The words of truth made Samuel shut his eyes slowly. All the other words he wanted to say became lead on his tongue, and bitterness spread in his mouth.
Suddenly, he remembered how Melea had been unable to sleep at night all those years ago due to fear.
With a teddy bear in hand, he would sit beside her bed and tell her bedtime stories.
At the end of his story, he would put the teddy bear by her pillow and say softly but firmly, “I’m the same as this bear and will always protect you. I won’t ever hurt you. You’ll always be the most important person to me.”
Delight flashed in Melea’s eyes, but she soon looked down. You’re definitely just saying that to make me happy.”
“I’m not. Let’s make a pinky promise.‘
“Okay. If you actually hurt me in the future, I won’t talk to you anymore!”
Tears fell from his eyes, and Samuel looked at the woman before him.
But she had started walking down the mountain.
“Melea!”
Melea paused for a moment, but she did not turn back.
Even so, Samuel refused to give up.
“Can we really not go back to before?”
Melea vanished from his sight.
Samuel finally covered his face and cried.
“Samuel.” Yelena’s voice dragged his thoughts back to the present.
Her eyes no longer carried any hate or indignation, only sadness.
In the past, to exert tight control over Samuel, she did all sorts of bad things and even lost Melea, the only friend who was kind to her.
After she had Samuel promise to marry her, she found that the man she sincerely loved was actually in love with another woman.
She felt lost and helpless.
