After His Engagement, I Deleted Ten Years of Secret Love

Ethan Hayes's home, loving him in se

woman he loved as my future female guardian, and sp

me into his arms, murmuring another woma

lled with disgust as he accus

you would stoop t

ng me shameless and threatenin

n turned to ash. The love carved in

walked out of the house that had been my prison. I left a fi

pte

engagement, I deleted the secret f

ver drawn of him, from the first time I saw him at ei

when I clicked, it was with a strange sense of release. A ten-gigaby

d cl

one and dialed my

nected insta

I go

hen his voice, filled

voice steady. "T

the background. "I'll have the funds transferred to your account t

k you

e long ago." His voice was tinged with regret.

cured lawn of the Hayes estate. A p

ged, Dad. I can't

grow up... I thought he... never mind. Leaving is for

irl in the reflection had pale skin and eyes that wer

ten years. A love so deep

out, piece by piece, even if

n a video call, his brow furrowed in concentration. He was always like this when he wo

who took me in after my family wen

, but he had also buil

e looked up. His gaze was co

caller ID, and the ice in his eyes melted instantly, rep

dropping to a low, ge

lt like a shard of

d, a faint smile on his lips. "Ye

worthless piece of paper. He had never once said he missed me. Not wh

gathered all my courage to confess to him, h

hardening. He tore the drawing in tw

h. "You are my ward. I am your guardian. Do not c

from abroad. He started spending

he sat me down i

id, "Ava, Amelia and I are getting engaged. She will

man he loved as my f

teaching me, with his action

learned

d at me, his patience clear

, hiding the deso

just wanted to say... congratula

sh. I would disappear fr