Tears Of A Wife novel Chapter 38

I looked away and sighed. It's bad for me to be tired and stressed. I tried to calm myself down from the rising heart contractions.

Maybe, it's indeed wrong to love someone who doesn't love you back. You will be hurt. You will cry. You will hope. But, nothing is perfect in this world. There are things and circumstances that even if you try avoiding, you will still end up falling into its trap. You already knew where it would end up, but you still continued.

Selfishness. Just like what happened to me. I loved and I hoped, but in the end, I am still the loser. I lost the challenge. I was the one who gave up first. I was the one who cried first. I was the one who let go first.

"I love you, Olive."

I smiled bitterly without looking at Atlas. I wished he didn't say that. I wished he never said those words. I wished I didn't hear it. Because the truth is, it hurts. Because I know that it's not true.

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I blew out a breath. I tried to keep myself composed from the anger that was slowly arising within me. I closed my eyes and leaned my back against the chair.

My eyes opened when I heard the car's door open beside me. I turned my gaze there and saw Kraius looking at me intently. Concern was evident in his eyes.

"Are you sure you're gonna do this?" he asked.

I nodded and looked at Kraius' eyes with the same intensity. I am very sure about the thing that I will do. I already prepared for this. I thought about it as well and it all ends here. In front of a big and wide building surrounded with tall concrete.

"Yes!" I said after a moment. I formed my hand into a fist and got out of the car. I was walking when I noticed that Kraius wasn't following behind, so I turned to him.

I saw him looking at me with disbelief. His hands are both inside his pockets. Hw was just wearing simple jeans and a polo shirt, but his distinctive charisma still stood out. He walked closer and stopped a few meters away from me.

"You don't need to do this, Olive," he muttered.

My forehead crumpled. Kraius was towering over me that I needed to look up just to see him. I can vividly see him contemplating. His eyes were pleading. Trying to convince me to stop but I am more than decided. No one could bend that decision.