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00:00Dante DeLuca suffered from insomnia, so I was sent to him as a child.
00:04I became his human pillow.
00:06He had one lover after another, but no matter how wild things got, he sent them away at night.
00:12Holding me to sleep has become a habit.
00:14We'd been by each other's side so long, he thought I'd never leave.
00:18Until my ten-year contract with the DeLuca family finally expired.
00:22By then, he'd fallen hard for a girl, driving three days and nights without sleep just to chase her.
00:27Mrs. DeLuca coldly slid me the renewal contract, certain I'd sign again.
00:31That day, I stayed silent for a long time.
00:34Finally, I said softly,
00:35No. This is where it ends.
00:38Late that night, I arrived at the hotel suite.
00:40Dante's lover was still there.
00:42The sheets had been changed, but the air still carried the scent of sex.
00:46It was obvious just how wild their sex had been moments ago.
00:50You really won't let me stay the night?
00:52As she spoke, she noticed me walking in.
00:57Sorry, we don't need housekeeping.
01:00Housekeeping? She's mine.
01:04Having me isn't enough? You're moving on already?
01:08Dante leaned against the headboard, desire still in his eyes as he looked at me.
01:14What's wrong with sleeping with my little pillow?
01:21I stood nearby, waiting for her to take the money and leave like the others.
01:26Instead, she casually slapped the checks back and lifted her chin with a scoff.
01:31I don't want your damn money.
01:33I enjoyed it too.
01:34We both got what we wanted.
01:36That's all.
01:40Dante rubbed the check, rare surprise flashing in his eyes,
01:44but he quickly recovered and expertly pulled me into his arms.
01:49One arm circled my waist as he buried his face in my neck.
01:53That scent still lingered in the air.
01:55I looked down and saw a glaring lipstick mark on his back collar,
01:59bright and obvious, like a claim of ownership.
02:02He noticed my expression and asked in a husky voice,
02:05Hmm? What's wrong?
02:06I pointed at it, my face blank.
02:08There's lipstick on your shirt?
02:10Dante seemed to be in a good mood tonight.
02:12He patiently asked,
02:14If it bothers you, should I change?
02:17He thought for a moment,
02:19Then let's sleep somewhere else.
02:20Your place tonight, okay?
02:22I was surprised, unsure why he suddenly wanted to go to my place.
02:26But after sharing a bed for ten years,
02:28having him over seemed normal enough.
02:30I nodded.
02:31When we got to my apartment,
02:32Dante changed into the men's pajamas I kept for him.
02:35Then he went straight to my bed and lay down.
02:37With his larger frame,
02:39he easily pulled me into his arms.
02:41He especially loved holding me face to face when we slept.
02:44One arm around my waist,
02:46the other around my back.
02:47He held me tight,
02:48as if I really were his pillow.
02:50Now Dante,
02:51dressed in black pajamas,
02:52was squeezed onto my little pink bed.
02:55He looked completely out of place.
02:56After holding me for a while,
02:58he asked curiously,
02:59Elena, why does your bed smell so good?
03:02Yeah,
03:03everything was just freshly washed.
03:04But Dante didn't stop there.
03:06Wide awake,
03:07he sniffed around until his nose brushed my sensitive neck.
03:11So this is where the best smell is.
03:16My heart jumped as I looked up to speak,
03:18my lips accidentally brushing his chin.
03:21We both froze,
03:22too nervous to speak.
03:23I moved away,
03:25afraid he'd hear my heartbeat.
03:26The next second,
03:27he firmly pulled me back.
03:29What are you hiding from?
03:32Relax.
03:33I'm not interested in a skinny body like yours.
03:37I'd always known Dante didn't like me much.
03:39He even found me annoying.
03:41From 13 to 23,
03:42I'd been by his side for nearly 10 years.
03:45At 13,
03:46he was kidnapped by a rival mafia family.
03:48I never knew what happened to him there.
03:50I only knew he came back traumatized and unable to sleep.
03:53The doctor suggested finding a companion to help calm him.
03:56So the DeLuca family began searching for someone suitable.
03:59There were many candidates,
04:01all accompanied by their parents.
04:03I waited alone in the crowd,
04:04wearing worn-out clothes.
04:06But yesterday's work had exhausted me,
04:08and I fell asleep while waiting.
04:09Just then,
04:1013-year-old Dante came out surrounded by a crowd.
04:13He looked annoyed as he glanced over the crowd.
04:15Then his eyes landed on me,
04:17asleep in the corner.
04:19Her.
04:19From then on,
04:20I spent 10 years as his human pillow.
04:23But as I grew older,
04:24my features began to mature.
04:25Mrs. DeLuca grew increasingly wary of me.
04:28She repeatedly warned me not to get any ideas about Dante.
04:31So I quietly buried my feelings
04:33and never let anyone notice.
04:35As we grew up,
04:36I watched him take one lover after another,
04:38every time.
04:39Before he'd even had enough,
04:40I'd knock on the door as usual.
04:42Dante, it's time to sleep.
04:44In his eyes,
04:46I was no different from his other lovers.
04:47We all came to him for money,
04:49but they gave him pleasure,
04:51while I was dull and always ruined the mood.
04:54So he grew tired of me,
04:55and even tried sleeping without me.
04:57But he soon realized,
04:58angrily,
04:59that 10 years had made it a habit.
05:01He had long grown used to falling asleep with me in his arms.
05:04The doctor said being in a good mood
05:06could help him fall asleep faster.
05:07So for 10 years,
05:09I carefully indulged him,
05:10and tried to keep him happy.
05:12Whenever Dante was in a bad mood,
05:13his words could turn harsh.
05:16Stop with the fake concern.
05:18You're only here for the money.
