Too Late for Goodbye is an emotional modern romance short drama filled with heartbreak, betrayal, regret, hidden truths, and second chances that come too late. After years of misunderstanding and emotional distance, a young woman chooses to walk away from the man she once loved. Only when she disappears from his life does he realize the depth of his feelings. As long-buried secrets, family conflicts, and painful sacrifices come to light, he begins a desperate journey to win her back—but some goodbyes may be impossible to undo.
I couldn't verify an official synopsis for a vertical short drama released under the exact title Too Late for Goodbye. The description above is based on the promotional artwork and common themes found in modern romance short dramas rather than a confirmed official plot.
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I couldn't verify an official synopsis for a vertical short drama released under the exact title Too Late for Goodbye. The description above is based on the promotional artwork and common themes found in modern romance short dramas rather than a confirmed official plot.
#TooLateForGoodbye #HeartbreakRomance #BillionaireRomance #SecondChance #RomanceDrama #ShortDrama #DramaSeries #ENGSUB #HiddenTruth #Regret #FullEpisode #ShortFilm #ShortMovie
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00:00A month after I died of cancer, Arthur Pendleton Stinnell thought I was throwing a tantrum.
00:07He was waiting for me to come back and apologize to his first love, Vivian Wright.
00:12It wasn't until Vivian's birthday, when she wanted to invite me, that Arthur finally called.
00:18His voice was cold.
00:21Charlotte Hayes, do you realize your mistake yet?
00:26On the other end of the line, my friend's voice choked with sobs.
00:31Charlotte has been dead for a month.
00:34Three years ago, I married Arthur Pendleton.
00:36I loved him.
00:38I had loved him since high school.
00:40He saved me from my abusive foster family when no one else would.
00:44I thought marriage meant he finally saw me.
00:46But on our wedding night, Vivian had an accident abroad.
00:50He rushed to her side without a second thought.
00:52Vivian sent me a photo of him sleeping in her bed.
00:55Borrowing your husband for a night, I'll return him tomorrow.
00:58I told myself it was fine.
01:00He would come home.
01:01He did come home.
01:02But his heart.
01:03Never did.
01:05Now I was dead.
01:06My soul trapped by his side.
01:09Watching him live his life as if I never existed.
01:13In the third year of my marriage,
01:15I was diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer.
01:19The doctor recommended surgery.
01:22The day before, I called Arthur.
01:25What is it?
01:27His tone was incredibly impatient.
01:30Arthur.
01:32I'm having surgery tomorrow.
01:34He cut me off coldly.
01:36Charlotte.
01:36Do you think faking an illness will make me forgive what you did to Vivian?
01:40If you want my forgiveness,
01:41come and apologize to her.
01:44I'm not faking it.
01:45I'm really...
01:46He interrupted me again.
01:48I'm busy.
01:49I don't have time to argue with you.
01:51If you're really sick,
01:53let me know when you're dead so I can collect your body.
01:56He hung up.
01:58I closed my eyes and put down my phone.
02:00A week earlier,
02:02when I was first diagnosed,
02:04I went to find him.
02:07He and Vivian were getting ready to go rowing.
02:09I wanted to leave,
02:11but Vivian grabbed me and pulled me onto the boat.
02:14She wanted to show off their lovey-dovey act right in front of me,
02:18just to mess with me.
02:19When the boat reached the middle of the lake,
02:21Vivian reached out to touch the water,
02:23and then noops,
02:24she suddenly fell right in.
02:26I risked my life to save her,
02:29but once ashore,
02:30she claimed I pushed her.
02:33Arthur believed her.
02:35We had a massive fight.
02:38Charlotte!
02:39Why doesn't a vicious woman like you just die?
02:42He didn't know I was actually dying.
02:45Just as Arthur wished,
02:46I died on the operating table.
02:49After I died,
02:51At Julian collected my body.
02:53We came from the same orphanage.
02:56He was my best friend.
02:59Furious at Arthur's indifference,
03:01At Julian didn't tell him about my death.
03:04He took my ashes back to the orphanage
03:09and buried me on the back hill.
03:13Dandelions covered the slopes.
03:15Beautiful when the wind blew.
03:17After death,
03:18my soul didn't dissipate.
03:20I was trapped by At Arthur's side,
03:23confined within five meters of him.
03:25In the month since my death,
03:27Vivian had caught a cold.
03:29Arthur visited her every day,
03:31cooked for her,
03:32cared for her with devotion.
03:35He reminded her to put on more clothes
03:37when it got cold.
03:38He made her hangover soup
03:40when she got drunk.
03:42He handed her tissues
03:43when she cried over a sad movie.
03:45His voice was so gentle,
03:47it practically melted.
03:49I remembered doing all these things for him.
03:51He took everything he learned from me
03:53and used it all on another woman.
03:56When they were together,
03:59Vivian would occasionally mention me.
04:01Arthur,
04:02has Charlotte not contacted you?
04:04Maybe you shouldn't be mad at her.
04:06I know the truth.
04:07You don't need to make excuses for her.
04:10That night,
04:11Arthur worked overtime
04:12and came home late.
04:13He didn't go to the bedroom.
04:15He entered the study instead.
04:18Since I died,
04:19he seemed to have become busy.
04:21Working overtime late
04:22into the night every day,
04:24not giving himself a moment to breathe.
04:28After finishing his work,
04:29he went to the balcony.
04:33The moonlight was bright.
04:35He lit a cigarette
04:36and leaned against the railing.
04:39His face showed no expression,
04:41but I detected his irritability.
04:45In the month since I died,
04:47he seemed to be in a bad mood all along.
04:49Was it because I hadn't come back
04:51to apologize?
04:53His phone rang.
04:54He took it out almost immediately.
04:57A few specks of starlight
04:58lit up in his dark eyes,
05:00but seeing the caller ID,
05:02the emotion returned to calmness.
05:04The call was from Vivian.
05:07It's so late.
05:08You haven't slept yet.
05:09His voice was very gentle.
05:11Arthur,
05:12tomorrow is my birthday.
05:13You should call Charlotte to come.
05:15I don't blame her for what happened.
05:17I'll clear things up with her.
05:18Arthur agreed.
05:20After the call,
05:21he dialed my number impatiently.
05:23No one answered.
05:25He called several times.
05:26Then he dialed Julian's number.
05:30Tell Charlotte to come back and apologize,
05:33or she can never come back again.
05:35Julian's voice was cold.
05:37Charlotte is already dead.
05:39If you want her apology,
05:40tell that manipulative bitch
05:41to go to hell to hear it.
05:44Who did you say died?
05:46Arthur froze.
05:47I said Charlotte is already dead.
05:49She was buried a month ago.
05:50She will never appear in front of you and Vivian again.
05:54Arthur's eyes went blank and panicked,
05:56but soon he sneered.
05:58Charlotte told you to say this,
05:59didn't she?
06:00Faking illness didn't work,
06:01so she's faking death this time?
