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00:00The third year after our breakup, Julian and I reunited at a luxury hotel.
00:04I was a receptionist.
00:06He checked into the presidential suite with a female companion.
00:10That night, I received three internal calls from him.
00:13The sheets are dirty. Change them.
00:16I called housekeeping to handle it.
00:19Two hours later, he called again to have the sheets changed.
00:22I complied once more.
00:23At two in the morning, he made his third call.
00:26I politely refused before he could even speak.
00:28I'm sorry, sir, but housekeeping has already gotten off work.
00:32The man let out a light scoff and said casually,
00:35Then you come change them.
00:37I ignored him and hung up the phone straight away.
00:40I worked at the front desk.
00:41There.
00:42Was no reason for me to do housekeeping's job.
00:45A colleague leaned in and asked me mysteriously,
00:48Was it that guest from the presidential ute again?
00:52Seeing me nod, she covered her mouth and snickered.
00:56Making housekeeping change the sheets?
00:58Three times in one night?
01:00His stamina is really something.
01:03So, when you told him housekeeping was off duty,
01:06What did he say?
01:08I told her the truth.
01:09He told me to go up and change them.
01:12My colleague froze for a moment.
01:14Then she let out a sarcastic laugh.
01:17Does staying in the presidential suite make him a big deal?
01:21He really doesn't respect people.
01:23Does he think the hotel is his home?
01:26Treating us receptionists like 24-hour maids?
01:29I kept my eyes fixed on the computer screen.
01:31Some guests just get off on making others jump.
01:33My job description doesn't include changing sheets for anyone.
01:36Before she could finish, the phone in front of her rang abruptly.
01:39She cleared her throat and answered it.
01:41The next second, she respectfully addressed the manager.
01:44I didn't know what was said on the other end.
01:46My colleague suddenly widened her eyes and looked at me.
01:48You're saying at Chloe Bennett should go up to the presidential suite to change the sheets right now?
01:53Fifteen minutes later, I stood at the door of the presidential suite.
01:57Bracing myself, I pressed the doorbell.
02:00The one who answered the door was Julian, dressed in a bathrobe.
02:04Loosely tied at the waist.
02:06Seeing it was me, he stepped aside to let me in.
02:09The faint sound of splashing water came from the bathroom.
02:12His girlfriend was still inside.
02:13He led me into the bedroom, then he sat down on the sofa to the side,
02:17minding his own business, with perfect composure.
02:20He placed a cigarette between his lips and lit it.
02:22Before I could reach for the fresh linens, a voice drifted from the bathroom.
02:27Abe, I'm getting hungry. Can you order something else?
02:30Julian didn't glance toward the bathroom. He looked straight at me instead.
02:34You heard her. Go get room service. I'll wait.
02:37I stood there for a second, then I turned and walked back out.
02:40Minutes later, I returned with a silver tray, two glasses of sparkling water, a plate of sliced fruit.
02:46Julian's bathrobe had slipped further open while I was.
02:49Gone, his chest was half-exposed.
02:51He didn't bother fixing it.
02:53His eyes followed every step I took toward the bedside table.
02:56The woman in the bathroom hummed a tune, completely unaware.
02:59I set the tray down carefully.
03:01My fingers trembled slightly.
03:03Julian watched me with an expression I couldn't read.
03:06Thanks.
03:07His voice was casual dat to casual, like ordering room service from any receptionist.
03:13He gestured toward the bed with his chin.
03:16The sheets. Get to it.
03:17I walked to the bed and silently pulled back the quilt.
03:20The water stain on the bedsheet caught my eye off guard.
03:23It felt as if I had suddenly taken a punch to the chest.
03:26A dull ache twisted in my heart.
03:28I bent forward to strip the dirty linens as I reached across the mattress.
03:31I felt him move behind me, his presence closed in.
03:35I could feel the warmth of his body near my back.
03:37But I kept my head down and kept working.
03:39He didn't say a word.
03:41He just stood there.
03:42Watching me bend and reach and smooth the fabric.
03:45The silence was louder than anything he could have said.
03:48I quickly spread the clean sheet and gathered the dirty linens.
03:51Once finished.
03:52I turned to leave.
03:53But he suddenly closed in.
03:55He pressed me tightly against the edge of the bed.
03:58Nowhere to run.
03:59He leaned in further.
04:00I stumbled backward onto the bed.
04:02The next second.
04:04He yanked my right hand from the bed edge and pinned it above my head.
04:07I furrowed my brows.
04:09Pushing against his chest with my left hand.
04:11But the disparity in our strength was too great.
04:13I couldn't budge him an inch.
04:15The sound of water in the bathroom still hadn't stopped.
04:18I struggled to stand up.
04:20His other hand traced along my face.
04:22All the way to my lips.
04:23Then pressed hard.
04:25I turned my head away.
04:26But I could clearly.
04:27Feel his breath hitting my neck.
04:30Scorching.
04:31I trembled all over.
04:32Unable to move.
04:33I could only lower my voice.
04:35You and your boy all were misunderstanding.
04:38Let me shower.
04:40The man's eyes were cold and sharp.
04:42His breath heavy with the scent of alcohol brushing against my ear.
04:45For all these years, I couldn't figure it out.
04:50Why did you have to cheat on me with him back then?
04:54The sound of running water in the bathroom abruptly stopped.
04:57Yet he remained completely unfazed.
