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This scene pierced Ernest’s heart deeply. No, it wasn’t supposed to be this way. The man Ivana had cherished to the depths of her soul, the one she treated with eternal tenderness, was supposed to be him, Ernest! It could only be him!
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Behind her, Ernest’s and
unhinged.
“What’s wrong?” Ivana noticed Winston’s sudden change in expression and turned to look back. All she saw, though, was Ernest’s desolate figure walking away.
Returning her attention to Winston, she gently tended to his wounds. The two were so close now that even their breaths
seemed to tangle in the air. Her heart thudded erratically, betraying her
composure.
“Ivana, will you choose me?” Winston’s
voice was soft yet earnest as his gaze locked
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onto hers.
Caught off guard, Ivana’s eyes darted away, “Let me finish applying the medicine first.”
“All right. I’m not in a hurry. I’ve waited 23 years, what’s a few more days?” he laughed.
Ivana’s face flushed a deeper shade of red. With everything that had happened, her morning plans to head to school were postponed. After lunch, she took a short nap to recharge and went to campus later in the afternoon.
The moment she stepped onto the school grounds, Ivana noticed groups of students chatting excitedly, many rushing in the same direction.
Curious, she stopped a fellow classmate, an Asian girl and asked, “Is something going on at school? I was absent this morning.”
“You don’t know? Someone’s proposing on the field! So many roses, it’s beautiful! That girl must be the happiest in the world! Come on, let’s go see!” The girl
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enthusiastically pulled Ivana along as they
ran.
From a distance, Ivana could already see the field covered in red roses, vibrant and extravagant. A young man knelt on both knees, waiting for his beloved. Her eyelids twitched incessantly, sensing that something was amiss.
Sure enough, in the next moment, the young man picked up a microphone and began speaking in clumsy, stuttering French, “My girlfriend’s name is Ivana. In my eyes, she is the most outstanding student at this school and the most perfect girl in my heart. I love her and want to be with her forever. But I made mistakes and
she left me. Now, I kneel here to apologize, to beg her for forgiveness and to plead for her to come back to me. I am willing to pay with my life if that’s what it takes to win
back her love.”
Ivana stayed hidden in the crowd, watching from afar. She was still relatively new at the
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school and not many people knew her, so the onlookers began speculating which lucky girl had captured such an infatuated
man.
Disdain welled up in her chest as she observed Ernest’s dramatic and utterly unreasonable display. Not wanting any part of his madness, she turned to leave quietly.
Suddenly, the crowd erupted with shrieks, “He’s got a knife! Oh my God, is he going to stab himself to atone for his mistakes?”
“Why is his face all bruised? Did his girlfriend beat him up for messing up?”
“Must’ve been something huge for her to react like that!”
Hearing this, Ivana whipped around just in time to see Ernest, now kneeling on one leg, holding the knife and preparing to drive it into his own right foot.
She froze, realizing there was no way to
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stop him in time. She didn’t care if Ernest ended up losing another toe, but if his blood splattered across campus, the ensuing chaos would inevitably drag her into trouble, trouble she didn’t want.
Her anxiety peaked as she saw the blade descending.
Then, a figure appeared behind Ernest, swiftly subduing him and pinning him to the ground. It was Winston. The school’s security guards and police arrived shortly after, escorting Ernest away.
Breathing a sigh of relief, Ivana steadied
herself.
From afar, Winston glanced her way and tilted his head slightly, a playful gesture as if asking, “What now?”
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