Too Late To Want Me의 모든 챕터: 챕터 11 - 챕터 20

Declan stood with his hands on his hips in front of the wardrobe in his bedroom. His bedroom. In his own house, not his parents' place. The work clothes he'd left at his parents' house were running low, so he had no choice but to come home and pick up a few more outfits. But the moment he'd arrived the night before, his frustration had only grown when he saw the pile of dirty clothes beside the washing machine.Usually, Sarah took care of all of this. She sorted everything that needed to be washed, ironed, or neatly put away in the wardrobe. But now?Oh, shit.Why was Sarah the one occupying his thoughts again? For a moment, Declan almost reached for his phone to call her and ask where she kept all his things. His shirts, pants, undershirts. Even his underwear.Just last week, he'd been able to find everything within seconds because Sarah had neatly arranged all his clothes for him. But now that everything in the wardrobe had been moved into the

“You’re all dressed up. Where are you off to, Sarah?” Norah asked when she saw Sarah looking elegant in a long skirt and a short-sleeved blouse patterned with monstera leaves.Norah had completely recovered. She had even visited her flower shop several times just to check on the plant stock or pick a few stems of roses and tuberose to brighten up her living room.“I told you last night that I wanted to go back to the salon, Mom. Poor Mia’s been completely overwhelmed since I’ve been away.”“Oh… right.” Norah nodded before chuckling. “I completely forgot. You know, I’m getting old.” She joined Sarah at the dining table, taking the seat beside her. “Are you going with Declan?”Sarah suddenly choked at the question. She glanced toward the staircase, but there was still no sign of Declan coming down to join them for breakfast. During the two weeks they had stayed at Dec

                     Sarah had no tears left to cry over Declan. A day after Declan left for LA, she decided to return to her own house. She didn't want his parents to notice how heartbroken she was. More importantly, she didn't want her in-laws to notice the physical changes that were becoming harder and harder to hide because of her pregnancy."Wow, you only spent one night without Declan and you're already this sad," her mother in law had teased her the previous day after seeing her swollen eyes."You're imagining things, Mom," Sarah had replied, forcing a smile."Don't try to hide it. You've clearly been crying. You must be upset because he left town.""No, Mom. I'm used to Declan traveling for work." Sarah lowered her voice. "Mom, I'm going back to our house later, okay? It's probably a mess after Declan handled everything by himself.""Are you ti

               “I hate you, Declan... I hate you,” Sarah repeated several times, her consciousness still hazy and far from fully restored.The people keeping watch over Sarah could do nothing but anxiously hope that the string of misfortunes would finally come to an end. Even in her half-conscious state, Sarah could faintly hear the heated argument taking place around her. Her mind had yet to fully recover after the procedure performed by the doctor several hours earlier, but somehow, her ears remained sensitive enough to catch every voice in the room.There was Mia’s agitated voice, the shrill voice of the woman Sarah believed to be Mrs. Sastro, and another deep male voice she did not recognize.“Is Sarah’s family on their way?” Mrs. Kyle asked, though Sarah could not tell whom she was addressing.“Yes, Ma’am. Her two brothers and her fat

               Declan smiled faintly as he arrived at his house. The fleeting moments he had spent with Natalie at her luxurious apartment still lingered vividly in his mind. Yes, he had spent the night at Natalie’s apartment after the hazel eyed woman had persuaded him several times to stay. They had truly only spent the night together, nothing more had happened between them. There had been no physical contact of any kind.“It feels so lonely when Vino isn’t around,” Natalie had said the night before when Declan was about to leave.“He’ll be back soon.”“I know, but it still feels so empty, especially at night like this.”Declan had given her a knowing smirk, as though he could read her mind. “And?”“Stay with me… please?” she had pleaded sweetly.