06:03You tell her.
06:04If she doesn't show up tomorrow,
06:06she never has to come back.
06:07Julian's voice rose.
06:09Who told you she's faking it?
06:11Charlotte is really dead.
06:12She's been buried.
06:14She's been dead for so many days.
06:15As her husband,
06:17you didn't care at all.
06:18Now you call just to make her apologize to your mistress?
06:20Arthur, have you no fucking shame?
06:22Arthur's face darkened.
06:24Julian,
06:25who allowed you to speak to me like that?
06:28Julian roared and hung up.
06:30Arthur called back.
06:31The phone was turned off.
06:33With a gloomy face,
06:34he ordered his assistant to find Julian.
06:36He planned to teach Julian a lesson.
06:39Regarding the news of my death,
06:41he didn't care in the slightest.
06:45Before Arthur and I got married,
06:47he was in a car accident.
06:49His legs were disabled.
06:50His ex-girlfriend left him.
06:53No one was willing to marry a cripple.
06:56His parents funded my college education.
06:59I grew up in an orphanage.
07:01They promised that if I married Arthur,
07:04they would donate to the orphanage.
07:06I happened to have a secret crush on him.
07:08So I agreed.
07:11After our marriage,
07:12his temper was incredibly violent.
07:16Many caregivers couldn't stand it and left.
07:20I was the only one who never abandoned him.
07:24He complained my cooking was tasteless.
07:27My massage techniques were clumsy.
07:29I never talked back.
07:31I studied cooking harder.
07:33Learned massage from masters.
07:35He saw my efforts.
07:37Gradually,
07:37his attitude softened.
07:40Under my care,
07:41his condition improved day by day.
07:46But after his legs completely healed,
07:48Vivian returned.
07:50She effortlessly won back his affection.
07:53It took me three years just to barely catch his eye.
07:56Vivian didn't have to do a thing to be his absolute favorite.
07:59I had lost from the very beginning.
08:03The next day was Vivian's birthday.
08:06Arthur's assistant stood in the walk-in closet.
08:09Sir,
08:10whose designer piece would you like to wear today?
08:12Your outfits for important occasions.
08:15Always put together by your wife.
08:17I haven't been able to get through to her phone lately.
08:20Arthur's face darkened.
08:22What?
08:23I pay you a six-figure salary,
08:25and without Charlotte,
08:27you can't do anything.
08:28The assistant quickly picked a suit.
08:33This was the suit your wife picked out for you last month.
08:36And this tie is a new arrival.
08:39Your wife bought it for you.
08:41Enough!
08:42Arthur snapped.
08:43Get out!
08:45Floating in the air,
08:46I watched him lose his temper over me.
08:49He stood there for a long time,
08:51lost in thought.
08:53At the door,
08:54the butler was waiting.
08:56Sir,
08:57the essential oils your wife blended for you have run out.
09:00Should we make more,
09:02according to the recipe,
09:03the reek recipe she left behind?
09:05Arthur's face was stern.
09:08Order a different cologne.
09:10I don't want to hear anything more about Charlotte.
09:13Ever again.
09:16After breakfast,
09:17Arthur went to the company.
09:21He worked overtime into the night.
09:23At seven,
09:24Vivian called.
09:29Arthur,
09:30when are you coming over?
09:32Everyone is already here.
09:37He paused,
09:39as if just remembering today was her birthday.
09:42The old Arthur would never forget a single thing about Vivian.
09:47But today,
09:49he seemed a bit off.
09:51He arrived at Vivian's apartment.
09:53Flowers and balloons everywhere.
09:57The living room was packed.
10:00Seeing Arthur,
10:01people came over to greet him.
10:03Vivian glanced around him.
10:08Arthur,
10:09why didn't Charlotte come?
10:11She's busy.
10:12Couldn't make it.
10:13He pulled out the birthday gift.
10:15An exquisite jewelry set.
10:18Vivian's face lit up.
10:20Arthur,
10:21you're so good to me.
10:22She stood on her tiptoes
10:24and kissed his cheek.
10:25The crowd cheered.
10:27Many of her friends
10:28didn't know Arthur was married.
10:30They assumed the two were dating.
10:34Arthur froze for a second.
10:36His lips pressed into a tight line.
10:39Sensing his displeasure,
10:41Vivian looked downcast.
10:44It's just a standard greeting.
10:46I didn't mean to offend you.
10:48A standard greeting?
10:50Then why didn't she kiss everyone else?
10:54Vivian toyed with the necklace.
10:57Arthur,
10:58Charlotte hasn't contacted you in days.
11:00Do you think she actually wants to break up?
11:03Arthur's eyes darkened.
11:05Impossible.
11:06She can't live without me.
11:09Even now,
11:09he still didn't believe I was dead.
11:12He was still waiting for me
11:13to come crawling back and apologize.
11:16I suddenly found myself curious
11:18about how he would react
11:19when he finally learned.
11:20The party dragged on
11:22until the early hours.
11:23Gas slowly trickled out.
11:25It started raining outside.
11:28The air felt damp and heavy.
11:30Arthur had an old leg injury.
11:32He seemed uncomfortable on the sofa.
11:34In the past,
11:36whenever it rained,
11:37I would massage his leg
11:38to ease the pain.
11:40I was the one who stayed by his side
11:43through the darkest years.
11:45I weathered the storm with him.
11:47Now that he was basking in the sun,
11:50he didn't spare a single thought for me.
11:52He drank non-stop tonight.
11:54His leg injury was probably acting up.
11:57After the party ended
11:58and the guests left,
12:00only Vivian remained.
12:01She made him hangover soup,
12:04brought it over,
12:04and sat down beside him.
12:08Vivian had slipped
12:09into a deep V nightgown.
12:11When she leaned close to Arthur,
12:13she exposed quite a bit of cleavage.
12:16He was completely oblivious.
12:18He took a sip of the soup
12:19and stared blankly at the bowl.
12:21After a long while,
12:23he murmured,
12:26It's not the same as the one she makes.
12:29Vivian froze.
12:32Arthur,
12:33what did you say?
12:34He shook his head
12:35and finished the soup.
12:38Then he got ready to leave.
12:41Vivian stood up
12:42and hugged him from behind.
12:44Arthur,
12:45don't go tonight, okay?
12:47He pulled her hands off him,
12:49his voice cold and deep.
12:52Vivian,
12:53I told you,
12:54I'm a married man now.
12:56You need to know your boundaries.
12:58Charlotte hasn't been home
13:00for over a month.
13:01She's been entangled
13:01with that man named Julian.
13:03Maybe she's already left with him.
13:06Enough!
13:07Arthur suddenly snapped.
13:09Vivian froze,
13:10tears welling in her eyes.
13:12This was the first time
13:13I had seen Arthur
13:14raise his voice at her.
13:16Back when he was in a wheelchair,
13:18he used to yell at me like this.
13:20I would shamelessly cling to him
13:22and comfort him.
