Lahat ng Kabanata ng To Me, My Ex Is Dead: Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 30

“Dr. Sanders, it can’t have been easy, being single all these years. A woman your age needs to start thinking seriously about marriage. The longer you wait, the harder it gets.”Every word Vivian had sneered at Nikki inside the theater replayed in her mind.Now, they seemed to have turned back on her, mocking her instead.She bit down on her lip.Why did Nikki get to have someone like him?Sean stood where he was for a long moment.Then he crouched and gently took Eli from Vivian’s arms.His movements were careful, but Vivian still felt how cold his hands were.He looked at her.His eyes were cold, like a lake in winter. They reflected everything and gave nothing back.“Let’s go to the hospital,” he said.He carried Eli to the car and got into the driver’s seat.Vivian stood there for a moment, watching his back. The streetlight stretched his shadow across the pavement, long and lonely.Then she hurried after him, her heels clicking sharply against the stone.Inside the c

Sean had ignored her for so long that Nikki used to think he was testing her.For two whole years, she had pursued him without shame and without fear of being hurt.“Nikki?”Luke’s voice pulled her back.“Hm?”“You drifted off again.”“Sorry.”She lowered her eyes and took a bite of the potato on her plate.It had gone cold and tough. It tasted like cardboard.Luke didn’t press her.He used the tongs to lift a fresh potato from the tray and placed it on her plate.“Try this one. It’s still hot.”Nikki looked at the potato.It was warm and perfectly cooked.“Thanks.”On the way home after dinner, Luke showed her several photos on his phone.“Have you ever dressed up in something like this before?”The photos showed pale ivory and soft blue dresses with delicate silver embroidery at the neckline and subtle floral patterns along the skirts. They were elegant without being flashy.“They’re beautiful,” Nikki said.Luke almost told her that she would look even better in on

“How can you threaten me?” Vivian cut in.Her voice rose, then dropped at once when she glanced toward the back seat.Eli hadn’t woken up.Sean only looked at her.“How is that a threat?” he asked quietly. “I’m just telling the truth.”His tone was light, almost casual.That was what made it so frightening.Vivian sat rigidly in the passenger seat, her fingers clenched around the seat belt until her knuckles turned white.She stared at Sean’s profile, but nothing in his expression had changed.He was only stating a fact.A fact that put her at a disadvantage.And somehow, that made a chill run down her spine.“You just don’t want to marry me,” she said quietly.Sean didn’t answer.“Fine. I’ll do what you want. But your parents might not necessarily listen to me.”“That’s fine,” Sean said. “As long as you know what to do.”The car rolled slowly into the garage.“Sean,” Vivian said softly.“Hm?”“Do you still have feelings for me? Even a little?”Sean didn’t answer.

Nikki lowered her head and took a sip of water.When she turned, she nearly walked into someone. Her cup tipped, spilling a few drops across the back of her hand.She stepped back and looked up.Felix stood in front of her.She had almost forgotten about him.He wore a dark blue polo beneath his white coat, his hair combed neatly into place. Everything about him looked carefully put together.Too carefully put together.Nikki gave him a brief nod and started to move past him.“I was wondering,” Felix said suddenly.His voice was quiet, but every word was deliberate.“How could you turn me down out of nowhere? Turns out you had your sights set higher. You were after someone more important.”Nikki turned back slowly and stared at him.Felix smiled.There was contempt in it, but even more satisfaction, as though he had figured out some great secret.“Well, that explains it.”He drew out the words.“You wanted to marry up.” He lowered his voice, the condescension becoming e

At the time, Sean had told himself that if a relationship was never going to have a future, it was better not to start one.And yet, in the end, he had let it begin anyway.Dave looked at him and pressed, “She what?”Sean met his eyes and smiled, though there was no warmth in it.“You’re awfully curious about her.”“Someone that interesting? Who wouldn’t be curious?”Sean’s gaze returned to the end of the hallway.Nikki was long gone, but he kept looking in that direction as though she were still there.“In my first year with the airline, I was sent to Sterling City for intensive training. I’d been flying and training nonstop for two weeks and had worked myself sick, but I never told her.”His voice turned rough.“I don’t know how she found out, but she took a thirty-six-hour train ride in a cramped coach just to see me. She arrived outside my dorm that night. It was fourteen degrees Fahrenheit, the coldest day Sterling City had seen all year. She stood outside for forty minu