Semua Bab Dear Ex, I'm More Than Your Plan B: Bab 201 - Bab 204

The envelope glowed faintly in the sliver of moonlight slicing through the curtains, as if mocking her restraint.She stared at it for what felt like an hour.She thought of Asher’s words earlier, soft but steady: Maybe it’s exactly what you need to hear. To let go.And she thought of her mother’s last years, the illness Vera only heard about after it was too late, the funeral she didn’t attend because she was too busy surviving a storm that had nearly drowned her.A storm named Asher Donovan.A storm she might never have escaped without the quiet, unwavering strength she’d built alone.Her throat tightened as her gaze sharpened on the letter. What could it hold? A confession? A plea for forgiveness? Or worse, polished excuses dressed in grief? Vera wasn’t sure her heart could survive the latter.She pressed her palms to her face, groaning softly. “God, just… stop thinking.”But she couldn’t.Her fingers twitched with restless energy until the silence in the room grew unbearable. Fina

The night air clung to her skin like dew, cool and sharp, but Vera didn’t flinch. Her eyes were still glassy, lashes damp with grief, but her breathing had begun to settle.Asher hadn’t let go of her hand.He sat beside her in silence, their fingers intertwined on her knee, anchoring her to the moment, to something that wasn’t loss.“I feel like a stranger to my own story,” she whispered, her voice thinned by tears. “Everything I thought I knew… it’s been rewritten. Dorian didn’t help me out of some selfless kindness. He did it because she asked him to.”“And maybe,” Asher said softly, “he kept helping because he wanted to.”She looked at him then, eyes searching. As much as her heart was in pieces, a small part of her latched onto that.Maybe it could be both. Maybe love and duty had coexisted.“I don’t want to be alone tonight,” she admitted, the words falling out in a quiet confession, nearly drowned in the chirping crickets and distant wind. “But I also don’t want to talk anymore.