13:23He would push me away
13:25and call me overly sentimental.
13:27I never got mad.
13:28I just kept coaxing him.
13:31Back then,
13:32he was my entire world.
13:35Arthur realized
13:37he had lost his composure.
13:39Sorry,
13:40I'm in a bad mood today.
13:41Don't be mad.
13:43Vivian wrapped her arms
13:44around his waist again.
13:46Arthur,
13:48do you still like me?
13:49This was the first time
13:51she had asked so bluntly.
13:53I suddenly understood
13:54we she wanted Arthur
13:55to bring me to the party.
13:56She planned to force him
13:58to choose between us
13:59in front of me.
14:00She wanted to watch him
14:01abandon me
14:02with her own eyes.
14:03It was a pity
14:04I was already dead.
14:06Her scheme fell through.
14:08Arthur hesitated.
14:09I hate you.
14:11Vivian's entire body stiffened.
14:14Tears spilled over.
14:15Arthur looked at her inside.
14:17But I can't forget you either.
14:20I couldn't help but let out
14:21a sarcastic laugh.
14:23When his legs were crippled,
14:25Vivian chose to go abroad
14:26without a second thought.
14:28After returning,
14:30she said her parents
14:31forced her to leave.
14:32The excuse was so flimsy.
14:35Even I didn't buy it.
14:36Yet Arthur believed her.
14:38Or perhaps he chose to believe her
14:40because he couldn't let go of her.
14:43His trust in Vivian
14:44was unconditional.
14:45And what about me?
14:47On the day of my cancer surgery,
14:49he told me to go die.
14:52Then what about Charlotte?
14:54Vivian asked.
14:56Do you have feelings for her?
14:58Arthur paused
14:59and lowered his eyelids.
15:00She is only my wife in name.
15:03Hearing this,
15:04I laughed mockingly at myself.
15:07Vivian beamed with joy
15:08and hooked her arms around his neck.
15:11Then stay tonight, okay?
15:13She stood on tiptoe
15:14and tried to kiss him.
15:16Arthur turned his face
15:17to avoid it.
15:18Vivian stiffened.
15:20Arthur,
15:21are you still unwilling
15:22to accept me?
15:23I am a married man.
15:25If word gets out,
15:27it won't be good
15:28for your reputation.
15:29I don't mind.
15:30I only want you.
15:32Arthur's voice grew colder.
15:34Be good.
15:35Then when will you bring up
15:36divorce with Charlotte?
15:38Charlotte is kind-hearted.
15:40She should grant our wish.
15:41After all,
15:42we truly love each other.
15:44Arthur's voice was flat.
15:46I haven't been able
15:47to contact her lately.
15:49Once I get in touch with her,
15:51I'll talk to her
15:52about the divorce.
15:53After returning home,
15:55Arthur called me again.
15:56He probably wanted
15:58to talk about the divorce.
15:59My phone still couldn't be reached.
16:03After several failed calls,
16:05Arthur irritably opened
16:07my WhatsApp chat box.
16:09Our chat history
16:10was still stuck
16:11at a month ago,
16:12the day I asked him
16:13to come to the hospital
16:14to sign my surgery consent form.
16:17Arthur,
16:18I have cancer.
16:19Can you come see me?
16:21Arthur,
16:22the doctor needs a family member
16:23to sign for the surgery.
16:25It won't take up
16:26too much of your time.
16:27An hour at most,
16:28please.
16:29Arthur,
16:30I'm going into
16:31the operating room.
16:32Are you still not coming?
16:34Goodbye,
16:35Arthur.
16:36For the following month,
16:38he and I
16:38had no further contact.
16:41Arthur stared
16:42at those messages.
16:43His whole body
16:44seemed frozen.
16:45About ten minutes passed.
16:48He darkened his face
16:49and deleted
16:49my messages
16:50about cancer.
16:51Then his fingers
16:52danced across
16:53the keyboard.
16:54Charlotte,
16:55I'm giving you
16:56one last chance.
16:58Stop throwing a tantrum.
16:59Come back immediately.
17:01If I don't see you
17:02by tomorrow,
17:03we're getting a divorce.
17:05He had planned
17:06to divorce me anyway,
17:07yet he still used it
17:08to threaten me.
17:09The message sank
17:11like a stone
17:11in the ocean.
17:13Arthur put down
17:14his phone
17:14and went to take
17:15a shower.
17:17Coming out
17:18of the shower,
17:19Arthur received
17:20a transatlantic
17:21phone call.
17:22Hello,
17:23is this the family
17:24of Ms. Hayes?
17:26Your wife
17:26participated
17:27in the Dizzen Design
17:28Awards two months ago?
17:30Her work
17:31won a prize,
17:32but we haven't
17:33been able
17:33to reach her?
17:35Arthur was dazed.
17:36Didn't Charlotte
17:37already give up
17:38on design?
17:39I graduated
17:40from a top
17:40design academy.
17:41My dream
17:42was the international
17:43stage.
17:44After marrying
17:45Arthur,
17:46I gave up my career
17:47to take care of him.
17:48He once asked
17:49if I regretted it.
17:50I lied
17:51and said work
17:52was too tiring.
17:53He took it to heart
17:54and never asked
17:55about it again.
17:56But I had always
17:57wanted to continue
17:58my studies.
17:59Since this year,
18:00Arthur and Vivian
18:01had been getting
18:02closer.
18:03I had a premonition
18:04he would abandon me.
18:05So I picked up
18:06my profession again.
18:07I submitted
18:08a piece to Dizzen.
18:09I placed first
18:10in both preliminaries
18:11and semifinals.
18:13I was overjoyed.
18:14I thought I still
18:15had a chance
18:16to chase my dream.
18:17Then I received
18:18the medical report,
18:19Stomach Cancer.
18:20Less than half
18:21a year to live.
18:22Before I could
18:23cheer for my new life,
18:24I plummeted back
18:25to rock bottom.
18:26Giving up my future
18:28for this cold man
18:29was the worst decision
18:30of my life.
18:32Early the next morning,
18:34Arthur went to find Julian.
18:35He drove to the orphanage
18:37in City A.
18:38When they arrived,
18:40Julian was handing out
18:41candies to the children.
18:43Seeing Arthur,
18:44Julian's smile vanished.
18:46He turned to walk inside.
18:48Arthur grabbed his arm.
18:50Where is Charlotte?
18:52Tell her to come out.
18:53I froze.
18:54He had traveled
18:55all this way
18:56just to see me.
18:57Since when did he care
18:58so much about my affairs?
19:00It was a pity
19:01I was already dead.
19:03He would only see
19:04my tombstone.
19:06Charlotte is dead.
19:07You can't see her anymore.
19:09Arthur's eyes darkened.
19:11Julian,
19:12don't play this kind
19:13of joth me.
19:14Hurry up
19:15and tell Charlotte
19:16to come out
19:16or I'll tear
19:17this orphanage
19:18to the ground.
19:20Julian got angry too.
