6
Ethan came back very late.
The prepared meal remained untouched.
“I ate at school,”
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He explained casually.
But smelling the scent of white tea perfume
on him, I knew he had dinner with Linda and
her daughter.
He must have eaten out to avoid
awkwardness.
I silently cleaned up the dishes and went to
my room.
My high school textbooks and test papers
filled the room and spilled into the living
room. I bundled up the books in the bedroom,
planning to pack the living room ones when
Ethan left tomorrow.
Since I was leaving, it wasn’t appropriate for
any of my belongings to remain here.
As I was packing, I heard a knock on the
door.
It was Ethan. He was always polite to me and
would never enter my room without
permission.
く
“What is it?” I didn’t want him to see me
packing, so I asked.
There was silence for a moment, then he said,
“I’m writing the marriage report. Can we set
the date for the ninth of next month?”
The ninth of next month was the day Ethan
and I got married in my past life.
I looked at my packed bags, and said calmly,
“Marriage is a big deal. I’ll ask my family
tomorrow.”
There was silence for a long time before I
heard him leave.
! breathed a sigh of relief and leaned against
the headboard.
Actually, with his current position, he didn’t
need to ask permission from my family to file
a marriage report.
Moreover, my parents passed away when I
was young, and because of the betrothal, his
parents took me in.
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So, in everyone’s eyes, I was already part of
the family, and the marriage report was just a
formality.
Besides, he was handsome, successful, and
kind to me.
–
My feelings were clear to everyone my
heart was given to him.
I did owe his family.
But in any case, I’d repaid that debt in my last
life.
I owed them nothing anymore.
This life, I would walk my own path.
A path without Ethan.