04:59In a panic, I bit down hard on his arm.
05:02He frowned and let out a muffled groan.
05:04His grip loosened slightly.
05:06I took the chance to push him away.
05:08Fleeing in a panic with the linens in my arms.
05:10As the door clicked shut, a woman's voice drifted out.
05:14Stop it!
05:15If you call someone to change the sheets again, I'll be too embarrassed to face anyone tomorrow.
05:20I couldn't quite catch his reply.
05:22Walking down the silent corridor, my violently racing heart finally began to calm down.
05:27I never thought that after three years.
05:30He would hate me this much.
05:31It would have been better if we never crossed paths again for the rest of our lives.
05:35I didn't sleep that night.
05:37The next morning, before my shift started, I walked through the hotel lobby.
05:41A woman's voice stopped me cold.
05:43Well, well.
05:45If it isn't the little receptionist who wandered into our room last night.
05:49I looked up.
05:50Julian's girlfriend stood by the front desk, dressed in designer heels.
05:53And a silk blouse.
05:55She flipped her hair and looked me up and down with open disdain.
05:58My earrings went missing after you left.
06:02Three million dollars worth.
06:03She took a step closer.
06:05I don't know what kind of tricks you pulled before.
06:08But let me make something clear.
06:09You're nothing but a cheap hotel worker.
06:13Julian is way out of your league.
06:15Her lip curled.
06:16Don't ever let me catch you near our room again.
06:19She shoved past me, shoulder checking me hard enough to make me stumble.
06:22The manager rushed over, bowing and apologizing to her.
06:26I straightened up and said nothing.
06:28My hands clenched at my sides.
06:30Back at the front desk, my co-worker leaned in to gossip.
06:34Do you know who the guest in the presidential suite is today?
06:37It was past midnight.
06:38And I was too exhausted to humor her.
06:40But she only grew more excited.
06:42I just looked him up online.
06:44He's actually the eldest son of the Vance family in Boston.
06:48I said flatly.
06:49It's against the rules to pry into guests' information.
06:53I was just curious, okay?
06:56No wonder he could alarm our manager with a single phone call at two in the morning.
07:01She continued like a machine gun.
07:03I did a quick search.
07:04It's all about the Vance family's $100 billion inheritance war.
07:08This young master fell seriously in at a critical moment.
07:12Almost lost his right to inherit.
07:16He had a girlfriend back then.
07:18His first love, too.
07:19But she was such a gold digger.
07:22Cheated on him while he was dying.
07:25People online are still cursing that woman to this day.
07:28My co-worker's noisy voice buzzed in my ears.
07:31Yeah, I know.
07:32She raised her voice slightly.
07:35You know?
07:36Have you read the news, too?
07:37I slowly turned my head and looked calmly at her surprised expression.
07:41I don't need to read the news.
07:42I am that cheating first love.
07:44The expression on her face instantly froze.
07:47She couldn't recover for a long while.
07:50Three years ago, when everything began, meeting Julian was an unusual accident.
07:55I kicked a creep in the crotch and dragged him to the police station.
07:59Julian followed.
08:00Leaning against the door waiting for me, he added my WhatsApp.
08:03And one thing led to another.
08:05The day he confessed his feelings, I asked him why.
08:08He just smiled.
08:10After a long while, he took my hand.
08:12I was captivated by the way you kicked that guy in the crotch.
08:15We were together for a long time.
08:17He bought an apartment near campus.
08:19And we lived like an ordinary couple.
08:21My parents divorced when I was young.
08:23I grew up depending solely on my grandmother.
08:26One time on a video call, Julian heard my grandmother say she'd lost her teeth and it was hard to
08:31eat.
08:31The very next day, he took her to get dentures over $200,000.
08:36He didn't even blink.
08:37I felt awkward about the cost.
08:39He saw through my hesitation.
08:41You don't need to worry about the expenses.
08:43I'll cover it.
08:44I told him.
08:45If we ever break up, please don't make my grandma pull her new teeth out.
08:49He burst out laughing at once.
08:53The memory faded.
08:55That afternoon at the hotel, I found the presidential suite surrounded by commotion.
09:00Julian sat on the sofa in the reception room.
09:03His girlfriend, half leaning into his embrace.
09:06The manager stood to the side, wearing an apologetic smile.
09:10Julian's girlfriend spoke with arrogant superiority.
09:12This morning, I discovered I'd lost a pair of earrings in our room, worth $3 million.
09:17And the only people who entered last night were me and the cleaning lady.
09:20The cleaning lady was already interrogated.
09:22They found nothing.
09:23Strip.
09:24We're searching you.
09:25She pointed a finger at me.
09:27My gaze swept subconsciously toward Julian.
09:30Last night, my every move had never left his line of sight.
09:34How could I have possibly stolen those earrings right under his nose?
09:37But he didn't seem to have any intention of defending me.
09:40He just sat there with his legs crossed, watching it all unfold with cold indifference.
09:45The manager came over and whispered to persuade me.
09:47We can't afford to offend this VIP.
09:50Just play along and cooperate a little.
09:52I clutched my shoulder bag tightly under my arm, keeping my chin up, refusing to compromise.
09:57If you suspect I stole it, then call the police.
10:00You have no right to strip-sert me privately.
10:03Hearing this, the woman shot up to her feet.
10:05My boyfriend is very busy.
10:07We don't have time for police procedures.
