I Saved Her Life, He Chose Her Over Me 소설 & 이야기

That was what she said. And I listened. I looked away. I chose— To look away. A slow breath left my lips. “What I did…” I muttered under my breath. Was it wrong? The question lingered. Heavy. Unanswered. Because no matter how I tried to justify it— It didn’t sit right. Someone else saved her. Not me. Someone else stepped in without hesitation. While I stood there. Watching. My jaw clenched. “I let her take the fall…” I said quietly.

“But nothing comes for free. You have to do me one favor before I do yours.” “I’ll do what it takes,” she said even before she could stop herself. “Just—just save him.” A smirk drew his face. “You’ve made the best choice.” Her heart sank, feeling her whole body drowning in a choice she normally wouldn't pick.

I couldn’t stand the sight anymore. “Lucil, it’s okay. That’s all in the past now.” I started to say but then she cut me off. “No! It’s not okay. You’re the Queen and you could have me killed without retribution but then you decided to save me! We all chose Ivanka over you and yet you liberated us from her when you could have totally ignored us and left us to drown in karma!” She wiped some of the tears away from her eyes and joined her hands together again.

"When she had to pick between us in that warehouse, she chose me." The words stung, even though I'd known them to be true for weeks. "She chose to save you first because you were in more immediate danger." "She chose me because she's falling in love with me," Chris corrected gently. "And I'm falling in love with her." I wanted to argue, to fight, to maintain the rivalry we'd built over months. But looking at Chris now – really looking at him as my brother rather than my competition – I felt something shift inside me.

“And it is not about you making a mistake, it is about me… I wanted to choose, and she was my choice. She always will be.” Her laugh came out brittle and hollow. “You think this is choice? She just appeared and you threw everything aside.” She said, wiping her tears. “You forgot everything and everyone else existed, that protocol existed, that life itself was real. You saw ONLY her.” “I chose her.” The words didn’t need to be loud. They were final, and I wasn’t going to change them to satisfy anyone, no matter the price that was going to be paid with this. “You chose her over me.”

Her warmth seeps through my shirt, her heartbeat a steady little rhythm against my ribs. I don’t move, I just hold her. Because moments like this remind me that no award, no reward, no fame could ever touch the way it feels when she chooses me. It’s not a prize, it’s possession. And I’ll lose everything else before I let it go. Everyone thinks I saved her life that night, but the truth is she’s the only reason I made it out alive. I was fucking lost and it was impossible to talk about the pain of loneliness at my age.

“And it is not about you making a mistake, it is about me… I wanted to choose, and she was my choice. She always will be.” Her laugh came out brittle and hollow. “You think this is choice? She just appeared and you threw everything aside.” She said, wiping her tears. “You forgot everything and everyone else existed, that protocol existed, that life itself was real. You saw ONLY her.” “I chose her.” The words didn’t need to be loud. They were final, and I wasn’t going to change them to satisfy anyone, no matter the price that was going to be paid with this. “You chose her over me.”

She'd been cold and distant when we were together, but now, with Caleb's face, she was all warmth and tenderness. I'd known she only stayed with me to save Caleb. If I could turn back time, I'd never have rushed into that burning building to save her. Being a devoted fool had only led to my destruction. "Don't touch me," I growled. Clara blinked. "Are you feeling ill? I'll call the doctor—" I coughed, fixing her with a cold stare. "Looking at you makes me sick. Get out." "What did you say?" she whispered, stunned.

“You’re embarrassing yourself.” He stayed on his knees, looking up at me with desperate hope. “I love you,” he whispered. “Don’t do this. Don’t choose him over us.” I looked down at the man I had once planned a future with and felt nothing but sadness. “Alex… I didn’t choose him over you,” I said quietly. “You chose Bianca over me the moment you let me drown. You chose her every time you ignored me for months. You chose comfort and familiarity over actually seeing me.”

She had finally seen the kind person he was and I sincerely hoped that she would choose herself for once in her life. But I was wrong. Just like always, she chose to go back to that man. I really regretted the things I did for her. I lost Selena just to save her and it did nothing to change her mind. She was still the stupid woman who liked being hit by her husband.