05:20I buried my love,
05:21and quietly took his temper.
05:23Yeah,
05:23I'm only here for the money.
05:25I hid my feelings well.
05:26Even in my diary,
05:27I kept my distance,
05:28and called him Mr. DeLuca,
05:30until I was 19,
05:31when he coldly dealt with the loan sharks for me.
05:34That day,
05:34I finally let myself write his name in my diary,
05:37Dante.
05:38By the time I came to my senses,
05:39the page was covered with,
05:44and almost tore the page out,
05:46but my hand lingered on it,
05:48and I couldn't bring myself to do it.
05:50Forget it.
05:51My diary was password protected,
05:52and hidden at the bottom of my bedroom drawer.
05:55No one would ever find it.
05:56So when I woke the next morning,
05:58I found Dante sitting silently in a chair.
06:00The drawer was wide open.
06:04What's this?
06:04My mind went completely blank.
06:07My shameful five-year crush was ruthlessly exposed at 23.
06:12After a long silence,
06:13I finally asked,
06:16How...
06:16did you open it?
06:18I tried all morning.
06:20Turns out the password was my birthday.
06:22A diary from four years ago.
06:25Baby, you hid this well.
06:27His voice was incredibly gentle,
06:29but my heart tightened with dread.
06:31I gave up and lowered my head.
06:32I silently waited for him to judge my ridiculous feelings.
06:36Then came the sound of paper tearing.
06:38Expressionless.
06:39Dante tore out that page,
06:41piece by piece.
06:44What are you fantasizing about?
06:46Elena, you think one page
06:48will make me stop touching other women?
06:50They'll do anything I want in bed.
06:52Can you?
06:53Hmm?
06:53From that day on,
06:54Dante didn't contact me for three days.
06:57Maybe I disgusted him that much.
06:59And I never asked about his whereabouts,
07:01so I had no idea what he was doing.
07:03On the fourth night,
07:05someone suddenly knocked on my door.
07:07It was Dante's aid,
07:09supporting a very drunk Dante.
07:11Don drank a little too much tonight.
07:13Please take care of him.
07:14My job was supposed to be just helping him sleep.
07:17But whenever he got drunk or sick at night,
07:20I usually cared for him.
07:22Still, Dante could really hold his liquor.
07:24How much had he drunk to get this wasted?
07:27I helped him inside,
07:28then went to the kitchen to make a hangover drink.
07:31As I boiled water,
07:32lost in thought,
07:34a burning hot body pressed against me.
07:38Babe.
07:39He murmured hoarsely.
07:40I froze.
07:41He had never called me that softly.
07:43Usually, he called me Elena.
07:45Even when he called me baby,
07:47it was only to tease and mock me.
07:49He wasn't as cold as four days ago,
07:51his voice soft,
07:52almost conciliatory.
07:54After a brief silence,
07:55I gently coaxed him.
07:57Feeling awful?
07:58Your hangover drink is almost ready.
08:00Just wait a little...
08:05A scene I'd dreamed of as a teenager
08:07suddenly came true,
08:09leaving me speechless.
08:10I trembled and tried to push him away,
08:12but Dante leaned against my shoulder again,
08:14drunk and burning with desire.
08:17Babe.
08:18Babe.
08:19My hands froze in midair.
08:20I was never a saint.
08:21For money,
08:23I'd even become selfish and shameless.
08:25As Dante called me affectionately again and again,
08:28I knew I couldn't refuse him.
08:29So I turned around
08:31and wrapped my arms around his neck.
08:32Actually,
08:33this wasn't our first time having sex.
08:36Four years ago,
08:37things between us weren't this strained.
08:39We studied together
08:40and planned to attend the same college.
08:42We had included each other in our futures
08:44until Dante overheard me promising Mrs. DeLuca,
08:47I'm only here for the money.
08:49I have no feelings for Dante.
08:50I even shamelessly asked for a raise.
08:53For the first time,
08:54Dante turned cold toward me.
08:56That night,
08:57he yanked me into the room and...
08:59Only for the money?
09:01Fine.
09:01Back then,
09:02neither of us had any experience.
09:04His movements were clumsy but rough,
09:06and he never once kissed me.
09:07He only asked...
09:08Anyone will do,
09:09as long as they pay you,
09:11right?
09:11I clenched my teeth,
09:13not knowing how to answer,
09:14but I didn't dare reveal even a hint of my love.
09:17Finally,
09:17I gave up
09:18and nodded.
09:21Yes.
09:22That night
09:23left me nothing but pain.
09:26We squeezed together on my small bed.
09:28I tried to please him,
09:29doing every outrageous thing he asked.
09:31I stopped wondering how much truth
09:33or pretense
09:34hid in his drunken eyes.
09:36At least,
09:36I was the one he wanted right now.
09:38To Dante,
09:39all those lovers over the years
09:41were just transactions,
09:42just like that chaotic night
09:43four years ago.
09:44No tenderness,
09:46no comfort,
09:46and certainly no kisses.
09:48But tonight,
09:49after what felt like forever,
09:51when it was finally over,
09:52he actually held me close,
09:54savoring it
09:54as he softly kissed my lips.
09:57Still dazed,
09:59I trembled faintly in his arms,
10:01barely recovered.
10:02Then Dante teased.
10:03Such a tiny waste.
10:05How did you handle all that just now?
10:07Held in his arms,
10:09I quietly wondered,
10:10maybe Dante felt something different for me too.
10:13For once,
10:14Dante slept deeply,
10:16and comfortably.
10:17Even near noon,
10:18he still hadn't woken up,
10:19until his phone rang,
10:20afraid it would wake him.
10:22I pushed through my exhaustion,
10:23and grabbed it.
