Chapter 5

The glow from the phone was too bright. Afraid I might wake her, I took it to the bathroom to look.

That night, I couldn't sleep at all.

As I scrolled through their chat history, my heart would occasionally ache.

It turned out Aria had been putting on an act in front of me this whole time.

Her relationship with Zoran wasn't just that of a boss and employee with no other connection.

Zoran was actually Aria's first love. They had broken up the year before she met me.

The two of them had always maintained a lingering connection, even though their daily lives didn't intersect.

That rear-end collision accident was their reunion after a long separation.

Fighting the pain in my heart, I put the phone back where I found it, got dressed, and left the house.

Scenes from seven years in the future kept flashing through my mind.

It seemed Zoran had always been the man she loved most.

As long as Zoran came back, I was expected to exit the stage at any moment.