Chapter 5

After leaving Aiden, painting and taking walks became the main themes of my life.

On this day, the sunshine was perfect. I sat by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the silk tree outside. The dappled sunlight under the tree reminded me of how Aiden used to stand there on such afternoons, watching me.

My time was running out, and I wanted to use my brush to record the beauty I had completely lost.

Just as I was about to paint Aiden standing under the tree, a sudden, intense pain struck me. The brush in my hand fell to the ground with a "thud."

I curled up in the chair, my hands tightly clutching my stomach, my body shaking uncontrollably.

While I was struggling against illness and fate, Aiden kept barging into my life from time to time.

As I was taking a walk in the park, a familiar figure suddenly appeared in my line of sight.

It was Aiden.

He stood under a tree not far away, hands in his pockets, looking arrogant.

My heart sank, and I instinctively stopped.

I took a deep breath, trying to stay calm, pretending I hadn't seen him, and walked around him to continue forward.

Seeing that I had no reaction, Aiden strode over in a few steps, blocking my path.

"Scarlett Song, you really think you're something special! You even blocked my number and SnapChat!"

He raised his chin, his tone carrying his usual arrogance, but with a hint of unnaturalness.

I looked up at him coldly. "Aiden Foster, what do you want now?"

Aiden's lips curled slightly, revealing a faint, cold smile. "I'm just curious to see how you're doing without me!"

"How I live is none of your business. Please move aside!"

I tried to walk around Aiden.

But Aiden moved to block me again. "Don't be in such a hurry to leave! Looking at your sickly appearance now, you must be hoping every day that I'll have a change of heart, right?"

I laughed coldly. "Aiden Foster, you're really too full of yourself! I will never forgive you for how you humiliated me!"

Aiden's eyes flickered for a moment, but he still said firmly, "Humiliation? Didn't you willingly accept it for so long? In the end, isn't it just that you can't let go of me? Now I've lowered myself to come find you, and you're still putting on airs!"

I took a deep breath, trying to calm myself down. "I once thought you were my Aiden and endured your humiliation, but now, I won't be so foolish again!"

Aiden snorted disdainfully. "There's a limit to playing hard to get. You'd better apologize to me before my patience runs out!"

I looked at him, feeling nothing but disgust. "Aiden Foster, even if I die, I won't go back to you to be humiliated again!"

With that, I used all my strength to push him away and walked forward without looking back.

Aiden stood there, staring at my retreating figure for a long time. Then he regained his arrogant demeanor, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.