10:24The next second,
10:25I clearly saw the caller's name,
10:27Babe.
10:28I froze.
10:28An absurd,
10:29unbelievable thought crossed my mind.
10:32Clinging to my last hope,
10:33I looked down at Dante.
10:35His eyes were cold.
10:36He was usually grumpy when woken,
10:38but now showed no impatience.
10:40He took the phone from my hand,
10:41a familiar,
10:43seductive female voice came through.
10:45Dante,
10:46I heard you haven't slept for three days.
10:48You even stopped holding your little pillow,
10:50and drove all night to chase me?
10:51Well,
10:52since you're so sincere,
10:53I guess I'll forgive you.
10:54Whatever you want tonight,
10:56I'm game.
10:57I recognized her as the girl from the hotel.
10:59Dante smiled,
11:00responding to her again,
11:02and again,
11:03after what felt like forever,
11:04the call ended.
11:06How come it was you last night?
11:10Only then did I realize
11:11the tenderness from last night
11:13belonged to someone else.
11:16It was me.
11:18Who else did you think it was?
11:20Dante fell silent.
11:21After a long pause,
11:22he sighed.
11:24Baby,
11:25you really can't live without me now,
11:26can you?
11:29You were pretty obedient last night.
11:31This should be enough,
11:32right?
11:34But from now on,
11:36just behave and stay my little pillow.
11:38Don't dream of anything else.
11:40That night,
11:41Dante didn't come looking for me again.
11:43Instead,
11:44Mrs. DeLuca came to see me.
11:46When she pushed the renewal contract
11:48in front of me,
11:49I finally realized
11:50I had known Dante for ten years already.
11:53The contract was renewed every five years.
11:55When the first five-year term ended,
11:58I had just turned 18
11:59to keep attending the private school
12:02funded by the DeLuca family.
12:04I desperately tried to please Mrs. DeLuca
12:07and earned the next five-year contract.
12:10Now,
12:10Mrs. DeLuca coldly slid the renewal contract back to me.
12:14Casually,
12:15she said.
12:16Dante's new girlfriend says
12:18she can help him sleep too.
12:20Maybe he won't need you anymore.
12:22Your payment will be cut in half.
12:24Sign it if you want.
12:26Her tone was certain.
12:27She believed I would beg to keep this job.
12:30Just like I did five years ago,
12:32I was truly grateful.
12:33The DeLuca family gave me this opportunity
12:36when I needed it most.
12:37Because of them,
12:38I was able to finish high school and college.
12:41But now,
12:42I stared at the renewal contract for a long time.
12:45Scenes from these ten years
12:46flashed through my mind.
12:49After a long silence,
12:50I pushed it back
12:51and slowly shook my head.
12:53Sorry, Mrs. DeLuca.
12:55This contract ends here.
12:56Just then,
12:57Dante suddenly walked in
12:58and asked in confusion,
13:00What's ending?
13:01Mrs. DeLuca looked at my warningly.
13:03I shook my head.
13:05Nothing.
13:06Dante wanted to ask more,
13:08but his phone suddenly ran.
13:09He glanced at the screen,
13:11smiled,
13:11and quickly left.
13:12After Dante left,
13:14she took a sip of coffee
13:15and asked casually,
13:16But have you really made up your mind?
13:18I noted.
13:19Mrs. DeLuca frowned slightly,
13:21a faint warning entering her voice.
13:23Elena,
13:24don't think you can play games with me.
13:26You're just his little pillow.
13:27Dante can sleep without you.
13:28I stood and gave her a slight bow.
13:30Mrs. DeLuca,
13:31thank you for everything the family has done for me.
13:34Don't worry.
13:35I won't regret this decision
13:36or cause any trouble.
13:37Only then did Mrs. DeLuca's frown ease.
13:40Seeing me neither argue nor make a scene,
13:42she seemed relieved too.
13:44There were seven days left on my contract.
13:46Use these seven days to pack.
13:48Leave when your contract ends.
13:49Go wherever you want.
13:50Just never appear before Dante again.
13:52Can you do that?
13:53Her words were cold,
13:55as if she feared I'd use our ten years together,
13:57as if I'd make a scene
13:58and cling to the DeLuca family.
13:59But I only gripped the hen of my shirt
14:01and promised softly,
14:03Yes,
14:03I can.
14:06After leaving the DeLuca estate,
14:08I stood by the road,
14:09unusually lost.
14:11For years,
14:11I had always put Dante first
14:12when planning my future.
14:14I never imagined
14:15there would come a day like this.
14:16Even when Professor Warren asked
14:17if I wanted to apply
14:18for an exchange program in Alderwick,
14:20I turned it down without hesitation.
14:21I refused,
14:22even though it was a perfect fit for my research.
14:24I didn't agree.
14:25I just stubbornly stayed by Dante's side.
14:27But under the dim streetlight,
14:28I texted Professor Warren
14:29and asked about openings.
14:31She replied immediately
14:31that there was one
14:32and promised to help me get it.
14:33At that moment,
14:34I suddenly understood.
14:36Old friends.
14:37Lost lovers.
14:38No one should put their life
14:39on hold for someone else.
14:40Seven days was tight.
14:42I had to prepare
14:42all my documents quickly.
14:44I needed everything ready
14:45before leaving for Germany.
14:46I also began packing my clothes
14:48from the closet
14:48into my suitcase.
14:49The next night,
14:50Dante knocked on my door
14:51and headed straight to my bedroom.
14:52Ever since sleeping at my place,
14:54he'd grown especially fond of my bed.
14:56He even stopped sleeping
14:57in his own huge, luxurious bed.
14:58After washing up,
14:59Dante opened my closet
15:00and started looking for pajamas.
15:02Why are two of your pajamas,
15:03missing?
