Those Seven Years Between Me and Him: From Lovers to Strangers

inctively turn toward me in the middle of the night again

es and remembered that Kri

he seven-year secret relationship between us h

was weak, and my head was spinning, a

chronic migraines. Whenever one struck, I c

and slowly walk toward the living room to search th

d myself, the doo

. I walked to the entry

mported painkillers and a packed thermo

the medicine box. I could recogn

. "I know you will get a headache in the middle of the night. Rem

and elegant handwriting. "Elianna, take care of yourself. We

tten in such nonchalant tones, and

d on me, and now they were pretending to

e slamming the door shut. The click of the lock so

e only got wor

ing outside. I went into the kitchen, turn

nkillers with some warm water, and mechanically sh

tasted utt

denly formed in my throat, and hot tears fell down

ot unders

ad been together

e had survived countless battles in the business world, schemes from our competitors, and all kinds of crises when

us after all those years could really be d

understand R

or more than a decade, and I

back to the country to help her. She had hugged m

loved me. Yet they had b

ld make Kristian give up on me, whom he ha

a betray me without hesitation, despite everything I had don

t lying awake until the

aside, changed into a sharp business suit, and ar

rucial negoti

rs office building. I had just parked my car, and when my ey

were standing side

had his head slightly lowered as he patiently fix

im, her gaze soft and affectionate, an

ate, as though they had a

and walked past them withou

ly perceptible awkwardness crossed his eye

lianna, you should get more rest with such a bad

g to make it up to me

ed as the heir of the Reynolds family, the

e past twenty years who had eve

nd grinned at me with that cocky, teasing smile. "Elianna, righ

And just like that, s

suspicious, we had always ke

that we had alr

, one could only win in business competitions with one's ability. I have never needed anyo

raight past him into the headquarters office buil

hed all my work, it

feteria. With people coming and going all around me, I found

nd surrounded by people, all of them ask

ad already learned that Kristian, the CEO of the Reynolds Gro

t he did not want to make his relationship p

at he wanted everyone to k

t when a figure stop

s Reg

ce her and came to me. She held out her delicately slender hand,

orite when I

andy for a moment

line. If I failed to complete my studies or pa

had secretly slipped over to me and

holding anything back, and it had been her who

years, Kristian always carried

er eyes and spoke softly. "Elianna,