I Was Never the Woman in Focus Chapter 08

I Was Never the Woman in Focus Chapter 08

“That’s not true! You were never just a maid to me!” Zion’s voice cracked, his eyes red and 

swollen. “I love you, Kelly! I was just… careless. I 

got used to having you by my side, and I foolishly thought you’d never leave.” 

He tried to grab her wrist again, but she pulled away sharply. 

“Don’t touch me.” Kelly’s gaze turned cold. “Careless. That’s a convenient excuse.” 

She nodded toward the dazzling aurora above them. 

“When you shot aurora photos for Selena and others, you adjusted your camera aperture down to the decimal point. When you picked gifts for them, you chose shades and materials with 

meticulous care.” 

“But with me? You were always ‘careless‘?” 

She let out a cold laugh and stepped back, putting 

more distance between them. 

“Be honest. You weren’t careless. You were 

selfish.” 

“You loved the vanity and sense of being needed 

that women like Selena gave you. At the same 

time, you took for granted the stability and safe. harbor I provided you.” 

Her words stripped away every layer of his 

pretense. Zion froze in place, opening his mouth. 

but unable to argue. She was right about 

everything. He’d reveled in this one–sided 

relationship for years. 

“I can change,” he choked out, like a child who’d 

misbehaved. “From now on, I’ll adjust every 

camera setting only for you. I’ll give all my 

patience only to you. Just give me one more 

chance. Please.” 

He even dropped to his knees, ready to beg. 

Kelly watched his breakdown quietly. Three months ago, this sight might have softened her 

heart. Now she felt nothing but empty calm. 

“Zion.” She pulled her coat collar tighter against 

the cold. “Do you know why I chose Norway?” 

Zion looked up at her through tear–blurred eyes. 

“I wanted to see for myself just how beautiful the 

auroras were–the ones that made you abandon 

me time and again.” 

She turned to face the glowing green ribbon. 

stretching across the sky. 

“I’ve watched them for two months. They are 

breathtaking.” 

“But waiting for auroras out on the tundra at thirty 

degrees below zero is freezing.” She glanced back. 

at him one last time. 

“I’ve been frozen through for a long time now.” 

“So don’t come looking for me again. I don’t want 

you anymore.” 

With that, she turned and walked toward the cabin, her steps steady and resolute amid the snow. 

“Kelly!” Zion shouted her name in agony. “Don’t go! Please, don’t leave me!” 

Kelly never looked back. Her figure faded into the 

wind and snow. 

Zion collapsed fully onto the snow. The velvet box slipped from his hand, and the expensive diamond ring rolled away into a snowdrift, lost forever. 

He finally understood. Some moments, once lost, 

can never be reclaimed. Belated love is worth less 

than weeds. 

Over eight years, he’d turned a woman who loved 

him wholeheartedly into ice. And this ice would 

never melt for him again. 

Thick snowflakes swirled down, covering his 

shoulders. He stood motionless in the wilderness, 

a lonely tombstone for the love he’d destroyed 

with his own hands.