s groveling for Ha
nd decided to stop loving him
over my head. The crimson liquid stained my world. He smirked
n. I didn't even spare him a glance. "Kneel and be
nd dated me because he wanted to kill me and ruin everyth
ower, a girl who acted like a servile door
ately, i
you going to watch him?" A classmate called ou
aised the bottle of water in
ould surely go. S
what's wrong with Claire?
I arrived, Harlan was taking a break
e ground. Then he gave me a cold glance and a mocking smile.
ful smile, I frowned slightly and
bottle. Then I unscrewed the cap a
e looked back at me while raising his eyebrows. "You're ju
my eyes. Harlan humiliated me, and
d he h
winter. There was no heating in the classroom,
aught a cold. My head throbbed painfully, and m
nded me a cup
all, and his hair contrasted with his delicate skin. H
by the gentle allure of his long lashes. My heart skipped a beat,
he was
omance novel, I ran into him again the ne
but I still sli
ld onto the nearby wall to steady myself. Bu
gave up, sitting on
ng school, I heard a voice. "Isn't th
up and saw Harlan through the fog. He was crouching in fro
rly see the gentle warmth in his ey
ut I couldn't quite figure it out. I ch
t I wouldn't chase after the moon and
me while I struggled in the mud, desperately s
fore I could respond a
I had been so obedient back then tha
ed back then. Now I only remembered his dry, c
ung at t
onment or Harlan's beautiful, gentle eyes, I fell for hi
and left Brightmoor, the city where I had stayed
accept the sudden changes- transferring schools, the
one who warmed me
bit of warmth, I love
I poured all my love into him
roblems that I cannot solve. He ta
ure my water bottle is never empty. He let me sit on the back of his bi
en just a little. But I forgot that
r bottle and charged his hand warmer. I said I was upse
d me, but I naively believed that h
t me, as he was afraid of embarrassing me. So he said y
normal guy wouldn't agree to
tatic, like a gambler who
yone that I had caught the
k I must have been out of my mind,
y-run shop famous for its fresh doughnuts
cross town to the western part of the city to buy those doughnuts. Then, I s
t he never even ate them. He had either tossed them strai
w the doughnuts away on purpose to make sure I saw h
online. I cherished it like it was my most precious and carefully brought it t
amp against me. The eggshell shattered
d?" His voice was cold and merciless. I saw the malice and h
n my face. It felt like an invisible ha
art shattered into
that he didn't like me,
what to say. That was the moment I finally understood that I wasn't special to
a cake and, despite every
handed it to the girl I h
meone else. I wanted to lose my temper and te
didn't
ly dump me. I thought of all the harsh words
Harlan and me. He didn't care about me at all. It was ju
e me. He hate
it out. I didn't w
not made of stone and always believed that one day he'd notic
his fragile, one-sided relationship alive. But I
yer. In our senior year, he even won a gold medal in the national math competition
life. I knew that, but I didn't want to bel
top university, he left school. His family situatio
ious gambler, leaving
o work part-t
here. With his good looks, many were eager to pa
woman from one of the most influential families in the region fel
he worked, he would occasion
followed him, and tha
er to meet me on purpose. He orchestrated ever
n the sky, while he saw me as dirt on the groun
his supposed girlfriend, I n
red some thugs and
, they cornered me in an alle
so much. Of cou
ike you if I leave hi
o Harlan, my t
into a rage and slappe
her sharp nails lef
e wall over and over. They laughed shrilly and called me
rlan would n
as radiant and gentle. Ho
thought it
t dizzy, but I was stubborn
He was my moon. He
n they saw I wouldn't gi
nd said that if I told Harlan about that, she couldn't guarante
when it came to Harlan,
ice force to look into that woman. Then I learned tha
r, who had tried to assault her. The gr
really carry out her threats. Her we
nt. That petty bullying wouldn't
college entrance exams were approaching. Once Ha
or me, with the excuse that I needed