15:04My heart skipped,
15:05but I kept my voice calm.
15:07What's wrong?
15:08Those two felt the best.
15:09He frowned.
15:10They were too old.
15:11I bought new ones.
15:11I said casually.
15:13He didn't ask anything else.
15:15In bed,
15:15he instinctively placed
15:16a hand on my waist.
15:17I couldn't help trembling
15:19and pulling away.
15:22My waist had been aching on and off
15:23for the past two days.
15:25Earlier,
15:26I'd bitten my shirt
15:26and strained to look behind me.
15:28Several finger marks
15:29still remained
15:30where he'd gripped my waist
15:31too hard.
15:32Dante kept his hand
15:33on my waist
15:34and asked irritatedly,
15:35Why are you pulling away again?
15:37Luckily,
15:38I was already used
15:38to enduring pain.
15:39I let him keep his hand there
15:41and said without showing anything,
15:42I'm fine.
15:43Go to sleep.
15:44The next second,
15:45he pulled up my shirt
15:45without warning.
15:47Crisscrossed finger marks
15:47stood out against my pale skin.
15:49They brought back memories
15:50of how intense
15:51that night had been.
15:52He sighed
15:53and smoothed my frown
15:54with his fingertip.
15:56Every time you're hurt,
15:58you say you're fine,
15:59but you're in so much pain
16:00you're already frowning.
16:01Lie here.
16:02I'll go get some medicine.
16:03I was speechless.
16:05Fifteen minutes later,
16:06he returned with medicine
16:06from the pharmacy downstairs.
16:08Without a word,
16:09he applied it
16:09and massaged it
16:10into my skin.
16:10The warm bedside light
16:12softened his features
16:12as I quietly watched him.
16:14For a while,
16:15the bedroom fell silent.
16:16It had been a long time
16:17since things between us
16:18felt this peaceful.
16:19As if remembering something,
16:20he casually asked
16:21while applying the medicine,
16:23Isn't your contract
16:23about to expire?
16:24Remember to renew it.
16:26I blinked.
16:27Apparently,
16:28Mrs. DeLuca
16:28still hadn't told Dante
16:29I wasn't renewing my contract.
16:31I wasn't sure
16:32if I should be the one
16:33to tell him.
16:33So I carefully began.
16:35Dante, I...
16:36Still massaging my waist,
16:37he murred.
16:38Just then,
16:39the phone rang urgently.
16:40It was Sienna,
16:42his new girlfriend.
16:45I closed my mouth
16:46and motioned for him
16:47to answer the phone.
16:48Sienna's aggrieved voice
16:49came through.
16:50Dante,
16:51I cut my hand
16:52while packing our camping gear.
16:53I can never get anything right.
16:56Dante frowned
16:57and stood up with the phone.
16:58I'll have someone
16:59pack the gear.
17:00Wait at home.
17:01I'll come check on you.
17:02He hung up
17:03and put his coat back on.
17:05The ointment
17:05was left open beside me,
17:07its cap still off.
17:08Just before leaving,
17:09he suddenly remembered
17:10and looked back.
17:11Right.
17:12What were you going to say?
17:13Dante stood in the dark entryway,
17:15his expression hard to make out.
17:17I sat alone under the light
17:18and looked at him calmly.
17:20Nothing.
17:20It's not a big deal.
17:21Go take care of things first.
17:24it was the sixth night,
17:25the last night
17:25before my contract expired.
17:27I stood in the middle of my room,
17:28staring at how empty it looked.
17:30Thanks to my excellent grades,
17:31Professor Warren
17:32successfully secured me a spot.
17:33The housekeeper called,
17:35carefully asking
17:35where I plan to go tomorrow.
17:37I knew Mrs. DeLuca
17:38was listening beside her,
17:39so I answered seriously.
17:41I got into
17:41a university exchange program.
17:43I'm leaving tomorrow.
17:44I'll be far away
17:45and we won't see each other again.
17:47Mrs. DeLuca,
17:48you can rest assured.
17:50The housekeeper sighed
17:51with relief and hung up,
17:52satisfied.
17:53Almost everything was packed.
17:55Only the things on my small bed
17:56remained untouched.
17:57The pluff toys and two pillows
17:58still sat quietly in place.
18:00Dante was picky about his bed.
18:01Even one missing toy
18:02would bother him.
18:03After ten years of sharing a bed,
18:05tonight should be the last time
18:06I help him fall asleep.
18:08I sat quietly in the living room.
18:10He never replied to my messages,
18:11so I waited until 1 a.m.
18:13When he finally called,
18:14I slowly blinked.
18:15I went back to addressing him
18:16with the same distance as before.
18:18I answered the phone
18:19and said mechanically,
18:20Don, it's time to sleep.
18:22It felt just like any ordinary night
18:23from the past ten years.
18:24Unlike my stiffness,
18:26Sienna's bright, lively voice
18:27came through first.
18:30Wow!
18:31The fireworks are beautiful!
18:33Dante, I love you so much!
18:35He seemed to laugh
18:35and say something
18:36before lazily picking up his phone.
18:38Completely unaware,
18:39he said,
18:40I'm not coming back tonight.
18:41I'll hold you tomorrow.
18:42No, no.
18:43You promised to stay with me tomorrow.
18:44Let me try soothing you
18:45to sleep again.
18:47Dante laughed
18:47and changed his mind.
18:48Fine.
18:49I'll go back the day after tomorrow.
18:51I quietly listened
18:52to their conversation.
18:53For a moment,
18:54the last bit of attachment
18:55I still felt
18:55completely faded away.
18:57The next day,
18:58on an ordinary morning,
18:59I boarded a flight to Alderwich.
