Fading Lovers Novels & Stories

“Get out!” Ruby met the icy look in his eyes and forced herself to stop. She was sobbing so hard that she could barely speak. “Zach, I only did all this because I love you! When we were children, you said you’d marry me when we grew up! But you broke your promise and fell in love with another woman... “I never intended to break you and Coco apart, but after I came back to River City, you came whenever I called. You fixed my plumbing, changed my light bulbs, and hung my curtains. If you didn’t have feelings for me, why would you help me?”

Martin heard every word, and his hands were left hanging in the air, still holding Stacy's gaze but finally feeling the bone-cutting chill in her gaze. And in under five minutes, all the drones started crashing into the sea, one after the other. "Hey, what's going on? Why are the drones falling out of the sky?" They were quite far from the beach, but Martin still seemed to hear the splashes as the drones fell into the sea. It was as if everything came crashing down on his heart, leaving him breathless. That was when he felt a lightness in his hands as Stacy took the bouquet from his hands.

On the night of my fifth wedding anniversary with Sebastian Gray, he lit up the entire city with fireworks for me. All our friends kept saying what a wonderful man he was—so loving, so romantic. The kind of husband every woman dreams of. At the grand finale, the fireworks burst into words that lit up the night sky: Happy Birthday, Jen. Jennifer Kingsley was Sebastian's first love, his ideal woman, the one who had always lingered in his heart. Sebastian looked at me, his expression almost sheepish. "Ah, it's Jen's birthday too. They must have mixed up the fireworks."

Florence put her hand down and said, "Can't you see? She doesn't love you anymore." "Get lost. This has nothing to do with you." Florence seemed hurt by this. She finally dropped the act. "Cyrus, can you honestly say you never felt anything? At the Ice Islands, when you held me, wasn’t there even a moment of hesitation? You think driving me away would get her back? Make everything go back to how it was?" She pointed at me and continued, "She sees things more clearly than you do. From the moment you allowed me to shave her head, or maybe even earlier, you had already lost her. She doesn't want you anymore. Cyrus, only I'll be with you. I love you."

I never imagined the two of them would use work as an excuse to spend every night together. They stayed in the office, in hotels, in the car… Even in the home Zayne and I shared as husband and wife, they left behind traces of their affair. For the sake of our family, I swallowed my pride and pain. I tried every trick in my book to win Zayne back. Looking back now, I realize I was being ridiculous. Once a man's heart had drifted off elsewhere, it would never return. In my previous life, I deliberately got myself completely soaked in the rain so that I would run a high fever. I did it to stop Zayne and Reagan from going on that business trip to the border.

My soul, like morning mist, grew translucent beneath the moonlight. I cast one last glance at Ryan. He was still weeping. Edgar's eyes were red with tears. He stared at the moon for a long time. I, too, lifted my gaze to that gentle yet merciless light in the night sky. 'Moon Goddess, is this the end?' Fine. At last, I was free. In the final fading moment of consciousness, the moonlight wrapped around me like a mother's embrace. Everything dissolved into darkness, stillness, and eternal freedom.

He didn’t notice that my eyes were open. Or maybe he did… and just didn’t care to ask. He left the room while I lay there, listening to the sounds of his footsteps. The way the floor creaked as he made coffee. The sound of the fridge opening and closing. All the familiar noises from the life we built together. Now it was all crumbling down. I thought we’d built something unbreakable. But love, I’ve learned, doesn’t fade away in one dramatic moment. It fades in fragments. In silence. In messages that go unsent. In names whispered when you think no one’s listening.

“I forgive you. But there is no going back for us. May the Moon Goddess guide you to a new path.” Logan swayed on his feet, a single tear tracing a path down his cheek. He gave a final, solemn nod, then left the ballroom, his shoulders slumped in defeat.

Forever. FADE TO SILENT STARS.

She gets embarrassed and sinks down into the water. He looks shocked. He never knew that about her. He never could have guessed that even after all those years. Her siren half was dormant for years until she lost her lover two almost three years ago. “Iris?” He realizes she’s still underwater and yanks her up. “Are you trying to drown? You can’t just say something like that then try to disappear” he screams at her. “I can’t drown..” she whispers.