19:22Arthur,
19:22don't you like Vivian?
19:24Now that Charlotte
19:25is gone,
19:26it should be a good
19:27thing for you.
19:28Why are you still
19:29looking for her?
19:30Don't tell me
19:31that when she was
19:31serving you,
19:32you didn't like her.
19:34But now that she's gone,
19:36you want to throw
19:36yourself at her.
19:38Are you just a glutton
19:39for punishment?
19:42Arthur's face
19:42was dark as thunder.
19:44I came to find her
19:45to get a divorce.
19:46Even if she wants
19:47to leave,
19:48she should do it
19:49after divorcing me.
19:50She's occupying
19:51the position
19:52of my wife
19:52and just vanished.
19:54How am I supposed
19:54to marry anyone
19:55else in the future?
19:56I couldn't help
19:57but laugh.
19:58He went to such
19:59great lengths
20:00just to divorce me.
20:02Julian stared at him.
20:03Arthur,
20:04stop denying it.
20:06You've fallen in love
20:07with Charlotte,
20:08haven't you?
20:09Arthur flew into a rage.
20:11Don't talk nonsense.
20:13How could I possibly
20:14like a woman
20:15like Charlotte?
20:16Do you really
20:17want to see her?
20:18Julian asked.
20:19Arthur nodded.
20:21Then come with me.
20:23Julian turned
20:24and walked toward
20:24the back of the mountain.
20:26It was the height
20:27of summer.
20:28Dandelions were
20:29blooming vigorously.
20:30The path was rugged.
20:33Arthur's custom-made shoes
20:34picked up mud.
20:35He was a neat freak.
20:37His expression
20:38gradually turned ugly.
20:40Halfway up the mountain,
20:41amidst the dandelions,
20:43stood a few tombstones.
20:45The most modest one
20:47among them
20:47was my grave.
20:49Julian stopped
20:49in front of it.
20:51This is Charlotte.
20:53Arthur looked down
20:55at the name and photo
20:56on the tombstone.
20:57He froze completely.
20:59He stared at the black
21:01and white photo
21:01for a long time.
21:03Then he grabbed
21:04Julian by the collar.
21:05Julian,
21:06are you playing me?
21:08Facing his fury,
21:10Julian appeared
21:10incredibly calm.
21:12I'm not playing you.
21:14This is Charlotte's grave.
21:16Arthur still didn't believe it.
21:18He let go
21:18and took a few steps back.
21:20Impossible.
21:22She came to see me
21:23just a month ago.
21:24How could she
21:25suddenly be gone?
21:26Julian,
21:27don't lie to me.
21:29Tell her to come
21:29see me right now.
21:31Even as he said this,
21:32his eyes faintly reddened.
21:35Julian looked
21:36at my tombstone,
21:37his own eyes
21:38reddening too.
21:39I'm not lying to you.
21:41She's really dead.
21:43Yes,
21:44she did go
21:44to see you
21:45a month ago.
21:46But do you even
21:47remember what
21:47she went to see you for?
21:49She had late stage
21:50stomach cancer.
21:52She needed surgery.
21:53The doctor told her
21:54to find you
21:55to sign the consent forms.
21:57She grew up
21:58without parents.
21:59She never had
22:00a real home.
22:01When she got cancer,
22:02she didn't have
22:03a single person
22:04she could lean on.
22:06You were her only family.
22:09Julian's voice trembled.
22:10She went looking
22:12for you right
22:12after she was diagnosed.
22:14She wanted to tell you.
22:15She wanted to tell you
22:17how scared she was.
22:18But not only
22:19did you refuse
22:19to believe her,
22:20you even told her
22:21to drop dead
22:22because of Vivian.
22:23She was thinking
22:24of you right up
22:25until her very last breath.
22:27But did you ever,
22:28even once,
22:29keep her in your heart?
22:31You didn't cherish her
22:32when she loved me.
22:33Now you want
22:34to find her.
22:35Too bad.
22:36You can't find her anymore.
22:38You will never see her again
22:40in this lifetime.
22:41Enough!
22:42Arthur snapped.
22:44Julian,
22:45don't think you can fool me
22:46with a fake grave.
22:47There's no way she's dead.
22:49She was so full of life.
22:51If you think I'm lying,
22:53go check at the hospital yourself.
22:55She had her surgery
22:57at City General Hospital.
22:59Her records are still there.
23:01You're her husband.
23:02Getting her death certificate
23:04would be a piece of cake.
23:05Arthur's hands
23:06slowly clenched into fists.
23:08In the end,
23:10he said nothing
23:11and left in silence.
23:12I thought he would go
23:14to the hospital
23:14to confirm my death.
23:16Instead,
23:17he went straight back
23:18to the villa
23:19and entered my room.
23:22Married to Arthur
23:23for three years,
23:24we had always slept
23:25in separate rooms.
23:26He would only step
23:28into my room
23:28when he had needs.
23:30But today,
23:32uncharacteristically,
23:32he walked in
23:33during the day.
23:34He collapsed
23:35right onto my bed.
23:37He hugged my blanket
23:38and took a deep breath.
23:40Then his eyes
23:41gradually turned red.
23:42He called out to me
23:44in a hoarse voice.
23:45Charlotte?
23:46Suppressing the choke
23:47in his voice,
23:48he called my name
23:50over and over.
23:51The bedroom
23:52remained dead silent.
23:54No one would ever
23:55respond to his Charlotte again.
23:57For the next two days,
23:59Arthur didn't send anyone
24:00to confirm my death.
24:01Instead,
24:03he moved out of the villa
24:04and lived his life
24:05normally.
24:06It was as if my death
24:08was nothing more
24:09than an insignificant matter.
24:11I was dead,
24:12and he only spent
24:13half a day
24:14grieving for me.
24:15At least,
24:16that was what I thought.
24:17Until a dinner party
24:19shattered his
24:19feigned indifference.
24:21Arthur was entertaining
24:22the bosses
24:23of several partner companies.
24:25After a few rounds
24:26of drinks,
24:27someone held up a glass.
24:29Mr. Pendleton,
24:31I heard your wife
24:32passed away.
24:35The entire private room
24:37fell silent.
24:38Arthur drank his wine
24:40in silence,
24:41not saying a word.
24:43The last time he went
24:44to the mountain
24:45behind the orphanage,
24:46someone took a picture.
24:48Now almost everyone
24:49in Denver knew
24:50his wife was dead.
24:51The media had uploaded
24:53my cancer medical records
24:55and death certificate.
24:56Everyone knew I was dead.
24:58Only Arthur refused
24:59to believe it.
25:01In Detroit,
25:02if you ask me
25:02who I envy the most,
25:04it has to be
25:05Mr. Pendleton.
25:07Not only is he young
25:08and successful,
25:09but his wife
25:10is also dead.
25:11A dead wife
25:12is the best goods
25:13in a man's house.
25:15This is a good thing
25:17that others
25:17couldn't even pray for.
