Chapter 6
Chapter 6
I applied to transfer to a branch office a thousand kilometers away from the city.
My boss was surprised by my decision and tried to persuade me to stay and develop here.
I explained a lot, saying it was to familiarize myself with the work before flying abroad for a partnership meeting at the end of the year.
She finally agreed to my request.
I packed my bags that very night and booked the earliest flight available.
my friends were surprised at how quickly I acted.
They didn’t know—I had been living in this city for eight years, and I knew every corner of it like the back of my hand.
When I passed the restaurant on the corner, I remembered the joy and curiosity I felt the first time I went there with Cadog.
Passing by the bridal shop, I recalled the smile on his face as we picked out my wedding dress.
Even the old man at the fruit stand downstairs asked why he hadn’t seen Cadog lately.
Everyone in this city seemed to remind me of the little moments I shared with him.
If it were the Cadog from five years ago standing here, he would have been furious with himself, and would have pushed me to leave.
“Divie, you can’t let these things hold you back.”
“You deserve better.”
While waiting for my flight at the airport, I saw Cadog, who should have still been recovering in the hospital.
His face was pale, and there was finally an expression of helplessness and panic as he saw me about to leave.
“Divie… no, Little Diva. Please don’t leave.”
“I’ve cleared things up with Ausra. I’ve ended the engagement. I won’t have anything to do with her anymore.”
lease forgive me just this once…”
His eyes were filled with pain, “I’m begging you.”
“How could you leave me?”
I stood silently to the side, watching him.
The simple ring on his left ring finger glowed in the light–it was a reminder of the three years we shared.
“Cadog.”
I whispered his name.
He stopped, and there were still unshed tears in the corners of his eyes.
“Little Diva, I knew you wouldn’t…”
“I don’t know if you remember, but on our seventh year together, you left me to be with Ausra, someone you had just met.” Every word I spoke seemed to drain the color from his face.
To commemorate our seventh year together, I had done my makeup and planned a dinner at a fancy restaurant with Cadog. But he arrived late, and didn’t even have time to prepare a gift.
He said, “We’re old now, no need for all that fake stuff.”
During the meal, he kept checking his phone.
Later, someone called him, and without explaining a word, he hurriedly left.
I ate alone, paid the bill, and went home.
I changed out of my long dress into my loungewear and started tidying up the messy apartment.
That night, Cadog didn’t come home until 3 AM.
When I asked him about it, he acted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
vie, I work hard every day, and here you are doubting me and thinking I’m seeing someone else.”
“Do you think money is easy to make? I work this hard just for you!”
His sudden loss of control scared both me and him.
After regaining his composure, he apologized.
Later, the truth came out, and I learned that he had been comforting Ausra, who was upset about being the “third wheel.”
Cadog’s lips trembled, “It wasn’t like that, Divie, please listen to me.”
I smiled, but my tone was resolute as I interrupted him.
*Cadog, don’t you think it’s a bit too late to say all this now?”
“You had countless chances to turn things around. Maybe it was the first time Ausra pretended to be drunk and leaned on your shoulder. Or when she invited you upstairs, or when she used the excuse of the heat to take off her clothes. You had so many chances to refuse.”
“But you didn’t.”
“Is it just a coincidence that every time, you made the wrong choice? Every time, you were unclear about your intentions?”
Cadog staggered back, staring at me as he finally realized my determination.
He realized how laughable his proposition of reconciliation in the hospital had been.
Iturned away, hearing him call my name behind me.
Maybe he wanted to apologize again, or maybe he wanted to explain.
But I didn’t turn around.
Not even my steps faltered.
We had once considered each other the only one, using all our strength within our limited ability to give the other the best kind of love, just to see their smile.
But people change.
The passionate, everlasting love that 23–year–old Divie and Cadog dreamed of, had come to an end under the divorce papers of 28–year–old Divie and Cadog.
Our love had been real, and so had the subsequent betrayal and disgust.
How it had come to this was a result of our choices.
Regret was too late, far too late.
Expired milk should be thrown out in time, and expired love should be discarded in time.
Our relationship should have ended a long time ago.
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