Chapter 20 (2/2)

Every time Lilia met Richard, she would happily talk about the plans for the wedding.

“We were supposed to go on our honeymoon to the South. Remember when you swore to see the sunset sea?”

When he talked about what she’d been sharing about, Lilia’s purple eyes shook a little.

The trembling, like the flapping of a butterfly’s wings, soon became ripples and spread.

Richard didn’t miss that small gap.

“Lilia, you are my first love.”

His quiet voice rang.

It was as if he had gone back to the past as he whispered words of love.

“I’ve been sure since we first met. We’re meant to be.”

Richard always said that their meeting was fate. Lilia thought so too.

If Richard hadn’t saved her on the day she fell into the water, she wouldn’t even be here.

So she left her fate to him who saved her life.

“Do you remember the first date we had? We didn’t know what to do, so we ate for three hours. And then when we went to see the flowers…”

Richard brought up good memories with a friendly tone.

Memories, which had been thrown out after she was betrayed by him, returned intact and were laid in front of her.

She couldn’t say that all of them were good, but the memories he gave her were unforgettable moments even for Lilia.

‘Why did I like you?’

It was a question she had asked thousands of times since the day she was betrayed.

There was a lot to answer.

Because she felt it was destiny, there were moments where he was affectionate to her, because it was her first relationship, because she thought it was sincere…

Richard was different from others.

After saving her life, he showed a humble attitude by saying that he did what he had to do and it was a different move from those who would only talk about money.

Lilia, who had a lot of experience in being betrayed by a person, initially suspected him.

However, because Richard was different from them, she was increasingly attracted and eventually fell in love.

The moments that she had spent with Richard were definitely full of happiness. Drunk with sweetness, she fell in love with him like a honey bee drowning in a honey jar.

However, love was not just sweet.

His attitude became so different from when they first dated.

Countless women hovered around Richard.

Every once in a while, when they had a fight, she would look at his eyes.

She would then feel nervous and think that he would never contact her again and leave her alone

The moments when she had to give up what she liked…

When she thought about it, it seemed that she wasn’t so happy while she dated him.

The shadow of anxiety that stretched under the happiness was bigger and deeper.

So she didn’t even know that she went to Richard after she heard the fortune teller’s words.

Now Lilia realized that all the happiness that she believed in was a mirage.

“…..”

Richard stopped talking.

He was nervous because Lilia hadn’t said anything, so he pressed his lips.

Soon, Richard lowered his head slowly.

“…I’m sorry. It’s my fault.”

Her calm purple eyes grew a little bigger.

Lilia blinked at the sight of Richard bowing to her.

The number of times he apologized first could be counted in one hand

“I must have been out of my mind then. I won’t do that again.”

Richard, who insisted that he was not cheating, eventually begged for forgiveness.

“I’ll do really well from now on. Give me one more chance,Lilia.”

When Lilia still did not answer, he jumped out of his seat and knelt on the floor.

As Richard was below eye level, Lilia was able to look down at the top of Richard’s head.

It was her first time looking down at him from above.

Lilia, who was looking at the burning red hair, suddenly opened her mouth.

“Alright.”

Richard raised his head.

His face lit up as if he thought he had been forgiven.

“I’ve listened to you, so now it’s my turn to answer, right?”

Lilia said, she then once again placed the agreement for the break up on the table in front of him.

“Now, sign here.”

“What…?

Richard asked back with a dazed face.

Lilia said one more time for him who couldn’t understand.

“I said sign here.”

Lilia even handed out a pen herself.

Richard alternated between the break up agreement and Lilia with betrayed eyes. As he slowly raised himself, he uttered a voice full of resentment.

“I’ve done so much to this extent, how could you do that? I said I’m sorry!”

“Why force forgiveness when it’s up to me?”

Since Richard’s attitude was apologetic, of course it would seem natural that she had accepted his apology.

Lilia ridiculed.

If Richard had approached her and begged her for forgiveness on the day she learned of his injustice, things might have been different.

At that time, she was blinded by love, and would have foolishly thought that Richard was sincerely reflecting on himself.

But not now.

“At that time, I thought you might come to me and ask for forgiveness.”

During the period when she was still foolishly stuck in her room, Lilia would look out of the window as she cried endlessly.

Just in case Richard would come to see her…

A day, two days, a week…

After 15 days, she had to admit it.

The fact that he was not going to meet with her.

The expectations she had made were overshadowed by misery.

“But it’s too late.”

When Richard brought up the past, her anger was higher than her good feelings for him.

Above all, Richard was the one who trampled on those precious memories.

Lilia smiled coldly instead of the sweet smile that Richard liked.

“So stop talking nonsense and sign now.”