His Eighteen-Year-Old Self 의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

She had thought time had finally returned the eighteen-year-old Adrian Whitmore who had once loved her.It wasn’t until she had finally let go of the past and begun clearing out the surveillance devices she’d once used to monitor him that she accidentally opened an archived recording she had long since forgotten.On the screen, one of Adrian’s friends asked in confusion, “Are you seriously planning to keep up this act for the rest of your life? Evelyn Hart is a lunatic. Why not have her committed and be done with it? Why go to all this trouble?”In the corner of the footage, Adrian was slumped on a couch. The lighting made the exhaustion etched across his face unmistakable.“She can’t be kept locked up. The doctors assessed her, and forcing her into confinement would only make her worse.“If we let her keep losing control, she’ll do whatever it takes to kill Vanessa.”He pinched the bridge of his nose, his voice heavy with the exhaustion of a man pushed to his limits.“It’s only

Adrian’s arms stiffened around her for a moment. His lips had just begun to part when the ringing of his phone shattered the silence in the hospital room.The doctor on the other end sounded frantic.“Mr. Whitmore, Miss Sinclair is having a severe stress reaction. She’s gone up to the hospital roof!“We’ve already called the police, but she’s extremely agitated. She heard you were at the hospital, too... and says she only wants to see you.”Adrian’s arms tightened abruptly. His fingers dug into Evelyn’s shoulder so hard they nearly bruised her.He pressed his lips together. Every muscle in his body was visibly tense, yet he forced two words through clenched teeth.“Let her...”Before he could finish, Evelyn reached out and snatched the phone from his hand.“Tell Vanessa Sinclair that if she wants to die, she should get on with it.“She’s supposedly having a stress reaction, and now she’s on the roof? What a joke.”No one understood better than Evelyn what a genuine stress rea

Adrian abruptly shoved away Vanessa’s hand as she clung to him, then hurried over to Evelyn and caught her by the arm. His voice was tight with panic.“Evelyn, I only wanted you to apologize. Please, don’t do this.”Evelyn let out a cold laugh. She grabbed the hem of her second layer of clothing and took it off without hesitation.The cold air swept over her bare skin, raising goosebumps along her arms.She didn’t even furrow her brow. Instead, she lifted her eyes to meet his.“Is this enough?”He bent down to pick up the clothes she had thrown on the floor. His long fingers gripped the fabric so tightly that his knuckles turned white. Even his gaze trembled.“Evelyn Hart! Stop!”She ignored him and reached for the last remaining piece of clothing.“I said, that’s enough!”The last of Adrian’s composure shattered.He yanked off his suit jacket and wrapped it around her, holding her so tightly that his entire body seemed to tremble.She could feel the shaking of his fingers

Adrian’s car had barely traveled two miles before he suddenly ordered the driver to pull over.Evelyn’s helpless, anguished voice from earlier kept echoing in his mind.After hesitating for a moment, he finally picked up his phone and called a friend.“Evelyn got into trouble at the industrial building on the outskirts of the city. Go check on her for me. See if the rescue team has arrived.”His friend acted immediately. A few minutes later, the phone rang again, and a panicked voice burst through the speaker.“Adrian, something’s happened! Your wife…”Before he could finish, a video appeared in the chat.Adrian froze, then instinctively tapped it open.The industrial building he had just left was now engulfed in flames. The fire was raging out of control.The shaky camera zoomed in. Fire engines and ambulances crowded the scene as someone screamed at the top of their lungs.“Is anyone still inside?!”The rescue team leader pulled down his protective face shield, his voice m

Adrian slowly lifted his head, his eyes bloodshot.Natalie Brooks arrived with a medical team. The moment she saw Evelyn in his arms, she rushed forward.“Hand her over! She might still be saved. She’s losing too much blood. She needs immediate treatment!”Adrian clutched Evelyn tighter, as though she were the last lifeline he had left.“Please,” he pleaded hoarsely. “Give her back to me.”Natalie’s expression hardened. She and the medical personnel carefully took Evelyn from his arms and carried her away.Adrian stood frozen, his hands still suspended in the air, unable to accept that she was gone.Vanessa suddenly grabbed him by the collar.“Adrian, have you actually fallen for that old woman after pretending to be your eighteen-year-old self for three years?”Her voice trembled with disbelief and anger.“She’s faking her death to scare you! She knows you can’t stand the thought of losing her. If she really wanted to die, she would have killed herself a long time ago!”Adr