Chapter 10
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On the opening day, Gu Yan came.
He didn't have an invitation, so security stopped him at the entrance.
He just stood there at the entrance, from daylight until nightfall.
When the exhibition ended, Zhou Yan went to get the car, and I waited alone at the entrance.
Gu Yan walked over.
I looked at him, this once spirited man, now as haggard as a vagrant.
He asked me if he hadn't done what he did back then, would I have stayed by his side.
"Alexander, there are no 'what ifs'," I said calmly. "It's not that you don't understand what love is, it's just that, you didn't love me."
"That's not true!" he frantically objected, "I love you! Vivian Shaw, I truly love you! I just... I just used the wrong approach!"
"Is that so?" I looked into his eyes and asked deliberately, word by word, "Then tell me, when exactly did you fall in love with me?"
He froze.
Yes, when did he fall in love with me?
Was it when he discovered I was no longer revolving around him?
Or was it when he saw me by another man's side, smiling with genuine happiness?
His love came too late.
"Alexander Grant, do you know what? What you destroyed wasn't just my two children and five years of youth. You destroyed all my imagination about love."
"Fortunately, I met Ethan Wilson. He showed me that love can be warm, free, and equal."
"So, stop saying you love me. Your love disgusts me."
Ethan's car slowly pulled up in front of me.
He got out and opened the door for me, looking at me tenderly.
I smiled at him and got into the car.
As the car started moving, I could see Alexander Grant still standing there in the rearview mirror.
His body gradually bent forward until finally, he crouched on the ground like an abandoned child, sobbing uncontrollably.
I looked away and leaned on Ethan Wilson's shoulder.
I knew that Alexander Grant's era had come to an end.
Everything about him would no longer have anything to do with me.
And I would not look back.