10:09With sake, Inspector Procedure, my earrings are worth over $3 million.
10:13A birthday gift.
10:14I felt something off about you last night.
10:16The moment I came out of the bathroom, I saw you scurrying away.
10:20If you didn't have a guilty conscience, why run?
10:22She strode over and snatched my bag.
10:24I gripped it desperately, but her strength was astonishing.
10:27After a brief struggle, she yanked it away.
10:30With a harsh zip, the bag was torn open.
10:32Everything inside hit the floor.
10:34Take off your jacket.
10:35Let's see what else you're hiding.
10:37My fingers trembled as I unzipped my outer layer.
10:39I slipped it off and held it out to her.
10:42Now the cardigan.
10:43I pulled it over my head.
10:45My thin camisole the only thing left.
10:47Julian sat motionless on the sofa, watching.
10:50His jaw tight.
10:51His eyes on me the entire time.
10:54Julian's voice cut through the silence like a blade.
10:57Low, controlled, but unmistakably sharp.
11:00Stop.
11:01A moon made of crystal hit the ground and shattered.
11:05When Julian's gaze fell upon that crystal moon, a crack appeared in his calm facade.
11:10His atom's apple bobbed slightly.
11:12He said in a deep voice.
11:14Enough.
11:14Stop making a scene.
11:16Pick out a new set you like tomorrow.
11:18Julian dismissed the manager and his girlfriend.
11:20The reception room fell quiet.
11:22Leaving only the two of us staring at each other.
11:25Shards of crystal had cut my calf during the struggle.
11:28Beads of blood seeping through.
11:30A flicker of heartache seemed to flash through his eyes.
11:32I figured it had to be a hallucination.
11:35I crouched down, picking up scattered items one by one.
11:38His voice drifted down from above, cold as ice.
11:41Didn't he buy you anything nice?
11:42He must have gotten at least some of the scraps back then.
11:45And yet he still lets you keep things from your ex-boyfriend?
11:48I stood up, my tone perfectly calm.
11:51We broke up.
11:52There's no need for your sarcastic remarks.
11:54He paused, then suddenly let out a laugh.
11:59Got dumped after he had his fun?
12:01No wonder you've been reduced to working here.
12:04What a pity.
12:05If you'd kept up the act a bit longer, you wouldn't have ended up with a loser like Alexander Vance.
12:09I didn't want to hear another word and turn to leave.
12:12But he yanked me back and pinned me against the wall.
12:14He gripped my chin, tilting my face up to force me to meet his gaze.
12:19A dark, turbulent sea rolled in his eyes.
12:22He lowered his eyes.
12:23His gaze landed on the thin, bloody scratch on my calf.
12:26After a long moment, he turned his head away, but his words were meant for me.
12:31I'll take you back.
12:32There's medicine in the car.
12:35It was clearly just a minor scratch shot yet, as if possessed, I still got into his car.
12:41I couldn't explain why.
12:42Perhaps in that brief moment, I craved the slight softening of his tone.
12:47Sitting in the passenger seat, I spoke up to emphasize.
12:50I didn't take your girlfriend's earrings.
12:52He didn't reply, as if losing three million dollars was of no consequence to him.
12:56He just opened his briefcase and rummaged inside.
13:00Then he found a box of band-aids and tossed it to me.
13:02Deal with it yourself.
13:03As he closed the briefcase, something fell out.
13:06It was an amulet, the one I had given him back when he was gravely ill.
13:09That year at the Lord's sanctuary, I climbed the steps one by one, praying for him.
13:14I thought he would have thrown it away long ago.
13:16I never imagined it would still be kept so carefully in his car.
13:19He leaned over, picked it up, and tossed it back into the briefcase.
13:24His voice carried a trace of mockery.
13:26This thing actually saved my life once.
13:28But who would have thought?
13:31The one who prayed for this amulet for me was you.
13:33And the one who ultimately trained me was also you.
13:36He reached over and gripped my chin, forcing me to turn and face him.
13:40His thumb pressed against my lower lip.
13:42For a fraction of a second, his gaze dropped to my mouth, then his jaw tightened.
13:45He released me as if my skin had burned him.
13:48His hand flicked away sharply.
13:49He turned back to the steering wheel and gripped it hard.
13:53The car approached my place.
13:55From a distance, I spotted Alexander standing by my door.
13:58I glanced sideways at Julian.
14:00He had clearly seen him too, his hands on the steering wheel tightened.
14:04He slammed on the brakes right in front of Alexander.
14:06My body pitched forward from the sudden momentum.
14:09Alexander stood there, watching us.
14:11He frowned imperceptibly.
14:13Julian's icy voice rang out inside the car.
14:16Are you always this entangled with your ex-boyfriends?
14:18I didn't answer him.
14:19I simply unbuckled my seatbelt.
14:21Thank you for bringing me back.
14:23Julian kept the doors locked, refusing to let me out.
14:25The mocking smile on his lips deepened.
14:27Right, I almost forgot to ask.
14:29Did Alexander not even give you a breakup fee?
14:32Or did he think you didn't serve him well enough to be worth the price?
14:35Anger surged within me.
14:37I instinctively raised my hand and slapped him.
14:39Alexander's face changed.
14:41He hurried over to the passenger side, knocking anxiously on the window.
14:44Julian poked his inner cheek with his tongue, staring at me with dark eyes.
14:48Get out.
14:49I got out of the car.
