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Celeste died, and Nolan was arrested on the spot. Mr. and Mrs. Nolan seemed to age twenty years overnight, supporting each other as they dealt with their son’s mess. Nolan was sentenced to life imprisonment.
In my small world. I watched this outcome with a sense of resignation. I couldn’t help but feel a bit melancholic. I asked the system to take me
10:59 AM c &
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The system hesitated, “Host, you’re not getting soft, are you?”
I shook my head. I just wanted to ask him one question. The system relented.
On Nolan’s first night in prison, I returned to him. Nolan looked at my sudden appearance in disbelief, whispering, “Sophie?”
I said nothing. The man, as if grasping at hope, scrambled off the bed and lunged at me, “Wife, wife. I miss you so much!”
I coldly watched his hands pass through my body. Nolan slumped to the ground, trembling as he stared at his hands. “Right, my wife is dead. How could she be here?”
Tasked, “Nolan, do you regret it?”
Nolan lay on the ground, crying and laughing, “I regret it, wife, I regret it!”
“Can you come back? I can’t live without your
I gave a bitter smile, “Nolan, you never truly regretted it.”
“Sophie?”
I remained silent
The man, filled with a flicker of hope, scrambled off the bed and rushed towards me.
“My darling, I’ve missed you so much!”
I watched with indifference as his hands passed through my body.
Nolan collapsed to the floor, staring at his hands in a trembling realization.
“Right, my wife is already gone. How could she be here?”
I finally spoke, “Nolan, do you regret it?”
Nolan, caught between tears and a hollow laugh, replied, “I regret it, my love! I truly regret it
“Will you come back? I can’t bear life without your
I gave a sad smile, “Nolan, you never truly regretted it.”
“I gave you countless chances to come clean, but you never did.”
“You knew that if I ever found out you loved someone else, I would leave without looking back. Yet, you were involved with Céleste for years.”
“Isn’t this outcome exactly what I warned you about? What is there to regret?”
Nolan sat there, dazed, then let out a bitter laugh.
“You’re right. I was too greedy, wanting to keep you but also unable to let go of something new. But I really do regret it now, Sophie. Please remember me in the next life, will you?”
I kept my expression calm and turned to leav
“Nolan, I told you I would never see you again in this lifel
Ignoring Nolan’s heart–wrenching pleas behind me, I returned to my own little world.
The moment I landed, the heaviness in my heart completely lifted.
Seeing the system reconnect and the man waving from a distance, I felt a sudden clarity.
There’s no need to hold onto the past.
Ignoring Nolan’s heart–wrenching pleas behind me, I returned to my own little world.
The moment I landed,
ed, the heaviness in my heart completely lifted.
Seeing the system reconnect and the man waving from a distance, I felt a sudden clarity.
There’s no need to hold onto the past.
Now, I’m ready to embrace my new life.
[The End]
