Chapter 2

Lily was discharged before David.

When she rushed home, she was still in her hospital gown.

I was packing my stuff when she suddenly hugged me.

I froze. The strong scent of perfume from her made me nauseous.

“Ben, are you going to leave again?”

Lily looked at the luggage on the floor and tightened her grip.

It reminded me of the past again.

Previously, in order to take care of David, she had brought him back home without discussing it with me.

When I reached home after work, I realized our door password had been changed.

I stood outside and knocked on the door for a long time. David had stood there laughing with his arms crossed.

“What are you doing here? You must’ve gone to the wrong house!

“Lily said this is my house now. So I’m telling you to leave!”

Lily stood next to him without a word of objection.

She knew very well that it was raining heavily outside.

Because of David, she left me stuck outside in the rain.

My shirt had been soaked and stuck to my body.

I had been extremely cold.

When I fainted from hypothermia and fell onto the ground with a loud thud, Lily finally noticed me.

When the door was opened, David walked toward me and kicked me.

I opened my eyes with much difficulty, and he had mocked me in disappointment.

“I thought he’s dead. What a bummer.”

After I woke up, I disregarded my weak body and started packing my belongings.

I thought by leaving, Lily would take me more seriously.

I thought she would cut ties with David to make me stay.

But she did not.

When I walked out of the door, she was still watching TV with David. She had said indifferently, “If you’re leaving, remember to take out the trash.”

When I returned, I found them in bed together.

They were naked as they hugged.

“I was forced to do this! He’s suffering from mental health issues.

“If I hadn’t agreed to this, he’d kill himself. I’m saving a life!”

Lily’s words pulled me back to reality.

She grabbed my hand that was packing my belongings.

Then, she started to make fake promises that would never come true.

“Let’s just wait for a little longer. When his emotions stabilize, I’ll have a chat with him.

“After that, we can get married and live our happy lives together.”

I did not know how long she wanted me to wait.

I only knew that I had spent my best years waiting for her.

Even her parents could not stand her anymore. They forced her to get engaged with me.

However, because David opposed it, she immediately went back on her promise.

David felt that I was too stingy with gifts, so she sold off my gifts and bought David’s favorite car for him.

She even faked a wedding for him and left me waiting.

“Lily, since you can’t let him go, I’ll let you go.”

She was dumbfounded for a few seconds before frowning.

“What do you mean?”

“Let’s break up.”

I did not want to wait for an uncertain happiness.

I wanted to show the whole world my love, instead of always thinking of other people’s feelings and living in pain.

“Ben, it’s just a small matter. Do you really have to do this?

“Why are you being so petty? Why are you still acting like this?!”

Lily started yelling at me.

She threw my luggage bags onto the floor and started to blame me for not understanding her and thinking of her.

Slowly, she started to defame me.

She claimed that I was selfish, cold-blooded, and a madman.

She denied that our relationship had faltered.

She forgot my teary eyes and my painful cries.

She also forgot her promise.

That time, she had held my hand as we hiked.

Even though she was panting and her legs were trembling, she insisted on reaching the summit with me.

Rumor claimed that for couples who reached the summit, they would be together forever.

She had gripped my hands so tightly. She swore not to leave me.

However, she had never once released someone else’s hand.

I loved her deeply, so I hoped that when I left, I would not look back.

I had to let her go.

Our hands were incompatible.