The CEO’s Regret My Ex-Wife is a Tech Goddess novel Chapter 135

His tone was filled with a pathetic plea. "Alaina, let's not be like this anymore, okay? Come back. I swear I'll never see Lily again. We can go back to how we were, okay?"

"Did you forget? We were just about to start our new life. We promised to travel the world together, to grow old together. Have you forgotten? Otherwise, we can go abroad. Pick a place you like, and we'll go overseas to start over, okay?"

"Calm down, Ethan."

"I can't calm down." Ethan's eyes were bloodshot, and he questioned with a trembling voice, "What exactly did I do to make you so heartless toward me? Why couldn't you wait for me? Why couldn't you just give me a little more time? Why? You waited for three years, so why, after just a few months, couldn't you wait anymore?"

Alaina gently pushed his hands away, putting some distance between them. She looked at him with a calm gaze—no anger, no grievances, only a serene detachment of having seen through it all.

"Ethan, it wasn't that I didn't wait for you." Her voice was very light, but every word was distinct. "I did wait. I waited for you for a very long time."

"It was in dark rooms just like this one, waiting night after night. Waiting for you to make a choice, waiting for you to say goodbye to the past, waiting for you to remember that I was still waiting for you, waiting for you to make me a priority."

Ethan froze, his bloodshot eyes staring fixedly at her. His lips moved, wanting to say something, but she cut him off.

"It wasn't that I didn't wait for you, but that you didn't choose me." Alaina's tone didn't have the slightest ripple, as if she were stating a fact that had nothing to do with her.

"You told me to be considerate of your difficulties, and I was. You told me to understand your feelings for Lily, and I understood. You told me to believe...

"I believed. But what did my consideration, understanding, and repeated trust get me in return?"

"I didn't get my lover's affection. I only ended up battered and bruised, turning into the exact kind of person I hated most."

"Ethan, this is wrong. I shouldn't be like this, and I won't allow myself to become like this. Loving someone... isn't about sacrificing yourself. It's about hoping they become better, and you do too."

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