Chapter 32
As if trying to convince himself, he asked, “Will we ever meet again?”
Without hesitation, Asteria’s voice was firm, resolute. “Never.”
She had already taken the necessary steps, securing a restraining order that ensured Primo could never come near her again.
Her former lover, once a part of her world, was now nothing more than a shadow, a stranger in the past.
Primo suddenly broke down, tears
streaming down his face.
In front of everyone, he wept
uncontrollably, his grief consuming him.
“Why did this happen?”
“Asteria, you were by my side for so long that I thought you’d never leave. I thought no matter what I did, you would always forgive me.”
50% 11:12
1/4
- )
50
Chapter 32
“I never imagined you would just slip away, and I never imagined that I would lose you for good.”
“After you left, it was as if the world had shifted. I never meant to hurt you. I just couldn’t resist the temptation. When I woke up, I knew I couldn’t choose Yesha, but I couldn’t let go of her carefree nature. So, I tried to make you into her. I thought if I could, I could have both of you.”
“But I forgot…”
He paused, his voice breaking, the weight of his realization crashing down on him.
He had forgotten that there was only one Asteria in this world.
No matter how good or bad she was, she was irreplaceable.
She couldn’t, wouldn’t, be anyone’s substitute.
Listening to his words, Asteria felt no
50% 11:12
2/4
Chapter 32
tremor in her heart.
She had anticipated this moment. The cruel irony was that Primo understood what he had lost only when it was too late.
Asteria linked her arm with her mother‘ preparing to leave the past behind.
S,
But Primo’s desperate cries echoed in the air.
“I don’t know how things turned out like this.”
“I saw the wish list you wrote on your calendar. When I came here, I thought… even if I couldn’t bring you back, at least I could right some wrongs. I never thought, never thought it would end like this…”
The wedding never happened, and the
photos they never took.
The Ferris wheel they never rode, the perfect life they never had.
Twenty years of knowing each other, ten years of love, and now, looking back, every
50% 11:12
3/4
11:13
50
Chapter 32
moment was filled with regret.
The dreams on the calendar were no longer hers; they had become the demons tormenting him.
The sky was clear, a perfect blue, with not a cloud in sight.
Primo watched in despair as Asteria, bathed in sunlight, walked away, each step taking her further into the future that was
hers alone.
She left his world behind, unyielding and unwavering, never once looking back.
