Forsaking the Years of Longing novel Chapter 40

Chapter 10

He overheard her saying to a friend, “My biggest dream is to create a game that makes people happy.”

He held onto that thought.

Once, while borrowing a book in the library, he finally entered her line of sight. She thought

it was a chance encounter, but he’d planned it all along.

They gradually grew closer, and she developed feelings for him too.

A confession game he’d coded himself, working through sleepless nights, finally brought them together.

On the day she completed the game, Linda had told him-

“Ivan, I want a love that’s undivided. As long as you stay, I’ll never leave you…”

She stood under a tree, dressed in white, with sunlight casting a soft golden glow around her.

She looked like a goddess shining light into his abyss.

He thought-

I will love her forever.

His pillow was soaked with tears.

Ivan sobbed, his body trembling as he jolted awake from the dream.

A throbbing pain pounded in his temples, and the remnants of the dream felt as vivid as reality.

He wiped his face, looking at his palm smeared with dampness, a hollow laugh escaping from deep in his chest.

“Linda.”

“You broke your promise.”

“You promised you’d never leave me, never abandon me…”