19:00I suddenly remembered
19:01going to the DeLuca estate
19:02alone ten years ago.
19:03At 13,
19:04I had timidly huddled
19:05in the crowd,
19:06silently encouraging myself.
19:07Ellie, be brave,
19:08just a little braver.
19:09Now, at 23,
19:10I face the future
19:11with both hope and uncertainty.
19:13I was about to begin
19:14a new life
19:15in a foreign country.
19:16I took out the SIM card
19:17I'd used for years
19:18and replaced it
19:19with a new one.
19:20A voice inside me said,
19:22Ellie, keep moving forward.
19:23Don't look back.
19:26The night I left,
19:28Sienna was trying
19:28to soothe Dante to sleep,
19:30but it barely worked.
19:31Seeing this,
19:32Sienna gently tugged
19:33his collar
19:34and whispered
19:35suggestively in his ear,
19:36How about some exercise?
19:38It might help you sleep.
19:39Dante looked at her
19:40with interest.
19:40Sienna and I
19:42were complete opposites.
19:43She was lively and radiant,
19:45the kind of girl
19:46who caught his interest.
19:47But tonight,
19:48Dante seemed distracted.
19:49As Sienna chattered away,
19:51he suddenly thought
19:52of thinking that at this hour
19:53I was probably quietly reading.
19:55He thought I was dull
19:55and boring,
19:56always buried in books.
19:58Every time,
19:58he'd deliberately snatch
19:59my book away
20:00and pull me into his arms.
20:01I never complained
20:02or resisted,
20:03only gently hugged him back.
20:04At the thought,
20:05Dante smiled
20:06and opened his phone,
20:07but his eyes stopped
20:08on our empty chat
20:09and his smile slowly froze.
20:10I still hadn't replied
20:11to the message
20:12he sent that morning.
20:13Dante immediately called me.
20:14It rang for three minutes,
20:16but no one answered.
20:17He frowned.
20:18Just then,
20:19Sienna pressed herself
20:20against him
20:20and asked again,
20:21Want to do it?
20:22Dante tugged slightly
20:23at the corner of his tongue.
20:25Ignoring the faint panic
20:26and unease inside him,
20:27he coldly turned off
20:28his screen.
20:29He didn't call again.
20:31Instead,
20:31he looked at Sienna
20:32and wrapped an arm
20:33around her waist.
20:34Yeah.
20:34But when I still
20:35hadn't replied the next day,
20:37Dante finally ran
20:38out of patience.
20:39Ignoring Sienna's attempts
20:40to keep him there,
20:41he drove straight
20:41to my apartment.
20:42The landlord hadn't
20:43changed the door code yet,
20:44so Dante let himself in.
20:45But when he stepped inside,
20:47the apartment was
20:48completely empty,
20:49as if no one
20:50had ever lived there.
20:53His brow twitched hard,
20:54and the panic he'd suppressed
20:56finally erupted.
20:57Dante called his assistant,
20:58barely holding back
20:59his emotions.
21:00Where the hell is Elena?
21:02His assistant sounded confused.
21:04Ms. Carter left yesterday.
21:05You didn't know?
21:06Left?
21:07Where did she go?
21:08His assistant hesitated
21:10before answering.
21:12She didn't renew her contract.
21:13I fucking told you
21:14to make sure she signed it.
21:15Why didn't you tell me
21:16she didn't?
21:17Mrs. DeLuda said
21:18she'd handle it
21:19and told me to stay out of it.
21:21I...
21:22I thought she'd already told you.
21:23The DeLuca estate.
21:25When Dante arrived,
21:26Mrs. DeLuca was trimming
21:27her prized flowers
21:28without looking at him.
21:29What has you storming
21:30in here like this?
21:31Dante stared at her
21:32without blinking.
21:33Who told you to mess
21:34with my girl?
21:35Mrs. DeLuca set down
21:37the shears
21:37and clapped her hands,
21:38amused.
21:39Your girl?
21:40Mrs. DeLuca,
21:41always gentle and open-minded
21:42on the surface,
21:43finally turned cold.
21:45She's just some poor girl
21:46from the countryside,
21:47lucky enough
21:48to be your pillow.
21:49Don't tell me
21:50she's actually got you
21:51under her spell.
21:52Dante frowned
21:53and asked only one thing.
21:54Where is she?
21:56You won't find her.
21:57Mrs. DeLuca wasn't surprised
21:58by his reaction,
21:59nor did she care much.
22:01Dante's interests
22:02never lasted long.
22:03She figured he'd soon
22:04forget about this
22:05and find something new
22:06to amuse himself with.
22:09When I first arrived
22:10in Alderwitch,
22:11it took me a while
22:11to adjust.
22:12I rented a small apartment
22:13that was truly mine alone.
22:15With no friends there,
22:16I poured all my energy
22:17into decorating it.
22:19I bought cute plush toys again
22:20and placed them by my bed.
22:21The sheets and covers
22:22were all in patterns I loved.
22:24The bed was still small,
22:26but it made me feel safe.
22:27Sometimes after leaving the lab,
22:29I'd stop by a flower shop.
22:30A few bouquets of my favorite flowers
22:32always lifted my mood.
22:34Living alone was a little lonely,
22:35but I enjoyed the freedom.
22:36One weekend,
22:37while unpacking,
22:38I found my old diary
22:39in my suitcase.
22:39It had a combination lock
22:40I should have forgotten
22:41after all these years.
22:42Unfortunately,
22:43that code once held
22:43such intense feelings
22:44that I still remembered it.
22:45Sunlight streamed through the window
22:47as I sat bored on the carpet.
22:48I began flipping through the diary,
22:50page by page.
22:51Almost every diary entry
22:52mentioned Mr. DeLuca.