14:50Alexander immediately pulled me over, shielding me behind him.
14:55The window rolled down.
14:56That amulet was thrown out forcefully.
14:58It landed right at my feet.
15:00The black sports car roared away like a gust of wind.
15:03I squatted on the ground and picked up the amulet.
15:05My fingers brushed away the dust.
15:07Teardrops fell onto it, blooming into water stains.
15:10Alexander squatted beside me, smiling bitterly.
15:13Just tell him the truth.
15:16I don't mind if he comes looking for trouble.
15:18You don't need to protect me.
15:19It's what I deserve.
15:20My voice choked with sobs.
15:22Forget it.
15:23He and I are in the past.
15:27After work the next day, the manager notified me of a staff dinner and sent an address.
15:31A high-end club.
15:32I was suspicious, but I went.
15:34I was led into a private room by a waiter.
15:37Unexpectedly, the room was full of Julian's friends.
15:40Julian sat at the head of the table.
15:42His gaze swept over me carelessly.
15:44A familiar-looking man spoke up.
15:46Chloe, right?
15:47Your manager said we lost an item worth three million belonged to Mr. Vance.
15:53Today, you were called here as a representative to apologize to him.
15:56I recognized him.
15:58The man speaking was the boss of our hotel.
16:00Being put on the spot like that.
16:01I couldn't just throw a fit and leave.
16:03They arranged for me to sit in the empty seat next to Julian.
16:06I could only bite the bullet.
16:08I picked up the glass of wine in front of me and drank it as a self-punishment.
16:11A buddy of Julian stood up and said loudly to me,
16:14A 10-7 German's piece of my story can't be one of Bae's with just been title.
16:18About this.
16:20$100,000 per glass.
16:22His tone was full of vindictiveness.
16:24The net of heaven is vast, and I am the sinner caught in it.
16:27Julian glanced at me impassively and twitched his lips.
16:31$300,000 a glass.
16:36Switch to vodka.
16:40Glass after glass of liquor was poured into my stomach.
16:43Spicy and scalding as if it were going to burn a hole right through my chest.
16:47Julian sat at the head of the table.
16:49Watching me drink.
16:50His expression.
16:52Unreadable.
16:52His friend leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
16:55Julian's eyes flickered toward me for a split second.
16:58He lifted his chin almost imperceptibly toward the waiter standing by the wall.
17:02The waiter nodded and slipped away.
17:04When the next glass was set in front of me, I picked it up and downed it.
17:07The bottle on that tray had been switched.
17:09Clear liquid.
17:10Yes.
17:10But no longer vodka.
17:12Julian had signaled for water, and the waiter had complied.
17:15But my eyes still grew blurry from the alcohol.
17:17I slumped over the table.
17:19I vaguely heard his buddy ask him,
17:21Just hit it again if you're that wung up on her.
17:23I'll have someone send her to a room upstairs.
17:25Julian smiled disdainfully.
17:27Alexander got tired of playing with her.
17:29You think I still care?
17:30Fine.
17:31Beat her up if you want.
17:32I already gave you the room card anyway.
17:35I didn't know how long I slept in my dreams.
17:38I went back to the time when we were deeply in love.
17:41Back then, his heart ached for my cramps.
17:44He took me to a specialist.
17:45The prescription tasted awful.
17:47Every time I choked it down with a grimace,
17:50he'd slip a chocolate into my mouth.
17:52I'd scowl and say I was never taking it again.
17:54He'd pull me into his arms and cut my face.
17:57Then his mouth would come down on mine,
17:59sudden and deep,
18:00the half-melted chocolate,
18:02dissolving between our lips.
18:04His voice was deep and bewitching.
18:06Is it still bitter like this?
18:08I blushed and answered his question with one of my own.
18:10Is this how you coax your girlfriends
18:12into taking their medicine?
18:13He smiled.
18:14What other girlfriends?
18:16I've only ever coaxed you like this.
18:18Suddenly, the bed dipped,
18:20the man in the dream was no longer rubbing against me gently.
18:22His kisses grew increasingly fierce and rough as,
18:26if he wanted to tear me apart and swallow me whole,
18:29everything became more and more real,
18:30so real that I could hardly catch my breath.
18:32I instinctively pressed against his chest.
18:35Subconsciously, I said,
18:37Julian, be gentle.
18:39His grip on my waist tightened.
18:41His mouth crushed.
18:42Against mine,
18:43what started as a kiss turned desperate
18:45three years of everything he'd held back,
18:47pouring out at once.
18:48I couldn't breathe.
18:50I couldn't think.
18:51The next second,
18:52I struggled to open my eyes.
18:54Our eyes met.
18:55We were both speechless for a long time.
18:59Perhaps it was the alcohol.
19:00I looked at him.
19:01Back then,
19:02I didn't betray you.
19:04His Adam's apple bobbed,
19:05voice horse's sandpaper.
19:07Then tell me,
19:08why were you with him?
19:09Just as I was about to speak,
19:10my phone rang.
19:12Alexander's call.
19:12It was like a basin of cold water poured over my head.
19:15I sobered instantly.
19:17I struggled to prop myself up,
19:18but he pushed me right back down.
19:20He gritted his teeth.
19:21Chloe,
19:22explain yourself clearly.
19:24He looked down at me with burning eyes.
19:26I turned my head,
19:27avoiding his gaze.
19:29I have nothing more to say.