25:19Arthur's face darkened.
25:21The secretary quickly
25:22tried to smooth
25:24things over.
25:24Mr. Vance
25:26just likes
25:27to talk nonsense
25:28when he's drunk.
25:29Please be the bigger person
25:31and don't hold it
25:32against him.
25:33What nonsense?
25:35Mr. Vance slurred.
25:37Mr. Pendleton's wife
25:38just straight up died.
25:40It's so convenient
25:42for him
25:42to find a little mistress.
25:45Crash.
25:45The piercing sound
25:47of a shattering
25:47wine bottle rang out.
25:49Mr. Vance's head
25:50was busted open.
25:52He collapsed
25:53onto the table.
25:54Arthur stood beside him,
25:56holding a blood-stained bottle.
25:58His eyes were bloodshot,
26:00filled with a shattered madness.
26:04No one dared to speak.
26:06They were all dead silent.
26:08Arthur threw down the bottle
26:10and swept a cold glare
26:11over everyone.
26:13Charlotte is only missing.
26:14If anyone spreads rumors
26:16that she's dead again,
26:17don't blame me
26:19for showing no mercy.
26:20He turned and left.
26:22I followed him out,
26:24seeing the red corners
26:25of his eyes,
26:26his near-collapsing expression.
26:29My heart remained
26:30completely undisturbed.
26:31I knew he must have believed
26:33I was dead.
26:34That was why he looked
26:36so devastated.
26:37But I didn't care
26:38for his remorse at all.
26:40I only wanted
26:41to reincarnate sooner,
26:42get far away from him,
26:45never meet him again
26:46in my next life.
26:47Arthur had hurt someone.
26:49His own hand
26:50was injured too.
26:51He didn't treat it.
26:53Blood dripped
26:54from his palm
26:54onto the ground.
26:56After getting into the car,
26:57he didn't return
26:58to the villa.
26:59I floated after him.
27:01This was the road
27:02to the orphanage.
27:04He parked
27:04at the foot of the mountain.
27:06It had rained.
27:08Muddy water
27:08flowed down the ground.
27:10He got out
27:11and went up the mountain.
27:12His expensive shoes
27:14and pants
27:15were covered in mud.
27:16He didn't seem to notice.
27:19The rain was pouring
27:21down heavily.
27:22Arthur could barely
27:23open his eyes.
27:24He walked behind
27:26my tombstone.
27:27He knelt down.
27:28Then he started
27:29digging up my grave
27:30with his bare hands.
27:32I was so shocked
27:33I could hardly
27:34control myself.
27:35I rushed over
27:36to stop him.
27:37I was already dead.
27:39Yet he still refused
27:40to let me rest.
27:41But I couldn't touch him.
27:43My body passed
27:44straight through him.
27:46I watched helplessly
27:47as he dug away
27:48the dirt bit by bit.
27:49His ten fingers
27:51were dripping with blood.
27:53Mixing with the rain.
27:54Dying the ground red.
27:56Finally,
27:57the small cremation urn
27:59was revealed.
28:00He pulled out
28:01that muddy urn.
28:02He stared at it
28:03for a long time.
28:05As if finally
28:06accepting the reality
28:07of my death.
28:08He pulled it tightly
28:09into his arms.
28:11He wept silently.
28:12Charlotte,
28:13I'm sorry.
28:15I watched his bitter tears
28:16with cold detachment.
28:18There was no pity
28:19in my heart.
28:20Only disgust.
28:22When I was alive,
28:23he wouldn't spare me
28:24a single glance.
28:26Now that I'm dead,
28:27he puts on this show
28:29of deep devotion.
28:30Belated devotion
28:31is truly cheaper
28:32than dirt.
28:35Arthur held my ashes
28:36and knelt before my grave
28:38for a long time.
28:39He finally rose and left,
28:42cradling the urn
28:43like a man
28:43who had lost his soul.
28:45The wounds on his hands
28:46dripped blood endlessly.
28:48He seemed to feel
28:49no pain.
28:50He returned to the villa
28:52with my ashes in his arms.
28:54The butler came out
28:55to greet him.
28:56Seeing him covered in dirt,
28:58holding a cremation urn.
29:00He froze in shock.
29:02Sir, what are you?
29:03Arthur didn't respond.
29:05He walked numbly upstairs.
29:07He didn't go
29:08to the master bedroom.
29:10He went to my room instead.
29:12He found a clean towel.
29:14Carefully wiped
29:15the muddy water
29:16off my urn.
29:17He changed his clothes.
29:18Then he lay down
29:20on the bed
29:20holding the box.
29:22He lowered his head
29:23and planted a gentle kiss
29:24on the cold wooden box.
29:26Good night, Charlotte.
29:28Even as a ghost,
29:30I couldn't help
29:31but shudder.
29:32He said good night
29:33to my cremation urn.
29:34But he didn't close
29:35his eyes all night.
29:37Like a corpse
29:38stripped of its soul,
29:39he maintained
29:40the same posture.
29:42Staring numbly
29:43out the French windows,
29:44listening to the rain
29:46hid the leaves.
29:48The next morning,
29:50Ms. Higgins came
29:51to notify him
29:52for breakfast.
29:53Arthur didn't even
29:54lift his head.
29:56Get out.
29:57Ms. Higgins was startled.
29:59Seeing the urn
30:00in his arms,
30:01she stepped back.
30:02She accidentally
30:03bumped into the cabinet.
30:05A notebook fell
30:06to the floor.
30:07Don't touch her things!
30:09Arthur barked.
30:10He got up from the bed
30:12and bent down
30:13to pick it up himself.
30:14After picking it up,
30:16he paused
30:16and opened
30:17the first page.
30:18I instinctively
30:19tried to snatch it back.
30:21My hand passed
30:22right through.
30:23The notebook
30:24was my diary.
30:25I didn't want
30:26Arthur to see it.
30:27It recorded too much
30:29of my vulnerable side.
30:31It would make me
30:32look pathetic.
30:33I didn't need his pity.
30:34But I couldn't touch
30:36physical objects now.
30:37I could only watch
30:39helplessly as Arthur
30:40began to read my diary.
30:42February 1st, 2020.
30:44Snow.
30:45Mrs. Pendleton
30:46came to me
30:47and asked if I was
30:48willing to marry Arthur.
30:50I agreed
30:50without hesitation.
30:52Not for the donation.
30:54But because I like Arthur,
30:56he didn't know
30:57I had liked him
30:58for a very long time.
31:00February 3rd, 2020.
31:02Snow.
31:03I had applied
31:04to study abroad.
31:05Today I received
31:06an admission email
31:07from Milan.
31:10February 10th, 2020.
31:12Cloudy.
31:13After hesitating
31:14for a long time,
31:16I decided
31:17not to go abroad.
31:18Arthur asked about
31:19my study abroad application.
31:22I lied and told him
31:23I didn't pass.
31:24He believed it.
31:26March 21st, 2020.
