Heartache

Nan Zhi slammed the door shut after she entered the apartment building. Her slender back pressed roughly against the cold and hard door and she sank to the ground.

Like injured butterfly wings, her long lashes fluttered nonstop as her eyes slowly turned cold and she moved a fist in front of her mouth. Mustering up all of her energy, she tried to restrain the emotions raging inside her mind.

She really hated this type of entanglement.

It had taken her so much effort to steel her heart, yet he put the thought that he cared for her once again.

Her chest heaved crazily as she closed her eyes.

By the time she opened them again, her emotions had slowly calmed dow and the fire in her eyes had dulled again.

She could not let herself be enchanted by him again.

The taste of being abandoned, hurt and lied to was not something that she wanted to experience.

Never again.

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