A Heart's Dilemma

o marry me failed, the male lead abandon

nes, was upset, and he had to cro

and apologized wit

was no longer

.

ationship with Owen Hansen,

ie ended, Owen held onto

d snippets of ou

uquet from behind, "Megan

site ring appe

athered and starte

yes..." I took

step to completing the m

ile and exten

, I

inema was just right, w

oise, Owen's

stuffed the bouquet into my hands, lo

lia had a car accident. I need to check on

scenes of him buying me

l in my left arm, my right hand han

ridic

ay, you

of the crowd without a second thought

disapp

ople around, "Eve

s text, I had antic

ver held a place as i

.

as an orphan, and

m for fou

always been my knight in shining armor,

gentle... it seemed no good ad

g, I truly fell deeper in

could wait for the d

mission and live happily wit

nd, I was ju

ck tick

and the living room was

n the sofa an

n't an

edly called him, and a voice f

out getting a comforting drink for Ceci

usual gentleness, a tone

nd of the call being

omforting drink, it surely

cilia couldn't be more importa

ut wonder, did Ow

my years of

lived frugal

starting a business, washing his cl

him, reminding him to t

his hard work and mo

hold his head up in fr

n't und

it true that no one cou

.

lia was discharged

d held Cecilia's hand with his other hand, and they happily

ed to the country, and her parents aren't here. I thought s

living room, presumptuously patt

never expecting her to

o mi

expression chang

understanding of relationships,

ime, I wan

ou still consider me your girlfriend, if you st

e tension and qui

pless. "I'm sorry, Owen, for cau

s always swaye

ed Cecilia just as sh

otective of Cecilia, as if sh

but Cecilia is my friend. I can't just

fled my hair, comforti

, something f

, I felt

g assertive an

e room on the far left.

tely beamed

with a grand air, the two of them looking l

the snacks for me.

ond, he eagerly tur

her bed, findi

Owen had never bot

he three of them, while I sat alon

e and got up to grab the small tangeri

other people

.

k told me that my task had failed s

d during the proposal, but be

cilia's interference, my

ay in this world a little lon

o give Owe

ld make him reg

for a few days, and Owen's m

ould take her out for walks, and bu

r work every day, and as soon as he

mething nice to eat, take me out for a stroll

ing to ease his g

at he was doing was wro

t be a

onto his guilt, making

our third lov

urant early, saying he

restaurant, filled with

aying, Owen and I toas

elt his gaze was filled with affection as if the in

, trying to cle

n, will you a

"I will love

rming that I almost

nd I strolled quietl

nearly empty, with onl

ne, occasionally pulling i

my grip on

he was ta

. "Shall we watc

me absentmin

ened his p

is phon

rassed. "I need t

d in ag

r Cecilia's tearful

tes, during which I pulle

seemed anxious, looking

ts a cake from that shop in the north of the city. Otherwise, she'l

e sky. "But it'

ad in frustration,

a cab? Stop making th

ntarily sp

ne so late before, but now he was leav

e, and light rain began

back my

our anni