All Chapters of Waiting for a Heart Long Dead: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Luke stepped out to take a call and told me to wait for him.While I was deep in thought, my best friend, Sabrina Bell, burst into the room with red-rimmed eyes. She said it was for the best that I had forgotten that bastard, Nathan."The doctor said your brain chose to protect itself, so it blocked out the most painful memories."My chat history held every bitter memory from the past seven years.Years ago, my mother, Jessica Kane, died in a fire trying to save Nathan. After that, I ended up being raised in his home as his adopted sister.He cared for me in every way possible, and I mistook it for love. Later on, I threw away my pride and kept trying to seduce him. Yet, all he would do was help me get dressed without a flicker of emotion and promise to marry me.It wasn't until I saw him confessing his buried desires over the phone to Lily."Marrying Willow is just to repay a debt. That way, I won't owe her anything anymore."That was when I realized how foolish I was.That n

I took off the engagement ring and tossed it onto the pile of clothing."Nathan, I shouldn't have clung to you," I muttered. "I won't cross that line again."Ever since I started falling for him, I stopped calling him my brother. Using "Nate" instead of "Nathan" made me feel like we were already something more.I told myself that if I never said what we were, nothing would stand in our way. But it turned out he just never loved me like that.When he overheard me, Nathan stopped on the stairs.The blood on the carpet was hard to miss. His eyes widened at the sight of it, and he rushed over to me. As he kneeled on the floor, he pulled me into his arms. He looked just as frantic as he had that day at the funeral parlor. "Willow!" he gasped."Willow, you sure know how to play the long game." Lily sneered.Her mockery seemed to snap Nathan out of it. He promptly let go and threw me to the floor.Lily then picked up the ring and slid it onto her finger. After that, she grabbed a cost

"I didn't think you would be so sensible. You're the reason I got burned yesterday. Drop the urn and think of it as your way of making it up to me," Lily said with a smirk. Nathan clearly hadn't expected me to be there. The look of surprise in his eyes was mixed with one of guilt.I couldn't believe how shameless he was and clutched the urn tightly in my arms. "Get lost, the both of you!" I yelled. "How can you help her with such a ridiculous thing? My mother died saving your life, Nathan. How dare you?"Nathan's expression wavered, but Lily immediately picked up on his hesitation. "Nate, this is what you promised me. If she doesn't drop the urn, I won't agree to you getting the marriage certificate with her!" Lily snapped.At that moment, the look in Nathan's eyes suddenly hardened. He grabbed my shoulders tightly and held me in place. And then, Lily threw my mother's urn onto the ground.I broke down, but Nathan held me so tightly that I couldn't do anything."This is so I can

The nurse grew impatient with all of Nathan's questions and pulled out a medical report. It listed Willow's fall into the sea, the trauma-induced amnesia, and the selective memory loss.Nathan felt a sharp sting upon reading those words. So, Willow hadn't lied. She really had chosen to forget him.Pain twisted in his chest when he recalled the things Willow had said over the past few days. She had meant every word when she said she was letting him go. Willow truly didn't love him anymore.When Nathan saw the paper bag in the nurse's hand, he snatched it and tore it open. Inside the bag was the rosary Willow had thrown away at the hospital."Willow left this behind when she was discharged days ago," the nurse said. "I heard she passed away. As her family, you should have it."Nathan clutched the rosary tightly, his voice trembling as he said, "You're lying. Willow can't be dead!"Lily didn't want to watch him lose it any further and bluntly said, "Nate, snap out of it! You've

"I went to the Cooper residence to look for you, but they wouldn't let me in. Do you know how scared I was?" Luke said. "What if something happened to you? Was I just supposed to live like a widower?"He looked just as tense now as he did the first time I saw him. The day I woke up in the hospital, he was soaked as he sat beside my bed. I heard that he didn't wait for the rescue team, so he dove in and saved my life himself.That day, Luke didn't relax until the doctor said, "Your girlfriend's fine. She just lost her memory.""You're my boyfriend?" I had asked.When Luke heard that, he stood there with his mouth agape for a long time. Soon, he stammered, "Yes, I do quite like you. But your mean brother keeps getting in my way."Upon thinking back to our conversation that day, I suddenly realized that Luke wasn't as awful as Nathan said he was."I'm sorry. I only went back to get my mom's things, but something unexpected happened," I said. "After we get married for the alliance,