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650words2026-01-26 09:08

I’m Zach Carter’s frail childhood friend.In my past life,when I was having surgery, he rushed to the hospital and missed the campus beauty's confession.
Over the five years we spent together,he never forgot her. He would even mutter her name in his sleep.
When she returned from abroad, Zach abandoned me in the middle of my heart attack to pick her up at the airport. That night, I took my last breath.

When I regained consciousness, I calmly kept my surgery a secret from Zach and hired a mechanic I had run into to take care of me.
Zach got his wish,dating the campus beauty.
However, later on,when Ethan Brooks gently pressed me against the side of a car and kissed me,
Zach went berserk.
…
After our intimate moment, Zach got off me irritably and pulled the blanket over his head. Then, there was a long, heavy silence.

I sniffed,my nose stinging,tears soaking the pillow uncontrollably.
I knew he blamed me.
Blamed me for needing surgery five years ago, which made him miss Fiona Clark's confession.
But back then,you promised you'd take care of me forever and that I would always be your most cherished person.

He no longer showed me any affection or care.
Every moment we spent together, his mind was on someone else.
On Zach’s birthday,I excitedly prepared a cake,but he didn’t come back until midnight, accompanied by a friend.
I tried to comfort him,but he pushed me to the floor and, in a drunken state, blurted out his true feelings: "Rachel, it's all because of you!”
“Why did you need surgery that day?I missed my goddess’s confession.I regret it.I shouldn’t have involved myself with you - you're a jinx…”
The scrape on my hand burned,but my heart ached with a cold, painful feeling.
Zach called me a jinx.
He knew how much I dreaded that word.
When I was sixteen, Zach defended me against bullies and comforted me gently.
At eighteen,when my parents died in a car crash,he stayed by my side three days and nights,never leaving.
When people called me a jinx,Zach fought them fiercely.He was my guardian, protecting me and ensuring my safety.
He said he’d always be there if I needed him.
From age eight,every birthday,Zach’s wish was for Rachel’s health and longevity.
But now,he used my deepest fear to hurt me.
I looked at Zach, who was drunk, his eyes bloodshot, and I felt hurt and aggrieved.
“Rachel, are you okay?”
His friend stood awkwardly at the door.In the silent night,Zach’s voice was deafening.
“Fiona,I drank tonight. I'm a little tipsy, and I miss you.”
I felt like a complete fool - pitiful and laughable.
“I’m fine.You can go.”
After that night,Zach’s coldness became blatant.
After the surgery, my heart often ached. I didn't want him to worry, so I hid the pain from him.
Now,I wanted to save our fifteen-year relationship.
During another bout of pain,I hopefully grabbed his hand and said,“Zach,Rachel’s heart hurts.”
I longed for him to comfort me as he had done before.
If he did,I would have forgive him.
But he didn’t.
He coldly pulled his hand away,his tone icy:“Rachel,stop pretending.You haven’t hurt in years—today you do?”
“Rachel, I regret it. I regret having to deal with a burden like you.”
“Without you,I’d have gone to Paris to be with her.”
“That drunken night,you understood, didn’t you?Rachel,I don’t love you anymore.”
“Fiona’s coming back.This time,I’m not going to miss her.”
I watched Zach leave without a second thought,my tears flowing until I could barely breathe.
The Zach who loved me at sixteen was gone forever.
Clutching my heart,I collapsed on the cold floor,losing consciousness.
“Patient in Bed 306,we’ve found a suitable heart donor.Tell your boyfriend the good news!”
I opened my eyes in surprise, taken aback by the nurse's playful remark.
After hesitating,I spoke.
“He’s not my boyfriend.Please arrange the surgery as soon as possible.Thank you.”