Chapter 10%
Maybe I had truly let go of that relationship.
She moved closer, but I held up my hand to stop her. “If you have something to say, say it from there. No need to come any closer.“>>
Maisie froze for a moment, then spoke with a tremor in her voice, “Weston, it’s me, Maisie.“}
“Is it because I look too worn down now that you didn’t recognize me?“}]
She even pulled out her makeup kit from her bag, ready to fix her face right then and there.”
Her stubbornness made me chuckle quietly.
I raised an eyebrow and asked, “I know you’re Maisie. Now tell me, why are you here?“}
“Weston, why are you so cold to me? I’ve searched for you endlessly, and… I’ve already left Luca!“}
“I even put him behind bars for you because I knew how much you hated him!“}
Watching the desperate edge in Maisie’s eyes, I felt nothing but indifference.
To me, all of this was her own doing.”
“You don’t have to tell me that. It doesn’t interest me,” I said.
No matter what I said, she refused to give in. She even dropped to her knees right in front of the receptionist.}
“Weston, I know I was wrong. Please forgive me! We can still go back to how things were, can’t we?“}]
“Look, I don’t have a child with Luca anymore. We can have a healthy baby together someday!“}]
Her desperation left me speechless.
I warned her if she came bothering me again, I’d call security to remove her.”
She didn’t believe me and thought I was still angry and bluffing.
Only when security actually appeared did she realize I truly didn’t love her anymore.“}
Her face drained of hope as she whispered, “Weston, tell me this isn’t real. Tell me you still love me.“}]
“I could give you the Renner Corporation. I… I could give you everything. Just say the word.”}
“Oh really? Then I ask you to leave my world forever.“}]
That had been my only request for her. And surprisingly, she actually did it, returning to the US that very day. I thought she had finally settled down. But the very next day, somehow, she managed to add my overseas social media account.}
She began flooding me with confessions of love. Looking closer, it wasn’t hard to see that her approach mirrored exactly how I once chased her, down to every little detail.
Some people, once lost, are lost forever. No matter how hard you try to accept it, some things simply cannot be undone.
She kept this up for three full months, then vanished without a trace. No calls, no messages, no sign at all.”
Until one day, Jett handed me his phone and showed me a news article.
Maisie had committed suicide by taking sleeping pills at home.
“Bro, I just came to give you the news. I don’t mean anything by it. I just think you deserve to know.
I nodded and replied, “Thanks.”
He patted me on the shoulder and left the office.
I had thought that seeing news of Maisie’s death would stir up some emotions.
But as it turned out, I was far calmer than I imagined.”
Looking at her profile in the news felt like reading about a stranger.}
I felt some regret, but there were no longer any emotional attachments.}
As Jett once said, Maisie hurt me the most.
So much so that when I finally let go, it was sharper and more final than any average couple’s goodbye.}
Whenever I returned to the US for business, I still made a point to visit her grave.}
At her tombstone, I would quietly place a small wildflower picked from the roadside.
Back when we were together, she told me her favorite flower was the wildflower, free and wild, without a care.>
From then on, I had nothing more to do with the Renner Corporation. I married and had children abroad, beginning a life of quiet, peaceful happiness.
