You Left Me Novels & Stories

~ My dear Bella. I love you from the bottom of my heart, and it tears me up to write this to you. I know you're probably wondering where I went and why I never said anything before leaving, but the truth is, it's complicated and tough. Saying goodbye to you would have been incredibly difficult because once I looked into your eyes, I knew I wouldn't be able to leave. Please don't hate me for leaving. It's not what I wanted to do. In fact, choosing to leave you was the most difficult decision I've ever had to make.

“Too bad.” I whip around, eyes narrowing. “Oh, too bad? Are you kidding me?” He exhales sharply. “You left.” I laugh, but it’s sharp, bitter. “You told me to leave.” I respond defensively “I didn’t mean it. I thought we'd established that. I thought we were good.” I throw my hands up. “How the hell was I supposed to know that, Levi? You say things like that, like it’s nothing, like it doesn’t—” I cut myself off, my chest rising and falling too fast.

Only the sound of the monitor beeping and his heart frantically beating remained there. He grabbed his long, pale hand and clutched them inside his palm. The still coldness of his skin scared him. “I thought I lost you again.” He said in a sluggish voice. It sounded like he stuck something in his throat and tried hard to speak with it. “Please don’t leave me again. When you left the hospital four years ago. I searched for you repeatedly, every place you could go. Even your friend’s apartment, but there was no one. I never found you until one day I heard your name on the new project. I somehow found a new light in my life. I was overwhelmed when you came to the meeting. Even if it was a brief

So I'm keeping what I feel and continue to make them happy. "I got carried away. You were always there for me. You cared for me. I honestly didn't know that you were at your limit when we were drinking. I thought you still knew what you're doing." Her words were strained and it sounded more like a confession. "It made me lose the biggest opportunity of my life!" "Whatever your decision was at that time, it's all in the past. It's your choice why you left! You left everything. You left me! You don't know how it feels to be left alone!"

“What are you going to do now?” I paused, contemplating the question carefully. I had not really thought about this. I could stay in town and try to find my feet again but how would I do that, knowing that I would bump into Jason or Lila one day? I couldn't bear to see them together, not now—not anytime soon. I needed somewhere to clear my head. A fresh start. A new life where they never existed. Where they can never hurt me again. “I’m going to leave this city. Start over somewhere far away. Somewhere they don’t know me.”

“I’ve backed enough founders to know when someone is rebuilding themselves along with the company. You’re doing both. His words stayed with me as I returned to my small apartment that evening. The space still felt new, but it was starting to feel like home. Adrian still had no idea where I was. I had made sure of that. No messages. No location sharing. For the first time in five years, I was truly on my own. But as I sat on the couch eating a simple dinner, my phone buzzed with a message from an unknown number. Unknown: Running away doesn’t change anything. You can’t hide forever. I stared at the screen, heart racing. Sophia. The fight wasn’t over.

Just enough to kill me. I didn’t say goodbye when I left, I just walked out—leaving all the silent noise, the mess, and the fucking ache behind.

“Uhm, I…” Elena pressed her lips together for a moment because it hurt so much to say this. Tears were already on her cheeks, her voice trembling, but she continued. “I’m just a gardener, so… please forgive me. I need to leave.” Elena said shakily, bowing her head before walking away, hiding the bitterness in her heart—hiding the immense pain inside her. She ran, even though her legs still hurt. It hurt so much that the tightness in her chest stung.

Just ten more days. Then I could leave this ice-cold house. Leave these rotten people behind. Go somewhere no one would ever find me. Blood relatives who treated me like a stranger, a fake fiancé with his false promises—I was done with all of it.

I was not sure if I was saying it to Gregory or to the version of myself who had once loved him deeply. I walked over to my teammates, and the wind quickly erased all traces of my footprints.