22:53Now, far away in Alderwill,
22:55sitting in my little apartment,
22:56and it all felt like a dream.
22:58Then I reached a page
22:59with an obvious mark
23:00where it had been ripped out.
23:02I stared at it for a long time
23:04and realized I felt nothing anymore.
23:06I closed the journey
23:07and reset the combination
23:09to zero, zero, zero.
23:10Along with those ten years,
23:12I sealed it away
23:12in a storage box upstairs.
23:14Later,
23:15I made more and more friends
23:16and found new interests.
23:17I changed my phone number,
23:18and Dante never came
23:19looking for me again.
23:20I figured Sienna
23:21had probably solved
23:22his insomnia by now.
23:25Life in Alderwick
23:26gradually became busy
23:28and fulfilling.
23:29My landlady was a kind
23:30elderly woman
23:31who always stopped me
23:32for a chat.
23:32One day,
23:33she told me she'd sold
23:34the apartment next door.
23:35I was about to have
23:36a new neighbor.
23:37She said the man was busy
23:38and traveled often for work,
23:40so he was rarely home.
23:41I didn't think much of it
23:42at first.
23:43But soon,
23:44I noticed fresh flowers
23:45appeared on his balcony
23:46every day.
23:47Whenever I stepped
23:48onto my balcony
23:48in the morning,
23:49their fragrance
23:50drifted over.
23:50My new neighbor
23:51seemed to have tastes
23:52very similar to mine.
23:54Even his flower arrangements
23:54were exactly the kind
23:55I liked.
23:56But he really was busy
23:57and traveled often.
23:59I almost never ran into him.
24:00The lights in his apartment
24:01were always off, too.
24:03Without those fresh flowers
24:04every day,
24:05I'd wonder if anyone
24:05even lived there.
24:06Later,
24:07I met another graduate student
24:08who was also studying abroad.
24:10Like me,
24:11he loved animals
24:11and even had a tabby cat.
24:13One day,
24:14after we visited
24:14a cat cafe,
24:15he stopped me.
24:16After hesitating
24:17for a long time,
24:18he finally asked,
24:19Um,
24:20my cat can do backflips.
24:21He's even better
24:22than the cats at the cafe.
24:23Do you want to come see?
24:25His ears turned red
24:26as he smiled awkwardly.
24:27I smiled at him
24:28and didn't refuse.
24:32I assumed he was away
24:33on a business trip
24:34and thought nothing of it.
24:35But seven days passed
24:36and the flowers wilted
24:38with no one tending them.
24:39On the tenth day,
24:40I got a text
24:41from an unknown number.
24:42Mrs. Carter,
24:43do you have time to talk?
24:45I was in a meeting
24:46when the random message came in.
24:47I found it strange
24:48but quickly forgot about it.
24:50The next day,
24:51I received a contact request.
24:52I opened it and froze
24:53when I saw the profile picture.
24:55It was Mrs. DeLuca.
24:56Long buried memories resurfaced
24:58and I frowned,
24:59thinking back to me
24:59back over my year in Alderwyth.
25:01For an entire year,
25:02I'd had no contact
25:03with anyone from the DeLuca family.
25:05Why was Mrs. DeLuca
25:06reaching out to me?
25:07I accepted her request
25:08and politely asked
25:09why she was contacting me.
25:11Someone as powerful as her
25:12had to be busy.
25:13I figured it would take a while
25:14before she replied.
25:15But to my surprise,
25:16her reply came quickly.
25:17After a year apart,
25:18her tone seemed much gentler,
25:20like an understanding
25:21DeLuca matriarch.
25:22Her message was brief.
25:23Elena,
25:24Dante is in the hospital.
25:25Could you come back
25:26to Veriston and see him?
25:29I was a little puzzled
25:31when I read that.
25:32I did study medicine,
25:33but surely the DeLuca family
25:35could find better specialists.
25:36So I politely replied,
25:38Mrs. DeLuca,
25:39my medical expertise
25:40is limited.
25:41I may not be able to help.
25:43After all,
25:44without the DeLuca family,
25:45I couldn't have finished
25:46high school and college.
25:47But a year ago,
25:48I'd also promised
25:49never to appear
25:49before Dante again.
25:51After some thought,
25:52I added,
25:52What illness does your son have?
25:54I can ask Professor Warren for you.
25:56The typing indicator
25:57stayed on for a long time.
25:59Finally,
26:00she replied,
26:01Doctors can't help.
26:02We need you.
26:03Then she softened her tone
26:05and added,
26:06Would you come?
26:07When I arrived at the hospital,
26:09a nurse took me
26:09to the top floor.
26:10On the way,
26:11I casually asked,
26:13So what's wrong with him?
26:14She didn't hide it
26:15and leaned closer to whisper,
26:17I heard Don took
26:18too many sleeping pills
26:19and was rushed here
26:20that night.
26:21God,
26:22why would he try
26:23to kill himself?
26:24Yeah,
26:25why?
26:26After a whole year,
26:27the DeLuca family
26:28still hadn't found
26:29a solution to his insomnia.
26:31I listened with a frown,
26:32then looked up
26:33and met Dante's
26:34unwavering gaze
26:35from the hospital bed.
26:36No one else was in the room
26:37and the nurse tactfully left.
26:39I walked in
26:40and sat in the chair beside him.
26:41Aside from looking
26:42a little pale,
26:43Dante seemed fairly normal.
26:45I got straight to the point.
26:47Mrs. DeLuca asked me
26:48to come see you.
26:49Why did you take
26:50so many sleeping pills?
26:51His lingering gaze
26:52rested on my face.
26:54After a long silence,
26:55he finally said
26:56with difficulty,
26:57I couldn't sleep.
26:58Without you,
26:59I can't sleep.