19:30He laughed,
19:31a faint hint of tears seeping into his eyes.
19:34You like him that much?
19:36One call from him and you can't wait to go back?
19:41Chloe,
19:42I must be out of my fucking mind
19:43to think you had your reasons.
19:45I was kicked out of the room by Julian.
19:47I walked down the corridor,
19:48unsteady.
19:49Sunlight crept through the hallway windows.
19:51I looked down.
19:52I was wearing his shirt,
19:53the white dress shirt from last night.
19:55Hanging past my thighs,
19:56the collar smelled like him.
19:58The door opened behind me.
19:59Julian stood there holding two cups of coffee.
20:01He saw what I was wearing for a moment.
20:04Neither of us spoke,
20:04like we'd done this a thousand times before.
20:07Then his expression hardened.
20:08He set one cup on the table by the door.
20:10Get out.
20:11I'm done waiting.
20:12That night,
20:13I lay awake in my staff quarters.
20:16Footsteps paced in the corridor,
20:17stopped right in front of my door,
20:19then silence.
20:20My phone lit up.
20:21One missed call from a number I'd memorized years ago.
20:24It had rung twice before hanging up.
20:26I heard a hand touch the doorknob,
20:27then nothing,
20:28just retreating footsteps fading down the hall.
20:32I walked out of the club into the early morning air.
20:34The air was slightly cool,
20:36yet Julian's girlfriend wore thin,
20:38sexy clothes.
20:39She held a phone in her hand and passed by me
20:41without even looking at me properly.
20:42As we brushed past each other,
20:44she bumped into me as if on purpose.
20:46I let out a muffled groan,
20:48but she ignored it completely.
20:49I heard her on the phone,
20:51whining in a sickly sweet tone.
20:53Not wearing one?
20:54I'm overvading today.
20:55Will you take responsibility if something happens?
20:58Marriage?
20:58Are you serious?
21:00My footsteps froze.
21:01The words hit me like a physical blow,
21:03right in front of me,
21:04talking about marriage,
21:06about a future with Julian.
21:07At the hotel entrance,
21:08Alexander's car was already parked there.
21:10Seeing me come,
21:11he hurried over and helped me into the car.
21:13What happened?
21:14Did you drink a lot?
21:15I remained silent,
21:16and he didn't ask any more questions.
21:18The car drove through the early hour.
21:20I watched the scenery outside the car window,
21:23rapidly retreating backwards.
21:24I suddenly said to Alexander,
21:26Let's go back.
21:28Let's go back in a couple of days.
21:31For the past three years,
21:33he has always been by my side.
21:35When we were abroad,
21:36he told me he'd liked me for many years.
21:38Since a fleeting glance in our first year of high school.
21:41To this day,
21:42his feelings remained unchanged,
21:44but my heart was already stuffed
21:46with every memory of Julian and our past.
21:48I politely rejected him,
21:50so he stayed in the friend zone,
21:51accompanying me until now.
21:53Upon returning home,
21:54I went into the bathroom
21:55and took off my clothes to take a shower,
21:57turning around.
21:58I saw myself in the mirror.
22:00An ugly scar crawled across my abdomen,
22:03left behind by the kidney donation surgery back then.
22:06That year,
22:07Julian fell gravely ill,
22:09his kidneys were failing
22:10and needed a transplant.
22:12That year,
22:13Julian forbade me from getting tested for a match.
22:15He said he'd rather die
22:17than let me remove a kidney for him.
22:18I begged all of his brothers and sisters.
22:21Only Alexander was willing to get tested,
22:23but he wasn't a match either.
22:25I hid it from Julian
22:27and secretly went to another hospital.
22:29I was the only match,
22:30but I had staged a hypertension.
22:32The doctor warned the risks were extremely high.
22:35I looked at Alexander.
22:36What do you think I should do?
22:38He was quiet for a long moment.
22:39Then he said,
22:40voice heavy.
22:41It's your choice,
22:43but whatever you decide,
22:46I'll be there.
22:47I couldn't care about all that anymore.
22:49The surgery was performed at another hospital,
22:51kept secret from Julian.
22:53I had Alexander help me put on that act.
22:55Besides him,
22:56no one knew,
22:57because strict lifelong monitoring
22:59was required after the surgery.
23:01Alexander helped me contact top specialists abroad
23:03and took me overseas.
23:05Later,
23:06while abroad,
23:07my kidney function declined.
23:09Now,
23:09the doctor advised surgery.
23:11He warned it carried very high risks.
23:15Walking out of the hospital that day,
23:17Alexander suddenly asked me,
23:18Is there anything you want to do?
23:19The breeze was light
23:20and the sun was warm that day,
23:22yet I stood on a foreign street
23:23and burst into tears.
23:25Alexander,
23:25I want to see him one more time.
23:27Alexander's expression shifted.
23:29His voice was careful.
23:31Chloe,
23:31are you sure?
23:33He's made it very clear
23:34how he feels about you.
23:36You know what going back means.
23:37I wiped my face
23:38with the back of my hand.
23:40I'm sure.
23:42If the outcome this time
23:43is truly unpredictable,
23:45then let me have one proper,
23:47final meeting with him.
23:48Alexander looked at me
23:49for a long moment.
23:50His eyes were full of things
23:51he didn't say.
23:52Then he exhaled slowly.
23:55Okay.
23:56We'll go back.
23:57I'll book the flights right now.
