From the time she could remember until the day before her eighteenth birthday, she had narrowed her whole world down to him. But on the first day of her adulthood, everything she believed in and held on to was overturned in an instant, condemning her to a fate of endless ruin.
She said, "I've loved you since I was ten. From that moment on, I pushed everyone else away and kept only you by my side. Is that really my sin?"
He raised an eyebrow slightly and said nothing. Deep in his pupils lay a profound weariness.
"Please let me go. I'm begging you."
A dark smile began to spread across his eyes. His voice was light and easy. "All right."
