He Left Me to Die for His First Love のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 7

After I died, my soul did not vanish. The waves carried it back to shore.I drifted behind Adrian and watched him guide Vivian along, protecting her with every step.Vivian was badly shaken, her face drained of all color."Adrian, that was terrifying...""It's all right, it's all right. Deep breaths, Vivi. You're safe now."Adrian patted her back again and again in slow, soothing strokes.Vivian let out a whimper and threw herself into his arms.Her ankle had been cut on the sharp rocks along the shore, leaving a thin line of blood.Adrian crouched to examine the cut, his brow furrowed."There are all kinds of bacteria on those rocks. The cut could easily get infected. I won't feel right until a doctor has seen it."He scooped her up in a hurry."Wait, Adrian, Sophie isn't back yet!" Vivian took the opening and slid her arms around his neck."You almost died in that opening!" Adrian's mouth twisted as his brows drew together. "After something like that, she's still in the mood to keep

I had booked the presidential suite on the top floor.The broad floor-to-ceiling windows offered a sweeping view of the city lights and a sky full of stars.The diffuser carried Adrian's favorite lily-of-the-valley scent. Rose petals blanketed the floor, and the room glowed with candlelight.A freshly opened bottle of red wine rested on the side table.Vivian's eyes settled on the two wine glasses, and she hesitated."Adrian, is it really all right for me to stay here?"Adrian's gaze searched around the room, then he lowered his head and tugged roughly at his collar."It's fine. You can't get around easily right now. This works out."Adrian pulled back the covers and set her carefully on the bed.He even took off her shoes without the slightest reluctance.I stood beside them and watched it all in silence.In all our years together, he had never once looked after me like that.He wouldn't even put on his own slippers unless I set them out for him.So it wasn't that he couldn't.He retu

Adrian walked into the room unsteadily, the attendant at his side.Vivian followed behind him, her face pale.Fear had her hands shaking beyond her control.Adrian's hand stayed on the white sheet a long time.He drew it slowly back with trembling fingers, uncovering my colorless face.When she saw the state of me, Vivian let out a short scream and gagged.Everything she had eaten that morning came back up, and a foul smell spread through the air.Adrian didn't take care of her the way he always had. He went on standing there, blank.His eyes fixed on my face without blinking.My face was bloodless, bloated, and ugly from the water. Even I recoiled from it.Adrian did not recoil. Instead, he pressed a trembling hand to my cheek.He tried to pass the warmth of his palm into my cold body, as if he could make it warm again.A grieving, animal sound came out of his throat.He finally understood, far too late, that this was not some drama I had staged.I really was dead.I had died the prev

In the end it was Adrian who brought my ashes home.Julian objected bitterly.But the authorities put Adrian, my fiance, in charge of the arrangements rather than Julian.On the day the sentence came down, Julian carried my ashes to the sea.He sat there in silence, listening to the waves.He looked out calmly over water that had no end to it.I sat quietly beside him as the cool sea breeze passed through my nearly invisible soul and swept toward some unknown distance.There were footsteps behind us. I didn't turn around. My eyes stung and the tears came.It was Adrian's mother, the person I most wanted and most dreaded to see.After everything that had happened between me and her son, I had no idea what she thought of me now, or whether she could still love me the way she used to."Eleanor."Eleanor could not hear me. She rested a hand lightly on Julian's shoulder.The only two people left in the world who still held on to me shared what comfort they could with each other."Sophie," E