"Kate, what's good about the poor boy? Consider the money as a donation, but you must never marry him!"

I handed the money to Richard perfunctorily, only to see his trembling and humble look.

He cried and said, "Kate, give me another two or three years. I will make you live a life that everyone envies."

"I believed him. Later I learned that he had an opportunity to study abroad through an exchange program. That's why I didn't hinder him from heading towards a broader world and put my selfish desires aside."

"When he firmly gave up the opportunity to go abroad, I called him a poor guy and said that I just pitied him."

As clever as he was, he cried and begged me not to say such words out of anger. He couldn't be without me.

Feeling sad in my heart, I laughed with great disdain.

I made him kneel and beg me. Then I went to scold Emery, who he treated as his younger sister.

I spread rumors about how intimate they were in private. I used various means to force him to hate me.

"I wonder if he will relate to the pain in my heart when he achieves his ideals."

He stubbornly refused to leave. Then I showed him the kiss marks on my neck that were made by others. Only after that was he in despair.

"I will never tell him that I forged the kiss marks."

"No one can understand my pain of driving away the man I love the most."

"I never dare to believe that in the five years since my death, Richard does fall in love with Emery."

"I underestimate Richard's hatred for me. He grew up in hatred and gained the ability to decide other's fate without bearing the consequences."

Watching my mother suffer and unable to speak, he grinned.

"If Kate doesn't apologize to Emery on her initiative, I can't guarantee what I will do."

I cried and threw myself into my mother's arms. I begged her to tell Richard about my death and not to hide it anymore.

I dared not recall the day when I had died so desperately and horribly.

My mom pursed her lips tightly.

She couldn't hear my cries, but she used her meager strength to preserve my last dignity.

I didn't expect Emery to act to this extent.

I could see that her legs had healed. But she clung to Richard, letting him take care of her and feeding her himself.

Looking at the gentle and considerate man, I was heartbroken.