I loved him too much — so much that I forgot love isn't supposed to hurt this way.
I thought if I held on tight enough, he'd finally love me back.
I begged my parents to arrange our engagement, and when they did… I believed it was fate.
But to him, it was nothing but a chain.
He looked at me with cold eyes, spoke only when he had to, smiled only when others were watching.
And still, I stayed — because I loved him too much to let go.
Until one day, something broke inside me.
So I left.
Without a word.
Without a goodbye.
And I carried with me a piece of his life — a secret I swore to protect.
Seven years later, fate brought us face to face again.
This time, I'm not the girl who begged for love.
But he…
he's not the same man who once wished I'd disappear.
— B.V.