บททั้งหมดของ Three Years of Loving Her Leftovers: บทที่ 1 - บทที่ 10

Three days later, Adeline Shoeman moved into our apartment. Her reason was that the pipes in her rented apartment had burst, which flooded the floors. That was why she needed to stay over at our place for one week.Glenn decided to bring her into our apartment without bothering to discuss anything with me."It's dangerous for a woman like her to live on her own. She's not used to staying in hotels, either. Besides, the guest bedroom in our apartment is vacant."As Glenn spoke, he moved the pots of allergy-friendly ferns that I had placed on the guest bedroom's windowsill out of the bedroom. He needed them gone to make room for Adeline's massive suitcases.I leaned against the doorframe while watching him hard at work."Adeline isn't used to staying in hotels, so she decided to crash in my place instead?""Don't be mean, Willow. Adeline's my childhood friend as well as the most important muse in my studio. We're all friends here; what's wrong with helping each other out?"Muse, h

It then hit me that Adeline had cited having a headache a few days ago. When she was rummaging through the drawer for painkillers, she accidentally knocked my pillbox to the floor. Back then, she had picked it up in a flurry of panic and claimed that she had put my pills back into the box.It turned out that the pills had scattered from the box back then. Yet, Adeline didn't even bother collecting them and putting them back into the box. Or rather, she chose to discard them on the spot.I didn't take her actions to heart at that time. My plan was that I'd get a refill at the hospital during the weekend.Who would've thought that I'd end up dying right before the weekend?The oxygen in my lungs was starting to run out. Black patches started filling my vision. I managed to feel for my phone, which had fallen out of my pocket. My thumb trembled uncontrollably, but I still successfully punched in the numbers "911" in the end."Hello… I'm crashing from an allergy… caused by lily po

Life was smooth sailing for me throughout my half-year stay in Seldoria. The institute was equipped with the most advanced equipment in the world. I didn't have to deal with any exhausting socialization at all. If anything, I got to immerse myself in a world of academics and design.The research topic I led, which focused on the cultivation of allergen-friendly alpine plants, made rapid progress. I combined the genetic data of the alpine mosses and the pollenless ferns, which allowed me to cultivate a new type of interior-based decorative plants that had high survivability and were 100% allergen-friendly.In this institute, I no longer played a supporting role in someone else's life. Meanwhile, Glenn, who was all the way back in Chevoria, was starting to suffer in life. Without my expertise in color coordination and design, his floral arrangements began to reveal just how hollow and garish they truly were.In the past, Glenn was used to piling the expensive imported flowers

Two years later, global tech giant Sterling Global officially unveiled its new Armadean headquarters in Halvon City of Chevoria.As an industry leader, Sterling Global announced an open bidding process for the interior landscaping of its ground-floor lobby. The project was themed "Allergen-Free Ecological Atrium" and had a budget of 50 million dollars. It demanded not only exceptional design but also the highest standards of allergen safety.As the lead designer of one of Seldoria's top ecological design teams, I led my team back to Chevoria to compete for the contract.The bidding presentations were held in the panoramic conference center located on the top floor of Sterling Global's headquarters.Strict rules were in place. Every team had its own enclosed display chamber. Each designer had 30 minutes to create a miniature landscape using only their preapproved floral materials. Then, they'd have to present their ecological design concept to a panel of international judges, who'

Once I was done signing the contract, I wrapped the form-fitting wool coat around myself tightly before leaving Sterling Global's headquarters.Winter in Halvon City was bone-chilling, to say the least. Snowflakes began cascading from the sky, soon landing on the icy road.A man stood in the square outside Sterling Global. It was Glenn, wearing a thin, fraying coat.I heard he was saddled with astronomical debts after his studio went bankrupt. He ended up turning to the bottle just to drown out his pain and sorrows for a very long time, which ultimately led to his nervous system being severely damaged.Glenn's hands, which were once his pride and joy, kept trembling violently against his will. He couldn't even hold the lightest pair of pruning shears properly nowadays.Noticing me, Glenn jolted before stumbling into my way."W-Willow… I saw the news. C-Congratulations on… on securing the contract…"I stopped in my tracks to look at Glenn coldly. To me, he was just a stranger w