Falling for the Best Man, A Second Chance at Love - Chapter 9
During the time I was separated from Gu Huaichen, I lived alone for half a year, bearing the identity of a married woman.
Now, with my return to singlehood rightfully and openly, I find myself even more at a loss than before.
Back then, a faint, lingering hope still clung to my heart.
I hoped he would turn back, hoped he would change his mind.
I stubbornly guarded that empty house, as if it were the last line of defense for the years of feelings between us.
With that tiny bit of hope, life somehow felt bearable.
But now, everything is clear, the dust has settled, and my heart is utterly empty.
Loneliness and desolation wind around my heart like thin threads, tightening little by little, bringing a pain so suffocating I can hardly breathe.
When signing the divorce agreement, I decisively gave up the villa where I had lived for so long.
I took instead this newly purchased riverside apartment.
All I wished for was to start everything over again.