23:57He pulled out his phone
23:58and started typing.
23:59I watched him,
24:00my chest tight with something
24:01between gratitude and guilt.
24:04Alexander came to see me that evening.
24:06His expression was heavy.
24:08He sat down across from me and said,
24:10I went to see Julian today
24:12at his company.
24:14I froze.
24:15Alexander continued carefully.
24:17I walked into his office
24:19and placed a surgical record
24:20on his desk.
24:21Julian's eyelids
24:22suddenly twitched violently.
24:24Browning,
24:24he opened that surgical record.
24:26When the patient's name
24:27in the first column
24:28caught his eye,
24:28his entire body
24:29seemed to freeze.
24:31All,
24:31the color drained
24:32from his face
24:33in an instant.
24:34Alexander looked at Julian's
24:35suddenly pale face,
24:36speaking at a leisurely pace.
24:38Chloe and I were
24:39high school classmates.
24:41I've liked her since then.
24:46When we met again later,
24:47she came to beg me
24:48to get tested
24:49as a match for you.
24:50That was when she learned
24:51you and I are half brothers.
24:53Julian's hand trembled
24:54as he held the record,
24:56knuckles white.
24:57That rumor was fake.
24:58She hid it from you
24:59and got tested herself.
25:00We were just putting on an act.
25:06Alexander continued.
25:07She donated her kidney
25:08to you,
25:09you in secret.
25:11Julian forbade her
25:12from getting tested.
25:13He'd rather die
25:13than let her do it.
25:15So she hid everything.
25:17The surgery
25:18at another hospital.
25:19No one knew except me.
25:21Julian lunged forward,
25:23grabbing Alexander
25:23by the collar.
25:26Why did you play along
25:27with her nonsense?
25:29Why didn't you
25:30take her away?
25:32Alexander didn't flinch.
25:34Julian,
25:34I tried to shake
25:35her resolve.
25:36I even despicely
25:37urged her to give up
25:38on you.
25:39But she insisted
25:40on donating
25:41her kidney to you.
25:42She said she couldn't
25:43just watch you die.
25:47Alexander smiled
25:48helplessly.
25:49She begged me so hard
25:50I had no choice
25:51but to help her deceive you.
25:53For the past three years
25:54she and I have been
25:54completely innocent.
25:55Nothing happened
25:56between us.
25:57Her surgery is scheduled
25:58for next Monday.
26:02I asked her if she had
26:03any unfulfilled wishes.
26:04She said she wanted
26:05to return to the country
26:06to see you.
26:08Julian asked hoarsely,
26:10Did you arrange for her
26:11to be at that hotel too?
26:15Yes.
26:16I knew you had
26:17a long-term suite
26:18at that hotel.
26:19It was the only place
26:20where you two could
26:20bump into each other
26:21by chance
26:22without getting
26:22too deeply involved.
26:24After Alexander left,
26:26Julian closed his eyes
26:28in despair,
26:28his hand trembled,
26:29coffee spilled
26:30onto his suit pants.
26:33He curled up on the sofa,
26:35breaking down
26:35into loud sobs.
26:36The kidney,
26:37which seemed to fall
26:38from the sky,
26:41was secretly marked
26:42with the most expensive price.
26:48That night,
26:50Julian sat alone
26:51in his study.
26:52A friend came by.
26:58Forget her.
26:59She made her choice.
27:04Julian didn't look up.
27:06His phone showed
27:07an old photo of me.
27:14I can't forget her.
27:18The man who hated me
27:19for three years
27:20had been breaking apart
27:22inside all along.
27:23The next day,
27:24Alexander drove me
27:25to the hospital.
27:28I finished my pre-op preparations
27:30in the hospital room.
27:31I kept taking deep breaths
27:32nervously.
27:33Alexander
27:34had just gone
27:35somewhere unknown.
27:37I craned my neck
27:38to look toward the door.
27:40To my surprise,
27:41I saw Julian appear
27:42right in front of me.
27:46I was too nervous,
27:47so nervous
27:48that I started hallucinating.
27:51His face was full of dejection,
27:54the stubble on his chin unshaven,
27:56his eyes were completely...
27:57Violet,
27:58he had always been
27:59so particular
27:59about his appearance.
28:01The last time
28:01I saw him this unkempt
28:03was when he was severely ill.
28:05That figure drew closer
28:07and closer to me.
28:08I clearly heard him
28:09call my name
28:09with a trembling voice.
28:12Chloe,
28:14if I had known
28:15it was like this,
28:17I would rather
28:18you had truly
28:18betrayed me back then.
28:21With red eyes,
28:22he cupped my hand
28:23in his palms.
28:24His scalding tears
28:25fell drop by drop
28:26onto the back of my hand.
28:35So it wasn't
28:35my hallucination
28:36after all.
28:37He really came
28:38to see me,
28:39such a handsome face,
28:40now completely
28:41drenched in tears.
28:51I want you
28:52to make it out alive.
28:56It was my fault.
28:57I owe you.
28:58When you come out,
28:59let's start over,
29:00okay?
29:03The night before
29:04my surgery,
29:05I lay in the hospital bed.
29:07Drifting in
29:08and out of sleep,
29:09Julian sat beside me
29:10the entire time.
29:11He hadn't left once.
29:13Sometime past midnight,
29:14I half-dash woke,
29:16my throat was dry.
29:20Julian.