31:28Sunny.
31:29I married Arthur.
31:31Arthur didn't come home
31:32at night.
31:33I heard Vivian
31:34had an accident abroad.
31:36He rushed over overnight.
31:38On our wedding night,
31:40my groom went
31:40to see another woman.
31:42March 22nd, 2020.
31:44Overcast.
31:45Vivian sent me a photo.
31:48Arthur was lying
31:48in her bed,
31:49sleeping exhaustedly.
31:51She said,
31:52Charlotte,
31:53borrowing your husband
31:54for a night.
31:55It felt like a hole
31:57had been torn
31:57in my heart.
31:58March 26th, 2020.
32:01Sunny.
32:02Arthur came back.
32:03Mrs. Pendleton
32:04scolded him.
32:05He said he would
32:06treat me well
32:07from now on.
32:08I believed him.
32:10April 12th, 2020.
32:12Overcast.
32:13Arthur's legs hurt.
32:14He yelled at another
32:16caregiver until they left.
32:17I massaged him myself.
32:19He wouldn't let me
32:21touch him.
32:21He threw a book
32:22at my head.
32:23The blood-stained book
32:25fell to the floor.
32:26Both he and I froze.
32:28My head hurt a little.
32:30But Arthur applied
32:31the medicine for me himself.
32:32It seemed to stop hurting.
32:36May 14th, 2020.
32:38Sunny.
32:39I cooked for Arthur
32:40for the first time.
32:42He said it tasted awful.
32:44I secretly sought out
32:45Miss Higgins at night
32:46to learn cooking.
32:48He still said it tasted awful.
32:50But he finished
32:51all the food anyway.
32:52I looked at him
32:53and smiled like a fool.
32:55He called me an idiot.
32:57I smiled,
32:58and then I kissed him.
33:00He looked a bit awkward.
33:01But then he smiled
33:03along with me.
33:04June 3rd, 2020.
33:06Sunny.
33:07Mrs. Pendleton
33:09invited foreign specialists.
33:11They said
33:11Arthur could be cured.
33:13The Pendeltons
33:14were thrilled.
33:15So was I.
33:17November 10th, 2020.
33:19Sunny.
33:20After months of treatment,
33:22Arthur could finally stand up.
33:24Like a toddler
33:25learning to walk,
33:26he wobbled forward
33:27with my support.
33:28I teased him
33:29for walking slow.
33:31He glared at me.
33:32Then he kissed me.
33:34It was the first time
33:35he kissed me.
33:36It was a little bit sweet.
33:38I couldn't stop smiling
33:39for a long time.
33:41January 21st, 2023.
33:44Snow.
33:45Arthur's legs
33:46were completely healed.
33:47We made a date
33:48to go see a movie.
33:50Coming out,
33:51I saw a familiar figure.
33:52The person turned around.
33:54It was Vivian.
33:56Arthur let go of my hand.
33:58Staring straight
33:59in that direction.
34:00The moment Vivian's gaze
34:02met ours.
34:03I knew my happiness
34:04was about to end.
34:07October 9th, 2023.
34:10Overcast.
34:11The doctor said
34:12I was diagnosed
34:13with stomach cancer.
34:15He suggested surgery.
34:17Even though the success rate
34:18was only 10%.
34:19If I didn't have the surgery,
34:22I wouldn't live
34:23past three months.
34:24I wanted to get better.
34:26So I agreed to the surgery.
34:28Being alone,
34:29I felt a bit scared.
34:31So I went to find Arthur.
34:33He was my only family.
34:35He used to say
34:36he would protect me for life.
34:38When I went looking for him,
34:40he wasn't there.
34:41Vivian fell into the water.
34:43I saved her.
34:45When Arthur returned,
34:46he thought I pushed her in.
34:48He cursed at me,
34:50called me sick in the head,
34:52told me to go die.
34:52He didn't know
34:54that I was actually dying.
34:56October 10th, 2023.
34:58Overcast.
34:59Fell into the water yesterday.
35:02Running a fever today.
35:03Coughed up some blood
35:05while eating.
35:06Knocked over my bowl
35:07and chopsticks.
35:08I was the only one
35:10in the dining room.
35:11I wiped away
35:12the blood stains.
35:13Cleaned up the dishes.
35:15Went upstairs to sleep.
35:17My stomach twisted
35:18in agonizing pain.
35:20Took some painkillers.
35:22It still hurt.
35:23I scrolled through Instagram.
35:25I saw Arthur.
35:27He was in a photo
35:28posted by Vivian.
35:29Wearing an apron.
35:31Cooking porridge.
35:32His back looking handsome
35:34and aloof.
35:35Vivian's caption read,
35:37It feels so good
35:38to be taken care of.
35:39I stared at the post
35:41for a long time.
35:42Then I left a like.
35:44And took a few more painkillers.
35:48October 12th, 2023.
35:51Overcast.
35:52In the middle of the night,
35:53my stomach started hurting again.
35:55I looked for my pills.
35:57Taking to didn't work.
35:59Took for more.
36:01Suddenly I wondered,
36:02what if the surgery
36:03wasn't successful?
36:04Where would I go
36:06after I died?
36:07I wanted to go to the sea.
36:09If I died,
36:10I hoped someone would scatter
36:12my ashes
36:12into the deep blue sea.
36:14It's quiet there.
36:16Most importantly,
36:17there would be no Arthur
36:18and no Vivian.
36:19October 14th, 2023.
36:22Overcast.
36:23The surgery is the day
36:25after tomorrow.
36:26Julian took me out to eat.
36:28I asked him if this was
36:30my last meal.
36:31He smacked me on the head.
36:33Stop saying such unlucky things.
36:35I just smiled at him
36:37and didn't speak.
36:38Looking up,
36:39I saw Arthur and Vivian
36:41in the restaurant
36:41across the street.
36:42My heart suddenly seized.
36:45I couldn't smile anymore.
36:47It hurt.
36:48It hurt everywhere.
36:49October 15th, 2023.
36:52Overcast.
36:53The surgery is tomorrow.
36:55I have to go to the hospital
36:57to prepare.
36:58I felt a bit scared.
37:00I wanted Arthur
37:01to accompany me.
37:02I gave him a call.
37:04He refused to come.
37:06He said he would come
37:07collect my body
37:08when I was dead.
37:09Arthur.
37:10That liar.
37:11In the end,
37:12the one who collected
37:13my body was clearly Julian.
37:16The diary stopped
37:17on the day before my surgery.
37:19Obviously,
37:20my surgery had failed.
37:23I saw the bloodshot veins
37:25in Arthur's eyes.
37:27Towards me,
37:28he felt guilty after all.
37:30But seeing him grieve,
37:32my heart couldn't stir up
37:33the slightest ripple.
37:35Looking at him was like
37:36looking at a complete stranger.
37:38I had truly let him go.
37:40Now all I wanted
37:42was to get away
37:42and be reborn.
