All Chapters of Sunflowers Uprooted, Love Dissected: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Noticing the paparazzi snapping photos, Ian tried to shake off Cece’s hand.His eyes darted to my pale face as he offered me a placating smile. “Mira, Cece only got hurt because she was protecting you. It’s only right that I take care of her.”I wordlessly opened the front passenger door.Cece suddenly slipped in ahead of me. She looked at me with a saccharine smile and said, “Sorry, I’ve been by Ian’s side when he handles both the underworld and the legitimate side of things since we were little. I’m used to riding shotgun with him. Besides, I have this problem where I get carsick in the back. If you don’t believe me, just ask Ian!”I looked at Ian. He seemed lost in a nostalgic daze for a moment. Then, he smiled fondly at her and looked as if he could never say no to her. “Mira, that’s just how Cece is. She’s spoiled and used to her comforts. The front seat is cramped, anyway. Why don’t you take the back?”I wordlessly climbed into the back seat alone as I watched another woma

After being locked in the bedroom for a week, the last person I expected to see was Cece.Around her neck hung the diamond necklace Ian had bid for me at an auction. She was wearing his favorite black shirt.When she saw me, she laid out tabloid photos from the past few days and flipped through them one by one, like a victor flaunting her spoils.“Open your eyes and take a good look. Ian only pursued you back then because he was looking for something new. Did you really think you could walk all over me just because you had the title of Mrs. Tost? In the end, I only have to lift a finger, and he would give me whatever I want, including your family’s lives!”Her smug tone snapped the last thread of my restraint. I slapped her.As she fell with the force of the blow, the bedroom door creaked open.Tears welled in her eyes as she looked pitifully at Ian with the red mark on her cheek stark against her skin. “Ian, I was only trying to tell her not to defy you anymore, to apologize to

Six months later, he forbade anyone from mentioning my name. “Mira Kazinsky” had become an invisible shackle in his heart.After Ian returned home, he ruthlessly obliterated every scandalous tabloid thread about him and Cece. Catching wind of it, Cece, who had not fully recovered from her injuries, showed up at the gate of Ian’s villa with a group of girlfriends.“Cece, you’ve liked the Tost family’s prince for ages, right? If Mira hadn’t shown up in his life, you would’ve been Mrs. Tost. Now that her body’s been picked clean by sharks, isn’t this the perfect chance to make your move?”“That’s right. From the way those rumors were flying before, it’s obvious Ian has feelings for you, too. Forget about anyone else, you should fight for yourself!”Listening to her friends egg her on, Cece thought of how Ian’s renewed favor had brought her a steady stream of resources and power over a few days, so much that it all felt unreal.Ian had done everything with her that any normal couple

When I heard news of Ian again, I was already in New Zealand. After I fell off the cliff that day, Noah Sevigny had sent his men to pull me out. When I woke up, I was lying in a private hospital overseas.The Kazinsky and Sevigny families went way back. After my father passed away, I stayed with them for a short while. From then on, the Kazinsky business declined sharply, but the Sevignys quietly stepped in to help us more than once. Later, the Sevigny family moved their assets and shifted most of their business overseas. As I stayed behind, our correspondence grew sporadic.Noah was two years older than me. During the years I lived under the Sevigny roof, he was the one who looked after me.Abroad, the name Ian Tost may draw blank stares, but mention Noah Sevigny, and people’s eyes would light up with respect.After the Sevigny family moved their empire overseas, Noah inherited it and multiplied its worth tenfold. He wove their industries into every corner of daily life ab

When he tried to slip the ring back onto my finger, I simply snorted.After soaking in seawater for so long, the metal was already mottled with rust, just like the cracks that had long since split our love apart.I swatted it from his hand and sent it clattering to the floor. Ian dropped to his knees and searched for it like a madman.I watched him coldly. “Don’t bother. There’s no going back between us.”Tears streamed down his cheeks as he got back to his feet and walked toward me again. He grabbed my hand and struck himself with it.Once, twice, three times… Each slap was hard. However, I would never forgive him for what he had done. I pulled my hand free. He stumbled as if I had yanked it away with all my strength.He began recounting the moments from when we were still in love. “Mira, that night under the meteor shower five years ago, we made a wish to spend our lives together, remember? Remember that trip to the snow-capped mountains to see the sunrise? We were caught in