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Chapter 1

Naomi Walker's degree slipped from her hand as she bolted out of the ceremony. I clutched mine and shouted after her, "If you walk away today, don't come back to me!" She paused for just a second, then disappeared into the crowd without looking back. I stood there as the tassel on my graduation cap swayed before my eyes. All around me, there was laughter, shouting, and chaos. The university president stood onstage with a microphone, looking from me to the direction Naomi had run, clearly at a loss for words.Naomi's parents, George Walker and Andrea Willow, came over, their faces dark with anger. George grabbed my hand. "Caspian, I'll drag that idiot girl back here right now!" I shook my head and slowly kept my degree away. "George, Andrea, let her go." My parents looked even worse. My father, Frederick Abbott, had gone pale with anger, while tears streamed down my mother Claire Sutton's face. "How did things end up like this? It's your graduation day—and your engage

Chapter 2

"No! Caspian, you'll always be the most important person to me! But he could've died!" Naomi exclaimed."The doctor said he wasn't going to die." I looked at her calmly. Naomi's lips moved, but she had nothing to say. Just then, Luca woke up. The moment he saw me, feigned guilt filled his eyes. "Caspian… I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I didn't mean to. I just… I couldn't control myself," he stammered. "When I saw your graduation ceremony, I thought about myself… and I just lost control. I'm sorry. I ruined your graduation…" Naomi immediately sat back down beside him and gently comforted him. "It's okay. It's over now. Don't think about it. You need to rest." Then she looked at me with a hint of reproach in her eyes. Her gaze seemed to say, "Look at him. He wasn't in his right mind. You should cut him some slack."I said nothing and walked out. Outside the hospital, the summer air felt hot and heavy against my face. That was when I realized my hands had been shaking

Chapter 3

"Lauren, do you remember the guy who was rushed in yesterday after taking pills? Luca Brown?" I asked.Lauren Jones thought for a moment. "Oh, him? Yeah, I remember. When he was brought in, there was this gorgeous girl with him. She looked terrified.""How many pills did he take?" "Oh, don't even get me started." Lauren looked dismissive. "He took a few vitamin pills mixed with two sleeping pills he had somehow obtained." She rolled her eyes. "That amount wouldn't even put me to sleep. It just looked scary. He was crying the whole time when they brought him in. He was definitely putting on a show for someone. The doctors and nurses all knew that. He was never in any real danger."I felt my heart sink at those words.…That night, Naomi asked me to dinner to celebrate my acceptance into grad school. She seemed to be in a good mood. Luca had been discharged that day, and she said she had gotten everything taken care of."I made a reservation at your favorite place." Durin

Chapter 4

I went to the new apartment alone. It was big, but empty, and every piece of furniture had been picked out together.I silently sat on the couch for a long time.…A week later, Naomi called. She sounded exhausted as she said, "Caspian, we need to talk." We met at the new apartment. She looked thinner, with dark circles under her eyes. "Caspian, I'm sorry. I know I've handled things badly," she started. "Luca's been emotionally unstable, so I've had to spend more time with him." I said nothing and waited. "I know this is hard for you. But, Caspian, we've been together for four years. Don't you know me by now? What I feel for Luca is nothing but guilt and a sense of responsibility. There's nothing else.""I know," I said. She visibly relaxed. "I knew you understood me."She stepped forward to hug me, but I took a step back. "Naomi, I came here to tell you I don't want to stay in this apartment anymore."She froze, her arms hanging in the air."What… what do you mean

Chapter 5

After I broke up with Naomi, I didn't tell anyone—not even my parents. I also moved back into the dorms. Naomi never reached out, perhaps because she was too busy caring for her junior. She probably thought I was just throwing a tantrum and would get over it in a few days. Life went on, and classes went on. But the campus was small, and sooner or later, I'd run into them. Naomi was always with Luca—helping him find sources at the library one day, saving him a seat in the cafeteria the next. He was practically glued to her, and she let him be.Whenever we crossed paths, Naomi would look away. Her lips would move like she wanted to say something, but nothing came out. Then she'd frown and turn away. Luca always kept his head down, looking like the victim. That semester, our law school hired a new visiting lecturer, Yelena Summer. She was young and had just returned from a top international law firm.One day, Naomi brought Luca to sit in on her class. In the previous lectu