27:02I thought for a moment,
27:03then finally recalled
27:04a name.
27:05Can't Sienna do it?
27:06The moment I said that,
27:07he inherently denied it.
27:09I have nothing
27:10to do with her anymore.
27:11I don't want her.
27:12I only want you.
27:14I sighed
27:15and didn't respond to that.
27:17Instead,
27:17I said gently,
27:18Maybe you should
27:19consider therapy.
27:20He shook his head,
27:21his voice softening
27:21into a plea.
27:22Can you stay with me
27:23for a while?
27:24I nodded.
27:25He lay beside me
27:26and slowly closed his eyes,
27:28exhaustion clear on his face.
27:29I sat quietly in the chair,
27:31scrolling through my phone.
27:32Two hours later,
27:33I got tired of sitting
27:34and stood to stretch,
27:35but someone suddenly
27:36grabbed my wrist.
27:38Dante's eyes remained closed,
27:40his brow frerroed
27:41as if he couldn't sleep peacefully,
27:42so I had no choice
27:43but to sit back down.
27:45By evening,
27:46he finally woke up.
27:47I put away my phone
27:48and gently pulled my hand
27:49from his.
27:50If there's nothing else,
27:51I'll be going.
27:52Wait.
27:52He grabbed the hem
27:53of my shirt in panic.
27:55Under my gaze,
27:56he pulled a crumpled
27:57piece of paper
27:57from beneath his pillow.
27:58I looked at it.
28:00Though wrinkled,
28:00it was clearly
28:01well preserved.
28:02Three childish words
28:03were written across it.
28:05One wish card.
28:06I thought for a long time
28:08before remembering it.
28:09I'd made it at 13
28:10to cheer Dante auf.
28:11After writing it,
28:12I'd even drawn
28:13an awkward smiley face.
28:14Then I poked Dante,
28:15who was still sulking
28:16and carefully coaxed him.
28:17Please don't be mad
28:18anymore, okay?
28:20Ten years later,
28:21I took the card
28:22from him and asked,
28:23What do you want
28:24to wish for?
28:24Did he want me
28:25to move back to Veriston?
28:26Did he want me
28:27to keep being
28:28his little pillow?
28:29Countless possibilities
28:30ran through my mind.
28:31Finally,
28:32I heard him ask hoarsely,
28:33Let me hold you again,
28:35okay?
28:37I was stunned
28:38for a moment,
28:39but in the end,
28:40I lowered my eyes
28:41to him.
28:42Under his gaze,
28:44I slowly tore
28:45the card into pieces.
28:46Just like he'd torn
28:47my diary apart
28:48years ago.
28:49Dante,
28:50the one wish card
28:50has expired.
28:51I threw the pieces away,
28:53unwilling to say
28:54anything more,
28:54and turned to leave.
28:55As I reached the door,
28:57I heard him call me again.
28:58Ellie.
28:59Dante stared at my back.
29:01If I told you
29:02that night I was drunk,
29:03you were the one
29:04I was calling out for,
29:05you...
29:06Hearing that,
29:06I really did pause
29:07for a moment.
29:08If all that tenderness
29:10and comfort that night
29:10had truly been for me,
29:12what would have happened?
29:13Years later,
29:15the boy from my teenage diary
29:16had finally given me
29:17his answer.
29:18I thought about it
29:19for a second,
29:20but aside from a faint
29:21sense of sadness,
29:22I felt nothing else.
29:23I didn't say whether
29:24I believed him or not.
29:25I simply cut him off softly.
29:27None of that matters
29:28anymore, Dante.
29:29Dante immediately continued,
29:31I know you need to focus
29:32on school now.
29:34I can go to Alderwick.
29:36I can wait for you.
29:38Please don't leave me,
29:39okay?
29:41I sighed and turned back
29:42to look at him.
29:43The apartment next to mine
29:44in Alderwick?
29:45That's yours, isn't it?
29:46Panic flashed in his eyes
29:47at being found out.
29:49I didn't mean anything else.
29:51I just wanted to be
29:52closer to you.
29:52I looked him in the eyes
29:53and told him one last time.
29:55Dante,
29:56no one should spend their life
29:57waiting for someone else.
29:58Get treatment,
29:59sleep on time.
30:01It's time for you
30:01to start a new life too.
30:03With that,
30:04I opened the door
30:04and left without looking back.
30:05On my flight back to Alderwick,
30:07dawn stretched beyond the window.
30:09Deep blue met orange-red
30:10along the horizon.
30:11The plane broke through the clouds,
30:13carrying me farther away
30:14towards a brand new life.
30:18The summer after high school,
30:19I was busy choosing colleges
30:21with Elena.
30:21I checked our choices
30:23countless times,
30:24making sure we'd attend
30:25the same college.
30:26Back then,
30:27I thought we'd have
30:27so much time ahead of us
30:28until I heard Elena
30:30promise my mother,
30:31I'm only here for the money.
30:32I have no feelings for Dante.
30:33My young, uncertain feelings
30:34for her turned into
30:35hatred before I understood them.
30:37That night, furious,
30:38I gripped her waist
30:39and asked again and again,
30:40As long as I pay you,
30:41you'll do it?
30:43Elena bit her lip,
30:44her brows frowing again.
30:46I knew that look.
30:48She was in pain again.
30:49I must have gripped her too hard.
30:51But someone who only cared about money
30:52had no right to feel hurt.
30:54Later,
30:54when I found her diary,
30:55I stared at those words forever.
30:57By the end,
30:58I only found them absurd
30:59and ridiculous.
31:00My mind was such a mess
31:01that I stayed away
31:02for three straight days.
31:03The night I got drunk,
31:04my aide held me up
31:05and asked,
31:06Don, where do you want to go?