29:21The name slipped out
29:22before I could stop it.
29:25His hand found mine
29:26instantly,
29:27gripping it firmly.
29:30I'm here.
29:31I'm not going anywhere.
29:35His face in the dim light
29:36looked exhausted,
29:37but his eyes
29:38were wide open,
29:39watching me
29:40like he was afraid
29:41I'd disappear
29:41if he blinked.
29:44Go to sleep.
29:46I'll be right here
29:47when you wake up.
29:59His thumb traced
30:00slow circles
30:01on the back of my hand.
30:03The moment I was
30:04wheeled out of the ward,
30:05I squeezed his hand back.
30:07After all these years,
30:08I was still full of courage.
30:10Okay.
30:12I'll make it out alive.
30:13The last thing I saw
30:15before the doors closed
30:16was Julian's face,
30:17pale,
30:18rigid,
30:19his eyes locked on mine.
30:26Then the operating room
30:27swallowed me.
30:31When I woke,
30:33the first thing I felt
30:34was his hand gripping mine.
30:35The room was quiet.
30:36The operating light was off.
30:42Julian sat beside my bed,
30:44still in the suit jacket
30:45I'd once bought for him
30:46in all the years
30:47we'd been apart.
30:48He hadn't worn it once,
30:49but even during the three years
30:51he hated me the most.
30:52He'd never thrown it away.
30:54His hand rested
30:56in the suit pocket.
30:57He pulled something out
30:58and his palm lay over
30:59a dozen dried lilac.
31:01Blossoms,
31:02the petals had withered
31:02long ago.
31:05I remembered that early summer,
31:07the lilacs on campus
31:08had bloomed
31:08like a sea of stars.
31:13Ordinary lilacs
31:14usually have for petals,
31:15occasionally there are
31:16five-petaled ones,
31:17which are said
31:18to symbolize good luck.
31:21I told Julian
31:22that if you make a wish
31:23on a five-petaled lilac,
31:24it will come true,
31:26so I dragged him
31:26all over looking
31:27for five-petaled lilacs.
31:31He found it amusing.
31:33If you want five-petaled ones,
31:34I'll have someone deliver
31:35a whole truckload to you.
31:37But I said it only counted
31:38as good luck
31:39if I found them myself
31:40with a sincere heart,
31:41so he had to accompany
31:42me all over campus
31:44looking for five-petaled flowers.
31:45In the end,
31:47we finally collected
31:48eighteen five-petaled lilacs.
31:51After making my wish back then,
31:53I had secretly hidden
31:54the flowers in his pocket.
31:56He looked at the dried petals
31:57in his hand now,
31:58his lips curled to smile,
32:00but his throat tightened
32:01with a sudden ache.
32:02He closed his hand,
32:04gripping the petals tightly.
32:05On the boundary
32:06between life and death,
32:08this time it was his turn
32:09to make a wish.
32:10I made a wish back then.
32:13I want to be with you
32:14year after year.
32:16That sentence had become
32:17permanently etched
32:18in his heart
32:18and his lifelong ambition.
32:22Days passed.
32:24The doctor said
32:25my recovery was going well.
32:28Julian refused
32:29to leave my side.
32:30He fed me water.
32:32Cup by cup,
32:32he helped me walk
32:33down the hallway,
32:34one slow step at a time.
32:36When I got tired,
32:37I leaned my head
32:38against his shoulder.
32:39He didn't say anything.
32:41He just let me rest there.
32:44One afternoon,
32:45I woke up from a nap
32:46and felt cold.
32:48Julian noticed immediately.
32:50He picked up his jacket
32:51from the chair
32:52and draped it over me.
32:53It was his white dress shirt.
32:54The same one.
32:56I'd worn that morning
32:57after the night
32:57we'd spent together.
33:01I pulled it tighter
33:02around myself.
33:03The collar still smelled
33:04like him.
33:06He asked it casually,
33:07but his eyes stayed
33:08on my face.
33:10Does it fit?
33:12It's too big.
33:16But it's warm.
33:20He reached over
33:21and tucked the collar
33:22around my neck.
33:23His fingers brushed my jaw.
33:25For a moment,
33:26neither of us moved.
33:30A week later,
33:32the doctor cleared me
33:33to go home.
33:35Julian drove me himself.
33:37He opened every door for me,
33:39carried every bag.
33:44At the entrance to my apartment building,
33:46Alexander was waiting.
33:48He nodded at Julian,
33:49a silent acknowledgement
33:50between two men
33:51who both loved the same woman.
33:54Julian's arms settled around my waist,
33:57possessive, unyielding.
34:01Alexander saw it
34:02and said nothing.
34:03He just looked at me
34:04and smiled.
34:10Take care of yourself,
34:11Chloe.
34:12I'll be abroad
34:13if you need anything.
34:16I nodded.
34:17Thank you, Alexander.
34:19For everything.
34:20He turned and walked away
34:22without looking back.
34:23Julian watched him go.
34:24Then he looked down at me.
34:26He's gone.
34:28Are you ready?
34:29Let's go home.
34:31Home.
34:32He said it so easily,
34:33like the last three years
34:34had never happened.
34:40That night,
34:41I sat by the window
34:42while Julian made dinner
34:43in the kitchen.
34:44The domesticity of it all
34:45still felt unreal.
34:47He came out carrying DeBowles,
34:49set them on the table,
34:50then sat across from me.
