I was consumed by Olivia, my older brother's best friend. My obsession was a dark, unhealthy thing. At a college party, I led her to a quiet room, her drink secretly spiked, ready to make her mine. But just as I leaned in, a horrifying vision fractured my world. I saw a nightmare future: a miserable marriage to Olivia, her eyes full of hate, my brother Alex dead because of my jealousy, and my own lonely, pathetic end. Convinced I was a villain destined to ruin them all, I confessed everything in a panic, branded as a monster. To save them from that "script," I ran, vanishing for six years, living in self-exile, always alone. I fabricated endless lies, like a fake German doctor girlfriend, deliberately pushing Olivia away, believing she belonged with Alex. But when Alex's sudden health crisis brought me home, Olivia's best friend, Maya, dropped a bombshell that shattered my entire flawed reality. Maya, who eerily "remembers" other timelines, revealed the impossible truth: Olivia never loved Alex; she loved me. My entire sacrifice, my six years of running, my fervent belief in a fixed tragic script - all based on a catastrophic misunderstanding. Now, with my world turned upside down, I must face the woman I pushed away for years, confess the depths of my fear and misunderstanding, and somehow, try to rewrite a love story I thought doomed us all.
I was consumed by Olivia, my older brother's best friend.
My obsession was a dark, unhealthy thing.
At a college party, I led her to a quiet room, her drink secretly spiked, ready to make her mine.
But just as I leaned in, a horrifying vision fractured my world.
I saw a nightmare future: a miserable marriage to Olivia, her eyes full of hate, my brother Alex dead because of my jealousy, and my own lonely, pathetic end.
Convinced I was a villain destined to ruin them all, I confessed everything in a panic, branded as a monster.
To save them from that "script," I ran, vanishing for six years, living in self-exile, always alone.
I fabricated endless lies, like a fake German doctor girlfriend, deliberately pushing Olivia away, believing she belonged with Alex.
But when Alex's sudden health crisis brought me home, Olivia's best friend, Maya, dropped a bombshell that shattered my entire flawed reality.
Maya, who eerily "remembers" other timelines, revealed the impossible truth: Olivia never loved Alex; she loved me.
My entire sacrifice, my six years of running, my fervent belief in a fixed tragic script - all based on a catastrophic misunderstanding.
Now, with my world turned upside down, I must face the woman I pushed away for years, confess the depths of my fear and misunderstanding, and somehow, try to rewrite a love story I thought doomed us all.
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