Chapter 6

"There's nothing wrong with it ending. Besides, my son, you're a great catch. You'll have no trouble finding someone," Dad said to comfort me.Naomi's parents came to see me, too. Their eyes were filled with disappointment, and they seemed to have aged in the time we hadn't met."Caspian, Naomi was in the wrong. We failed as parents. We're sorry."I shook my head. "It's not your fault, George, Andrea. This is between Naomi and me.""That Luca…" Andrea hesitated, looking miserable. "We know everything. That idiot girl let him stay with her. We tried to stop her. We yelled at her and even grounded her, but she acted like she'd lost her mind. She said we didn't understand her and that we were heartless.""Andrea, let it go," I said.Everyone had to live with their choices. Naomi chose this so-called responsibility, and now she had to face the consequences. ...I started deliberately avoiding Naomi and Luca, choosing to pour all my time and energy into Yelena's research project.

Chapter 7

I printed the photo of the SUV and put it in an envelope. Then I put the expensive watch my dad had given me into another envelope.I waited for Naomi at the south gate. She looked even more exhausted than the last time I'd seen her."Caspian." When she saw me, a flicker of happiness appeared in her eyes. I handed her the two envelopes. "One has the watch my dad gave me. It's authentic and worth a lot. The other is a cheap knockoff I bought from a street vendor for 500 dollars." Naomi stared at me, completely confused."Pick one. Give it to Luca," I said.She continued to look at me, bewildered. "Go ahead. Let's see if Luca is worth the real thing or the fake."With that, I shoved the envelopes into her hands and walked away. Naomi didn't follow after me.…The next day, I boarded the train with Yelena's team for our field research. I thought that was the end of it, but a week later, Ava called me. Her voice was trembling, almost breaking into tears. "Caspian… Pl

Chapter 8

"Caspian." Naomi's voice was hoarse.I placed the textbooks I'd used while preparing for my postgraduate entrance exams on her bedside table."This is the school's decision. Your enrollment will be preserved, but your hand…" I trailed off.She closed her eyes and said nothing. "The police have finished investigating the accident. Luca was mainly responsible for grabbing the steering wheel," I informed her.Still, she said nothing. "Luca is in the room next door. His parents are here too. They showed up in a luxury car, dressed head to toe in designer clothes."That finally got a reaction. She slowly turned to look at me. "So…" "It was all a lie," I said calmly. Tears began streaming down Naomi's face. "Caspian, I'm sorry."I looked calmly at her. "You don't owe me an apology. You should be sorry to yourself, to your parents who gave everything to raise you, and for the white coat you never got the chance to wear."I turned to leave. "Don't go!" She suddenly called a

Chapter 9

"What do you want me to do? Take care of her? Comfort her? Tell her everything will be okay?" I shot back at Ava.Ava lowered her head. "I just thought… You were together for four years. You must have shared so much.""Ava, those four years meant nothing the moment she ran out of our graduation ceremony for another man," I said coldly.…I never saw Naomi again. When she was discharged, her parents came to pick her up. Apparently, she had started practicing writing with her left hand. It was awkward, and her handwriting was crooked.We caught sight of each other across the crowded hospital lobby once. She had lost so much weight. Her eyes were empty, and she looked ten years older.I turned away and stepped into the elevator with Yelena. For the first time in a long while, life seemed peaceful again. Yelena started dropping hints that she liked me. She brought me breakfast every morning, waited for me when I worked late, and asked me out to see new movies. I understood

Chapter 10

Naomi held the microphone for a long time without saying a word. Finally, she said just one thing. "Thank you for being willing to marry me."…Years later, I graduated from postgraduate school and joined Yelena's law firm. We became coworkers, then got engaged, and eventually married.Everything fell naturally into place. My parents were thrilled, and Naomi's parents even sent us an expensive wedding gift through a mutual acquaintance. They said they still felt guilty for wasting four years of my life, but I told them it was all in the past. Two years into my marriage to Yelena, we had a child—a beautiful little girl with her mother's eyes and my nose. Yelena was a wonderful wife and an even better mother. She promised she would never miss a single moment of our daughter growing up. Years later, I heard about Naomi from Ava.I hadn't seen Ava in years. Then, by chance, we ran into each other at an alumni gathering. She told me that after graduation, Naomi had returne

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