Chapter 5
After coming back home, I took a detailed look at every corner of this place. It acquired the memories of the past seven years with Daniel. The memories that once made my heart bloom with happiness was now stabbing into my heart like a thousand blades. I took a glance over the furniture and decorations of the house. It had taken me a long time to carefully select
everything according to Daniel’s preference as I wanted to surprise him. Now looking back in the past made me realize that those were useless efforts from my side. The man for whom I did everything, didn’t deserve any of it.
I opened my cupboard and took out a big box filled with gifts given by Daniel. There was a red rose he had proposed to me with. Like my love for him, it was also withered away. There was a diamond ring that he gifted me when we first shifted to this home to live together. Now that I looked at
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it carefully, I recalled the same ring in Winnie’s hand when first met at her
welcome banquet. One by one I took all the gifts out. I either burn them or throw them in the dustbin, erasing all our past.
There were our toothbrushes with our “male and female wolf” love diary design, the matching coffee cups with cute black and white wolf printed on them, the keychains that sensed each other within ten meters because we were not a true mate and couldn’t sense each other through smell at large distance and a whole box of photos and portraits. I used to keep everything safe so that I could look at them and feel relaxed when Daniel would be away from me. Our couple related things that once gave peace to my eyes had now become the cause of unrest. No matter how many things I destroyed that resembled our relationship in the past, there would always be something left to haunt me.
Daniel hadn’t returned home for half a
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month. At that time, I was busy finishing
my last project in the company. Also, I removed everything from the house that reminded me of our past days of living together. I nearly cleared out the entire house. I even sold the furniture I had chosen myself, leaving the place as empty as it was when I first moved in–black and white, so minimalist that you could see the entire room in a single glance.
A day before I was going to leave the city, I thought I should at least clear things between us, so I called him. But every time I dialed, he kept rejecting my calls. After a while, he sent me a message.
“If you’re not willing to acknowledge your mistakes and offer a sincere apology to Emily, then I don’t see the point in continuing this conversation.”
“Fine, if that’s how you feel, then let’s just end it here.” I typed this message with a tinge of sadness but later deleted it, not interested in wasting my words on him if
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he couldn’t even pick up my call.
The next morning, I packed my bags and left the house that once felt like a warm
haven. As I walked away, I felt an overwhelming sense of freedom. I was now free from my blind love. Winnie had taken the blindfold from my eyes. For this, I was really thankful to her. She made me realize that I shouldn’t waste my youth on a man who takes me only as his temporary mate while chasing after his ‘Luna‘.
Just before boarding my flight, my phone was flooded with birthday messages from friends and family. Some wished me prosperity, others wished me love and happiness, and a few even wished me a future filled with joy and companionship. I replied to each message, feeling grateful for the love and support. As I turned off my phone and the plane took off, I whispered to myself: I will be happy! With so many blessings and good wishes, I knew I was on the path to a brighter future.
