Her words were like winter snow extinguishing the flames burning in his heart, and he gazed deeply at her, striving to recover, "Are you talking to me out of anger now?"
"I'm not speaking out of anger. You know, I'm not the kind of person who plays hard to get. Every decision I make is well-considered, just as I've never regretted burying my own pride to make it up to you before." She gazed at him intently, her voice was light and soft, like leaves drifting in the autumn wind. "Skyler, there was once a chance between us, but due to unforeseen circumstances, it was not meant to be." Her clear eyes rippled with a misty haze, and her lips curled up with resolute words, "We've missed the opportunity, and there's no way we can go back now."
The heart, pained to the extreme, far surpassing the anguish he felt when he learned of her "betrayal."
Suddenly, he felt his heart in a barren wasteland, no sunny days, no wind or rain, only darkness and loneliness...