37:44Arthur lay on the bed,
37:45tightly hugging my urn,
37:47his face covered in tears.
37:49Charlotte,
37:50I'm sorry.
37:51If I had known
37:52you were really sick,
37:53I would never have said
37:55those things to you
37:56that day.
37:57His words sounded nice,
37:59but I knew in my heart,
38:01even if he had known
38:02I had cancer,
38:03he probably wouldn't have cared.
38:05He was busy keeping
38:07Vivian company.
38:08He held a grudge
38:09against me.
38:10It was only now
38:11that I was dead
38:12that he would shed
38:13a few crocodile tears.
38:15The next morning,
38:16Vivian came to the villa.
38:18Arthur,
38:19I heard you haven't eaten
38:20or drunk anything
38:21for a whole day.
38:22Your body will break down
38:24if you keep going like this.
38:26Arthur ignored her,
38:28his lifeless eyes
38:29staring out the window.
38:30Vivian pushed the door open.
38:32She saw my cremation urn
38:34on the bed.
38:35Her face turned pale,
38:37but she quickly adjusted
38:39her emotions.
38:40Let me take care
38:41of your wounds for you.
38:44Vivian reached out
38:45and grabbed Arthur's wrist.
38:47He didn't resist.
38:48He just lay there,
38:50letting her tend
38:51to his wounds.
38:52She glanced at my ashes.
38:54The smile on her face
38:56became more pronounced.
38:57She probably thought
38:58that with me dead,
39:00the position of Mrs. Pendleton
39:02would fall to her.
39:03Charlotte is really
39:04something else.
39:05She didn't even tell us
39:06she had cancer.
39:08How painful that must have been.
39:10Hearing my name,
39:11Arthur finally showed
39:13some reaction.
39:14Yes.
39:15How painful it must have been
39:16for her all alone.
39:18Arthur,
39:19you said you would divorce
39:20Charlotte and marry me.
39:21Now that she's gone,
39:23can we go get
39:24our marriage certificate?
39:26Arthur's gloomy,
39:27piercing gaze swept over her.
39:29Last time at the lake.
39:31Was it really Charlotte
39:32who pushed you
39:33into the water?
39:34Vivian's face
39:35showed not a trace of guilt.
39:37Arthur,
39:38you don't suspect me
39:39of framing Charlotte,
39:40do you?
39:41Vivian,
39:41I'll give you
39:42one last chance.
39:43Tell me the truth.
39:45Vivian bit her lip
39:46and stayed silent.
39:48Since you refuse to speak,
39:50I'll go check
39:50the security footage myself.
39:53Vivian grew anxious
39:54and grabbed his hand.
39:55I'll tell you,
39:57I actually fell into the water
39:58by accident that day.
40:00It was Charlotte
40:01who jumped into the water
40:02and saved me.
40:05Arthur let out
40:06a mocking laugh.
40:07She saved you,
40:09yet you told me
40:10she pushed you
40:10into the water.
40:12Vivian,
40:12how dare you?
40:14Intimidated by his
40:15oppressive aura,
40:17Vivian's voice dropped.
40:18I just said it casually
40:20at the time.
40:21Who knew you would
40:22actually believe me?
40:23I just told a lie.
40:25It's not like Charlotte
40:26would lose a piece of flesh.
40:28Before she could finish,
40:29Arthur slapped her hard
40:31across the face.
40:32He struck with such vicious force
40:34that blood seeped
40:35from her lip.
40:36Arthur,
40:37you actually hit me
40:38for that bitch Charlotte.
40:40You don't love her anyway.
40:41What does her death
40:42have to do with you?
40:43You were the one
40:44who cursed her to die.
40:46What are you going crazy
40:47for now?
40:48Arthur trembled
40:49with rage.
40:50I told her to die
40:51because you lied to me.
40:53If you hadn't lied,
40:54how could I have ever said
40:56such vicious things to her?
40:58Vivian sneered.
40:59Do you think you treated her
41:01so well when I wasn't around?
41:03If you hadn't been
41:04so weak-willed yourself,
41:05how could things
41:06have ended up like this?
41:08Arthur grabbed Vivian
41:09by the hair
41:10and dragged her
41:10toward the bathroom.
41:14Vivian wailed in pain,
41:16struggling desperately,
41:17but her strength
41:18was no match for Arthur's.
41:20He pressed down on her head
41:22and shoved her face
41:23into the toilet bowl.
41:24His eyes were bloodshot,
41:26filled with madness.
41:28You didn't drown
41:29when you fell in the water
41:30last time,
41:32so I'll help you out today.
41:34Charlotte is dead.
41:36Both you and I
41:36should go down
41:37to accompany her.
41:38In the end,
41:39the butler rushed in
41:41and pulled Arthur away.
41:42Vivian stumbled away
41:44and escaped.
41:45As she came out,
41:46she saw my cremation urn
41:48on the bed.
41:49Fueled by sudden rage,
41:51she picked it up
41:52and smashed it
41:53onto the floor.
41:54My ashes scattered
41:55all over the ground.
41:57Arthur's eyes nearly
41:58split open in fury.
42:00Vivian was so terrified
42:01she fled out the door
42:03without looking back.
42:04Arthur knelt on the floor,
42:06reaching out his hands,
42:08carefully gathering the ashes
42:10handful by handful
42:11back into the box.
42:13Charlotte.
42:14This is my Charlotte.
42:16I can't lose it.
42:17I can't lose it.
42:19He muttered
42:19like a man possessed.
42:21Vivian was crippled.
42:23After running out,
42:24she was hit
42:25by a passing car.
42:26High-level paraplegia.
42:28Never to walk again.
42:31A few days later,
42:33Arthur held a funeral for me.
42:35It rained that day.
42:37Amidst the misty rain,
42:38he buried me
42:39in the Pendleton family cemetery.
42:41He had words
42:42engraved on my tombstone.
42:44Late wife, Charlotte.
42:46I had no father or mother
42:48on the day of the funeral.
42:50Only the Pendeltans
42:51and Julian attended.
42:53Seeing Arthur,
42:54Julian couldn't hold back
42:56and threw a punch.
42:57Arthur,
42:58are you out of your mind?
43:00Charlotte was already
43:01laid to rest.
43:02And you actually
43:03dug up her ashes.
43:05She's already gone.
43:06Why must you
43:07disturb her peace?
43:09Arthur forced a pale smile.
43:11Charlotte wrote
43:12in her diary.
43:14She wanted to sink
43:14to the bottom of the sea
43:16after she died.
43:17I'm just fulfilling
43:18her dying wish.
43:20After the funeral,
43:21Arthur had the burial plot
43:22next to mine
43:23cleared out.
43:24The butler asked him
43:25what his intentions were.
43:27He smiled and murmured.
43:29Charlotte is timid.
43:31She'd be scared
43:32sleeping all alone.
43:33I have to go
43:34keep her company.
43:35After the funeral,
43:37Arthur's life
43:37gradually returned
43:38to normal.
