousand-dollar cashmere scarf wrapped around her neck.“Ethan, why wasn’t your door closed properly?”Linda walked in as if it were the most natural thing in the world and set the cat down.“I bought two cups of hot chocolate earlier. You seemed upset. Did you and Stella have a fight?”Ethan looked at her, his gaze slightly unfocused.All of a sudden, he remembered what I had said the night before.I had told him I was allergic to basil.And Linda had brushed it off lightly, saying men didn’t pay attention to trivial details.
When the Aurora Falls on No Man’s Land Chapter 5
Around noon, Ethan stepped inside, a gust of winter chill following him through the door.He carried a steaming takeout container of seafood chowder, its warmth fogging the lid against the cold.“Stella, come eat. I waited in line for half an hour to get this for you.”The apartment was silent.No one answered.Ethan paused in the middle of changing his shoes.He set the takeout container on the dining table, then pushed open the bedroom door.The bed was neat, without the slightest sign that anyone had slept in it.The closet door was half open.He walked over and found that every piece of clothing that belonged to me was gone.In the bathroom, my toothbrush, towels, and skincare products had all disappeared too.Only his messy collection of bottles and jars remained, along with Linda’s pink toothbrush, standing there awkwardly in the holder.Ethan’s face darkened.He strode back into the living room.Only then did he notice what had been left on the coffee table.It wa
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