31:08Maybe the alcohol
31:09had numbed my hatred.
31:10Take me to Ellie.
31:12My aide understood
31:13and immediately reached
31:14for his phone to call Sienna.
31:15I stopped his hand
31:16and repeated,
31:18Take me to Elena.
31:21What followed was a reckless night together.
31:23When I woke,
31:24I felt Elena's soft breaths
31:25against my neck.
31:26I kept my eyes closed
31:28and thought for a long time
31:29until Sienna called.
31:31As if I'd finally found a way
31:32to hurt her,
31:33I asked cruelly,
31:34How come it was you last night?
31:36Elena froze,
31:37her gaze dropping.
31:38I thought I'd finally feel
31:39the satisfaction of getting even,
31:41but to my confusion,
31:42I felt nothing.
31:43When I met Sienna,
31:44I really was attracted to her.
31:46She was different from Elena.
31:47She didn't want my money,
31:49so her feelings seemed more genuine.
31:51That was why she stayed my lover
31:52longer than any other woman.
31:53But after Elena left Verriston,
31:55I completely lost interest in Sienna.
31:57The day I told Sienna to leave,
31:58she suddenly snealed.
31:59The woman who stayed by your side
32:01for ten years is gone.
32:02Dante,
32:03why are you pretending
32:04to be so deeply in love now?
32:06I looked up at her,
32:07expressionless.
32:08Sienna stopped pretending too
32:09and said bluntly,
32:10Your mother constantly warned her
32:12and your household scaph
32:13looked down on her.
32:15Even you bullied her,
32:16yet she somehow endured
32:18that environment for ten years.
32:20Of course,
32:21I'm not saying this to defend her.
32:22I'm just saying, Dante,
32:24you really don't deserve to be loved.
32:27With that,
32:28she took the money
32:28and walked away.
32:30Sienna's words echoed in my head.
32:32Ten years.
32:34Without love.
32:35How had Elena endured it?
32:37Then I remembered that summer night.
32:39After graduation,
32:41Elena had faced me in silence.
32:42Her brows were frenled.
32:44Only now did I understand.
32:46Her heart was hurting too.
32:50After Elena left,
32:52my insomnia got even worse.
32:54By the time I landed in Alderwitch
32:55to find her,
32:56I hadn't slept properly in days.
32:58From a distance,
32:59I saw Elena carrying
33:00an armful of flowers.
33:01She was laughing and chatting
33:02with a girl beside her.
33:03I hadn't held her
33:04for exactly five days
33:05and thirteen hours.
33:06All the longing I'd buried
33:07suddenly broke free.
33:08I wanted to rush over,
33:10pull her tightly into my arms,
33:11bury my face in her neck
33:12and breathe in her comforting scent.
33:14But that day,
33:15maybe the sunlight was too bright.
33:17Or maybe Elena's smile
33:18was too relaxed and genuine.
33:19As if burnt,
33:20I hid around the corner
33:21and didn't approach her.
33:22I suddenly remembered
33:23Elena hadn't always been
33:24quiet and dull.
33:25Long ago,
33:26she used to smile
33:26this brightly too.
33:27My longing gaze
33:28stayed on her for a long time.
33:30In the end,
33:30I didn't dare ruin
33:31that beautiful moment.
33:32Later,
33:33I secretly bought the apartment
33:34next to Elena's.
33:35In the room beside her bedroom,
33:37I placed a bed against the wall.
33:38I decorated it in fail pink
33:40and covered it with plush toys.
33:42Lying there,
33:43with only a thin wall between us,
33:45it felt as if
33:45we had never been apart.
33:47The day I learned Elena
33:48had stayed overnight
33:48at another man's place,
33:49I was back in Veriston
33:51handling family business.
33:52I sat in my office
33:53for a long time,
33:54silently wondering,
33:55what would Elena do with him?
33:57Had Elena fallen for someone else?
33:59Were Elena and that man
34:00already close?
34:01Then another thought hit me.
34:03Whenever I went
34:04from one lover to another,
34:05did Elena suffer
34:06the same way
34:06I was suffering now?
34:10That night,
34:11I lay in Elena's old room
34:12and took a sleeping pill.
34:15Half asleep,
34:15I saw 17-year-old Elena
34:17blinking at me with a smile.
34:18Dante,
34:19what college do you want to go to?
34:21I stared at her blankly
34:22and slowly reached out my hand,
34:23but before I could touch her,
34:24the dream shifted.
34:25I was back on that chaotic night
34:26after high school.
34:27This time,
34:28tears filled Elena's
34:29quiet, beautiful eyes.
34:30She didn't bite her lip
34:31and endure it in silent.
34:32Instead,
34:32she leant close to my ear
34:33and whispered through the pain,
34:35Dante,
34:35it hurts.
34:36I jolted awake,
34:38my heart clenching painfully.
34:39My hands trembled
34:40as I poured out
34:41a handful of sleeping pills.
34:42I swallowed them all,
34:44desperate to return
34:44to that dream.
34:45I wanted to hold her,
34:47kiss her gently,
34:48and comfort her.
34:49But when I opened my eyes again,
34:50I was in a hospital bed.
34:52I had just been resuscitated.
34:53And finally,
34:54I saw the woman
34:55I'd been longing for
34:55day and night.
34:56But when Elena tore up
34:57the one wish card
34:58and walked away,
34:59I finally understood
35:00the truth completely.
35:01It wasn't the one wish card
35:03that had expired.
35:04It was her love for me.
35:06From then on,
35:07endless distance
35:07would stretch between us.
35:09We would never see
35:10each other again.
35:11We were never supposed
35:12to end up like this.
35:14But this was the only way
35:15it could end.