34:52I called the hotel today.
34:54Resigned your position for you.
34:56I blinked at him.
34:57You what?
34:59You're not going back
35:00to work there.
35:01Not ever.
35:02I opened my mouth
35:03to argue,
35:04but he kept talking.
35:05I also called
35:06the Vance Group legal team.
35:08The hotel violated
35:09multiple labor laws
35:10during that whole
35:10search incident.
35:14If you want,
35:15we can sue them
35:15into the ground.
35:16He paused,
35:17then added,
35:18By the way,
35:19her earrings turned up.
35:23They'd fallen behind
35:24the nightstand
35:25in the suite.
35:26She'd misplaced them herself.
35:31Julian,
35:32I didn't...
35:32I know what you're
35:33going to say.
35:38You're going to say
35:39it doesn't matter,
35:40that you just want
35:41to move on.
35:42He reached across
35:42the table
35:43and took my hand.
35:47But it matters to me.
35:53Everything they did
35:55to you matters to me.
35:56I looked at him,
35:57really looked at him.
35:58The man who had
35:59humiliated me,
36:00hurt me,
36:01broken me,
36:02and then put himself
36:03back together
36:04piece by piece
36:05just to earn forgiveness
36:06he might never
36:06fully deserve.
36:09Fine.
36:10Sue them.
36:12His eyebrows rose.
36:14That's my girl.
36:16I rolled my eyes,
36:17but I felt the corner
36:18of my mouth twitch,
36:19almost a smile.
36:26One evening,
36:27Julian sat beside me
36:28and spoke quietly.
36:31Three years after
36:32you walked away,
36:32a friend mentioned
36:33seeing you at his hotel.
36:35I checked,
36:36and you'd actually
36:37come back,
36:39working as a receptionist.
36:41He paused.
36:42I had a permanent
36:42suite there.
36:43I never brought
36:44anyone home.
36:46Over those three years,
36:47I changed girlfriends
36:48one after another.
36:50But there was a gaping
36:51hole in my heart.
36:52No one could fill it.
36:54That void was shaped
36:55exactly like you.
36:56I listened,
36:57my chest tight.
36:58The day I took her
36:59to check in,
37:00you happened to be
37:00on duty.
37:03I...
37:03I deliberately
37:04held her hand
37:05and walked
37:06right up to you.
37:09She didn't know
37:10I'd timed my arrival
37:11for your shift.
37:13I called the front desk
37:15over and over,
37:16asking for the sheets
37:16to be changed.
37:20Just to see you.
37:24Until that crystal
37:25fell out of your bag,
37:28the cheapest gift
37:28I'd ever given you,
37:29yet it made my heart
37:30soften instantly.
37:33He looked at me.
37:34I never got over you.
37:42Those nights
37:44when I secretly
37:45replaced your vodka
37:46with water,
37:47I was protecting you
37:48all along.
37:51When I kissed you
37:53like a madman
37:53in that hotel room,
37:54I wasn't taking revenge.
37:57I was trying to hold on
37:58to the only person
37:58who'd ever truly loved me.
38:04Spring came early
38:05that year.
38:06The lilacs outside
38:07the hospital window
38:07were starting to bloom.
38:09Again,
38:09I sat on the bench
38:10in the garden,
38:11letting the sun
38:12warm my face.
38:13Julian appeared
38:14with two cups of coffee.
38:15He handed me one
38:16and sat down beside me.
38:18Remember these?
38:19He pointed up
38:20at the lilac branches
38:21overhead.
38:22Five-petaled ones
38:23scattered among
38:23the ordinary
38:24four-petaled blooms.
38:28I squinted up
38:29at the branches.
38:31How many do you think
38:31we can find this time?
38:33We're not climbing
38:34all over campus
38:35this time.
38:36My scar is still healing
38:38in case you forgot.
38:39He laughed.
38:40A real laugh.
38:41Not the cold mocking sound
38:42I'd grown used to hearing.
38:44Fair point.
38:45I'll do the climbing.
38:46You just sit here
38:48and make wishes.
38:50I turned to look at him.
38:52What would I even wish for?
38:55He set down his coffee
38:56and took my hand.
38:57His thumb traced
38:58the faint line
38:59of my surgical scar
39:00where my sleeve
39:01had ridden up.
39:03You don't need
39:04to wish anymore.
39:05Everything I have
39:06is yours.
39:07Everything I am
39:08is because of you.
39:13The wind carried
39:14the scent of lilacs
39:15toward us.
39:16I leaned my head
39:17against his shoulder.
39:18Then I wish for this.
39:20Right here.
39:22Just like this.
39:24year after year.
39:28Some nights
39:29I still wake up
39:30reaching for the edge
39:31of the bed.
39:33From the years
39:33when I slept alone
39:34in foreign hospitals
39:35and empty apartments.
39:36But every time
39:38his hand finds mine
39:39before I can pull away.
39:41I'm here.
39:43He says at half asleep
39:44eyes still closed.
39:46And I remember
39:47I'm home now.
39:49The scar on my abdomen
39:50will stay with me forever.
39:52A permanent reminder
39:53of the price I paid.
39:54But when Julian's arms
39:56wrap around me
39:56even the scar
39:57feels different now.
39:58Not a wound.
40:00A proof.
40:01That love
40:02doesn't always make sense.
40:03Bad news.
40:04You
40:05You
40:05You
40:05Gracias.
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