43:40He ate on time
43:41every day,
43:42exercised regularly,
43:44visited his parents.
43:45He seemed to be living
43:46more lucidly
43:47than anyone else.
43:49But it was exactly
43:50this extreme normalcy
43:51that made things
43:52seem off.
43:55Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton Sr.
43:57decided to have
43:58another child.
43:59After Mrs. Pendleton
44:01got pregnant,
44:02Arthur looked relieved.
44:03He began handing his work
44:05back to his father.
44:06spending most of his days
44:08at home
44:09tending to flowers
44:10and plants.
44:11Occasionally,
44:12he would cook
44:13something for himself.
44:14He made two portions
44:16every time.
44:17One for himself,
44:18and one placed
44:19opposite him,
44:21pretending someone
44:22was eating with him.
44:23Much later,
44:24on a night
44:25with bright moonlight,
44:26Arthur bought a bottle
44:27of sleeping pills.
44:28He poured them all out
44:30and placed them
44:31on the table.
44:32Then he picked them up
44:33one by one
44:34and put them
44:34into his mouth.
44:36In a daze,
44:37he looked up
44:38in my direction.
44:39Charlotte,
44:41are you here
44:42to pick me up?
44:43I looked at him
44:43quietly,
44:44offering no reply.
44:46Arthur didn't
44:47manage to die.
44:48His parents
44:49found him.
44:50They sent him
44:51to the hospital.
44:52While he was
44:53being resuscitated,
44:55Mr. and Mrs. Pendleton
44:56wept their hearts out
44:57outside the door.
44:59Watching from the side,
45:00I couldn't help
45:01but shed tears, too.
45:03Arthur was a bastard.
45:05But Mrs. Pendleton
45:06had always been good to me.
45:08I didn't really want
45:09Arthur to die.
45:11Death was too easy
45:12an escape.
45:13I preferred
45:14that he live
45:14his entire life
45:15in pain and remorse.
45:18After Arthur was saved,
45:20he looked around blankly.
45:22He pulled out
45:23his for drip,
45:24rolled out of bed.
45:26He began rummaging
45:27through the cabinets
45:28looking for something.
45:30Blood kept seeping
45:31from the needle hole
45:32on his hand.
45:33He seemed
45:34completely unaware.
45:35Still frantically searching,
45:38Mrs. Pendleton
45:39grabbed him.
45:40Arthur,
45:41what are you looking for?
45:43Arthur finally stopped,
45:45tears instantly
45:46welling up in his eyes.
45:48Mom,
45:49Charlotte is gone.
45:51I need to find Charlotte.
45:52I clearly saw her.
45:54How could she be gone?
45:56Arthur,
45:58Charlotte has already
45:59been buried.
46:00Have you forgotten?
46:03But I clearly saw her.
46:05He suddenly quieted down.
46:07He realized what he saw
46:09was nothing but a hallucination.
46:11He held his head,
46:13slowly crouched down.
46:15Then he broke
46:16into uncontrollable sobs.
46:18After that,
46:19Arthur started working desperately.
46:21When he wasn't working,
46:23he was out drinking heavily.
46:25Every night when he came home,
46:27he would sleep in my closet.
46:29The butler asked him
46:31to come out.
46:32He refused.
46:33He said it smelled
46:34like Charlotte in there.
46:36Sleeping there
46:37made him feel like
46:37I was still alive.
46:39I continued to stay
46:40by his side,
46:41my soul gradually
46:42becoming more transparent.
46:44I knew my time
46:45was almost up.
46:48Watching Arthur
46:49slowly deteriorate
46:51in his remorse,
46:52my resentment
46:53finally vanished.
46:54On a bright
46:55and sunny afternoon,
46:57my soul completely dissipated.
46:59Right before I disappeared,
47:01Arthur seemed to lift
47:02his cloudy eyes
47:03and look at me.
47:04I heard him call me.
47:06Charlotte.
47:07Hearing his voice,
47:08I suddenly remembered
47:10ten years ago,
47:11when he saved me
47:12from my foster mother's son.
47:14He had stood in the sunlight,
47:16calling my name
47:17just like this.
47:18If only time
47:19could have stayed frozen
47:20in that year forever.
47:21The Arthur of the past
47:23had once shown me
47:24a moment of pure kindness.
47:26After that day,
47:28his heavy drinking
47:29grew even worse.
47:30He didn't actually
47:31like to drink.
47:33His insomnia
47:34was severe.
47:35Without alcohol,
47:37he couldn't fall asleep.
47:38But only when he was asleep
47:40could he see me
47:40in his dreams.
47:42He would wake up
47:43at six every morning
47:44to prepare breakfast.
47:45Simple bacon and eggs
47:47with a glass of milk.
47:49My favorite.
47:50He would always look
47:51across the dining table
47:53with a smile.
47:54Is it good?
47:55Is it too salty?
47:56I'll be careful next time.
47:58You can't be a picky eater.
48:00You have to eat
48:01your celery too.
48:02Still don't want to eat.
48:04Never mind then.
48:05I'll eat it for you.
48:08Day after day,
48:10Arthur seemed to be
48:11living in his own world.
48:12He still made breakfast
48:14and went for a morning run
48:15every day.
48:16When he came home at night,
48:18he would sleep
48:19in my closet.
48:20Trying to catch
48:21the faint scent
48:22I had left behind.
48:24Gradually,
48:24the fragrance
48:25in the closet
48:26began to fade.
48:27He could no longer
48:28catch my scent.
48:30Panic set in.
48:31Like a madman,
48:33he gathered everything
48:34tainted with my scent.
48:36He hired a perfume company
48:38to recreate it.
48:39But it was all in vain.
48:41No matter how skilled
48:42the perfumer,
48:43it was impossible
48:44to replicate
48:45a person's natural scent.
48:46He could no longer
48:48grasp anything
48:49related to me.
48:50His heart was
48:51completely hollowed out.
48:53Life became a pool
48:54of stagnant water.
48:55This world felt
48:57like purgatory.
48:58Every minute,
48:59every second,
49:00was agonizing for him.
49:02Charlotte,
49:03I want to see you
49:04so badly.
49:05Mr. and Mrs.
49:07Pendleton Sr.
49:08had a new baby girl.
49:09Arthur went back
49:11every day to visit
49:12his little sister,
49:13buying her all sorts
49:14of tiny clothes
49:15and socks,
49:16making her laugh.
49:18After having dinner
49:19with his family
49:20one last time,
49:21he smiled at his mother.
49:23Okay.
49:24He turned and left.
49:26Mrs. Pendleton
49:27watched his retreating back,
49:29feeling an inexplicable
49:31sense of unease.
49:32The next day,
49:34a bracelet on her wrist
49:35shattered.
49:36The news broadcasted.
49:38The CEO of the Pendleton group
49:40drove alone
49:41to the seaside
49:42last night.
49:43He never returned.
49:45That sea was the place
49:46that embraced my ashes.
49:47The end.
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