All Chapters of This Time, I’ll Be the One to Let Go: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

My quick, decisive answer left Yvette stunned for a moment.For a long moment, she could not seem to process what I had said. Her eyes, already hazy from the alcohol, grew even darker.Under the swaying lights of the private room, she looked almost vulnerable. However, it was only for a moment. Her gaze soon turned cold as ice.“Do you even know what you just said?”I was half-reclining on the couch, my expression completely unmoved. “Yeah.”This was not the first time she had joked about something like this.Every time, I would pout and play it off, never letting her finish what she was trying to say.Sometimes, I would even force a kiss on her so she would not have the time, or the heart, to think about how to break up with me.It worked every time.I knew exactly how much my body tempted her. Still, I did not want to force her anymore.Perhaps sensing that something was different about me, Yvette walked over and sat beside me.She placed her hand over mine. It was warm an

Yvette froze for a moment, her voice suddenly turning cold. “What exactly are you trying to say?”I was about to explain, but she cut me off impatiently. “Do you really have to make a scene like this every time?”“You’re twenty-five. You’re not a child anymore. Can you stop acting so immature? Do you have any idea how exhausting it is to keep having to comfort you?”Suddenly, I did not feel like explaining myself anymore. I hung up the call.Ever since I got together with her, our eight-year age gap had always been a knot in my heart. As such, I was always careful to make myself seem mature. I never let myself act childish around her.Yvette wanted to focus on her career, so I stayed quietly behind her and supported her. She drank at business dinners and flirted with other men, and I pretended not to notice.In the end, I had only succeeded in turning myself into a joke.I did not know if it was because I never went to pick up my things, but Yvette actually came to my house hers

Diana took two stunned steps backward and bumped into me. She grabbed my hand so tightly that her fingers nearly dug into my skin. “Luke, is what she said true?” She even called me by my childhood nickname.I could not help laughing. “How could it be? You’re my aunt. If I had a girlfriend, wouldn’t you know?”Yvette started toward us, her lips parting as though she wanted to say something.Suddenly, Edmund stumbled and fell. He clutched his ankle with one hand and reached out with the other. “Eve, I think something bit me.”Under the flickering lights, I could see blood on his hand.We were near the beach. It was not unusual for there to be bugs or even scorpions around.I had to admit, Edmund really knew Yvette. The moment she heard he had been bitten, I ceased to matter.She hurried over and helped him to his feet, rushing past me. “I’m taking you to the infirmary. Don’t worry. You’ll be fine.”When she walked past me, she paused for a second.“Lucas, wait here. We’ll talk

I stood in the doorway, completely still for a long time.The truth was, I was not smart at all. If I had been, I would not have spent my entire previous life believing Yvette loved me, even until the day I died.Even before our marriage, Edmund had come to me. Everything he confessed tonight was something I had already heard in my previous life.Back then, he begged me to let Yvette go.“Yvette and I have loved each other for seven years. I’m the only one in her heart. The only reason she agreed to marry you is because you fell out with your family over her, and she felt guilty about it. Do you really think that kind of pity can carry the two of you through a lifetime together?”Back then, I answered him without hesitation, “It can. Yvette loves me. She’ll love me for the rest of her life.”However, as time went on, she grew more and more impatient with me, to the point where she could barely stand to see me.However, with Edmund, she was endlessly gentle.Once, I went to pick

However, what I did not expect was that this time, Yvette simply left Edmund’s situation to her assistant.She followed me all the way to the banquet.Diana looked surprised when she saw us arrive together. “You two came together?”Afraid Yvette might say something, I casually lied to her that we ran into each other at the entrance.Diana did not ask any more questions. She spent the evening introducing me to people and helping me make connections.Yvette simply followed us quietly the entire time without saying a word.Once the business conversations finally started winding down, Diana pointed toward a young woman across the room.“That’s the girl I told you about, the one I wanted you to meet. Want me to take you over and introduce you?”Yvette, who had been silent all evening, finally could not take it anymore.She suddenly grabbed my arm, stopping me from walking forward. “You’re really going on a blind date?”Diana laughed. “He’s twenty-five. Isn’t dating perfectly norma