My Last Wish Was to Marry You의 모든 챕터: 챕터 1 - 챕터 10

It was Tina Morgan, Ian’s first love. He had never stopped caring about her, and she was the reason he hadn’t proposed to Rowan in five years.There was always tension when romantic rivals met.Tina stood before Rowan in a sharp business suit, polished and poised. Rowan found herself losing her nerve.Tina was the first to greet her.“It’s been a long time, Rowan.”Rowan’s hands curled into fists at her sides. She forced a smile.“What are you doing here?”Tina’s expression didn’t change. “Ian invited me back from overseas. I’m his assistant now.”Everything Tina said and did was perfectly polite. She looked at Rowan with such calm composure that anyone might have thought nothing ever happened between them.But Tina and Ian’s breakup had been ugly.Rowan’s parents raised Ian like their own son, so when they learned he was dating Tina, they investigated her background.They discovered that Tina had once been involved with someone who was married. Rowan’s mother wasted no time posting th

Ian frowned, but his expression remained indifferent.“That’s your family’s home. Why would I go back?”He got up to go upstairs, then stopped at the foot of the stairs.“I’ll have someone send a gift. Wish your mother a happy birthday for me.”That was as much as he was willing to do. He still resented Rowan’s mother for what she did to Tina. After he moved out of the Shaw family home, he returned only a handful of times.Ian had never considered it his home, though Rowan’s parents had long thought of him as family.On the drive back from her parents’ house, Rowan stared out the window.She hadn’t realized how much weight she had lost until her mother pointed it out.Since her diagnosis, Rowan barely ate and spent night after night unable to sleep. Of course she had lost weight.The car stopped at a red light. Rowan looked up, and her gaze fell on the window of a restaurant beside the road.Through the glass, she could make out couples raising their glasses and gazing at each other.

After Rowan was hospitalized for her allergic reaction, her health seemed to grow much worse.Painkillers used to ease her headaches. Now they barely helped at all.Her nosebleeds grew more frequent, and she struggled to eat.Sometimes the pain made her want to bang her head against the wall. She held back because Ian might notice something was wrong, though he had hardly come home lately.She heard the company was busy. Ian traveled overseas for work often, and Tina went with him every time.Perhaps that was for the best. He wouldn’t grieve for too long when the time came.When the headaches became unbearable, Rowan thought about ending her life.Hanging would leave her looking awful, cutting her wrists would hurt, and she was afraid of heights. After weighing it all, she decided that assisted dying in Valdoria would be the most peaceful choice.It was snowing in Valdoria at this time of year.Before she died, she could watch the snow one last time with the man she loved. That wou

Rowan didn’t understand when she had become that kind of person in Ian’s eyes.She remembered a time in childhood when someone falsely accused her of cheating at school. The school called for a parent, and Ian came instead.He wasn’t much older than she was, but he stood in front of her as she sobbed. “Rowan would never cheat. I want the school to investigate again. If it won’t, I’ll do it myself. Everyone involved will owe her an apology.”Back then, he stood firmly by her side, and she trusted him completely as she hid behind him.How had they ended up like this?In the end, Rowan said nothing. She simply looked at him.Her gaze was steady, but her eyes were full of despair.For some reason, the way she looked at him made Ian’s chest feel tight. “If it happens again, you’ll pay for it.” He slammed the door behind him.Only after Ian left did Rowan begin to vomit violently.Her blood covered the floor…Three days later, Tina called and asked to meet her.Rowan’s condition had worsene

It was Ian calling.But the woman who once came whenever he called would never answer that number again.Ian didn’t return until a month later.Throughout that month, he kept looking at his conversations and call history with Rowan. Nothing had changed since a month ago. He looked again at the New Year’s greeting she sent him.An unease he couldn’t explain stayed with him.The moment he got home, he searched for Rowan.He went back and forth through the small apartment, checking every room several times.She used to leave traces of herself everywhere. Now he couldn’t find so much as a strand of her hair.Tina had never seen Ian so frantic. She asked with concern, “Ian, are you looking for something? I can help. We’ll find it faster together.”Ian seemed to remember something. He walked over to Tina, but offered no explanation. “Something’s come up at work. I can’t stay with you.”Before Tina could reply, he hurried to his car and drove away.At the hospital, Ian found Chase. He look