Cathy felt a piercing pain shooting through the area around her heart. As she looked down, her phone slid out of her weak hands. Plop. The phone fell onto the pavement by her feet as blood slowly dripped onto the screen. From the phone came the frantic shouts of a man. “Cathy! Cathy! Answer me, Cathy!” Felipe’s hand on the steering wheel shook as he sped to the police station. Dashing through the crowd, he was met with a pale girl sitting in a pool of blood. Felipe’s heart felt like it had sunk into an ice cellar as his blood turned cold. “Cathy.” He pushed the people in front of him to get to the girl as he knelt on one knee and pulled her unconscious body into his arms. “Cathy! Wake up, Cathy!” Cradling her, he shouted her name frantically. Yet it was to no avail. Felipe’s vision blurred, not knowing when his eyes had grown watery. All he knew was that his heart hurt. It was numbing and suffocating. Nothing the people around said went through his ears for all

Felipe felt his heart pause as he took the item from the box. He would never forget this red string. When he met the little girl with the dimpled smile years ago by April Hill’s beach, she had been the ray of light that pulled him out of the dark. She even gave him a rainbow shell. In return, he gave her a red piece of string. That day of that year marked his innocent meeting with the energetic and warm Vetty. It was love at first sight. When he grew up, he found out that the girl was Madeline. That was why he did everything in his power to make Madeline his. However, why was the string he had gifted Madeline in Cathy’s hands? Not to mention that it had been kept so safely. Felipe’s mind was filled with questions that could not be answered. Not that meeting Madeline by the seaside back then mattered to him anymore. The moment Cathy was shot, it dawned on him who he truly had feelings for. Perhaps he should have known the moment Cathy jumped into the river because

“Master Whitman, our men have just gotten to April Hill. We’ve asked around, and from an old man, we can confirm that there had been a family with a daughter by the name of Cathy.“The father of the family ran a small business, so their family was rather well off. However, he and his wife met a tragic end during one of his delivery trips. “His relatives took his house and threw his daughter out.”The person confirmed.“Master Whitman, it’s confirmed that after the death of her parents, the daughter who was thrown out was indeed Miss Cathy. They gave me an image of Miss Cathy when she was young. I’ll send it to you now.”With that, Felipe’s phone received the image.On the display was an old picture, one that caused the tears brimming in Felipe’s eyes to fall.It was the same smile he had engraved into his memory—the very one that haunted his dreams for the past decade. Felipe wanted to smile, but his vision became blurred from the tears. His arm drooped limply, and the red

Jeremy raised his arm to pull Madeline into his embrace.“This is my wife. I, Jeremy Whitman, have and will only have one wife—Eveline Montgomery.”His gaze was heavy, and his tone left no room for argument as he reminded Karen.“I do hope that you wouldn’t treat my wife how you used to, Mom. I don’t expect you to be a great mother-in-law, but at least treat her with basic courtesy and respect.”“...” Stunned, Karen’s expression darkened. She turned her head to see Madeline smiling faintly at her and the flames within her flared. “What’s happening, Jeremy? You just told me that you were getting engaged to Yvette? Why are you with her again? Did you forget what she told you before? She’s only doing this to get revenge!”A sour feeling filled both Madeline and Jeremy’s hearts at Karen’s mention of Cathy.Jeremy tightened his grip on Madeline’s hand as he explained solemnly, “I’ve always seen Yvette as my little sister, just like how she saw me as an older brother. There was never a

On the first page was written in a girl’s clean handwriting: [The most beautiful moment in my life—meeting Felipe Whitman] ‘The most beautiful moment in her life.’Felipe’s vision blurred. ‘No, Cathy. Meeting you is the best thing that happened to me. ‘There is nothing beautiful about you meeting me.’With his heart aching, Felipe flipped through the diary and found that the first entry was the day he confirmed his sponsorship. The words inside read: [I’m so lucky to have met the little boy who was by my house all those years ago. Ah, wait, he’s not little anymore. Despite how long it has been, I knew it was him the moment I saw him. Although, it doesn’t seem like he recognizes me anymore. (Sobs) [I still have the red string he gave me. I wonder if he still has the shell I gave him? [He has grown to look so handsome and gentlemanly. Ah, how could a man look so beautiful? He’s so perfect, I’m sure there are a lot of girls who like him. (Envious) [Yeah, I’ve got to study