Chapter 5
*rete, even if you begged me this lifetime. I would never enter your family ancestral hall.“[]
The phone went quiet for a moment. Though panicked, Pete stubbornly persisted. Tinel Remember what you said today – don’t rome crying and kneeling, begging me to take you back to the Lan family home!]]
Pete angrily hang upl
I matched his action by blocking his number.
As the plane took off. I deleted everything related to him from my phone with one click.]
A man who doesn’t love me, in–laws who think I’m not good enough for their son – I want none of ull
I closed my eyes, trying to sleep, but my dreams were restless
In my castle of love, Pete and I had a fair, chubby son, and our happy family of three counted down to the new year.[]
3.21
Fireworks exploded in the sky, breathtakingly beautiful.]]
But in the next moment, piercing alarm sirens cut through my eardrums, reaching deep into my soul
I couldn’t find Pete and our son anywhere.||
I kept calling, searching, only to he knocked down by the panicking crown.
1 found my son then, in my arms, his face covered in blood…]
Screams echoed through my hollow chest
Heart–wrenching pain struck as 1 turned to see Pete holding a heart, presenting it to Mary. “My darling, didn’t you say you liked stars? Look, i plucked one for your]
Looking down at my chest, I realized what he held was my heart
I struggled to breathe deeply but couldn’t catch my breath, until the flight attendant shook me awake, “Miss, are you alright?“||
I shook my head numbly as she brought me thick blankets ||
In the sunlight, I could see faint death spots appearing on my skin.]
To avoid triglurning others, I wrapped myself Ughtly in the blankets!]
After landing. I applied heavier makeup to look indistinguishalde from the living [
canly after pusting on gloves did I dare approach my eagerly waiting parents (
The moment she saw me, Moun burst into tears, looking me up and down, her voice breaking. “Angel, Maurs heart has been so unsettled these past few days. Seeing you safe now, I can finally relax.||
Mother daughter colection – having almost been a mother myself, I understood her anxiety:||
I hugged Moms tightly, all my grievances pouring out as
out as tears!]
Bad quietly wiped his eye loo, moving possing strangers to console as Tamuly reunion is a lessing don’t cry away your good fortune.”
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thinking how I only had five days left with my parents, I couldn’t control my surrow]]
In that moment. I deeply argreted ever falling in love with Frie
As memories faded, I increasingly couldn’t understand why I’d risked my life for such a man ||
Id worried about hila nafety||
Back home, my parents worked together to prepare a feast||
the steaming, delicious food entered my body, my ier cold form began to warm ||
Main noticed my gloves and harried to turn on the air conditioning. “Angel, take off your games. You’re not a child
duld anymore.
why an afraid
fraid of coltr[]
“The north is much colder than our southaven you adjusted after all these years?” ||
refused to remove the gloves, stuffing my mouth with rice, mumbling. “That place is too cold – you never adjust no matter how long your stay: “[]
It was a place that even my heart couldn’t se
My parents lovingly added food to my bowl, carefully asking “Will y
win this time? Can you stay with for a few more deyer
us
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Shame filled my heart.
somente unworthy. Ed left my parents alone all these years.||]
They had to be so queful even asking me to stay longer, afridd til get upset and not visit them for another gear |
I joked, “If I can find someone who loves me like life itself, I won’t leave
My parmi exchanged plas
their eyes lighting up. “Angri, do you mean it?
