After I Left They All Said They Loved Me Chapter 08

After I Left They All Said They Loved Me Chapter 08

The next day. 

Vivian sat on her bed, looking at the fully decorated room, yet Caleb still hadn’t arrived. 

She forced a smile, tightly gripping her phone. 

The wedding photography team was getting 

anxious. 

“Are you guys still getting married or not?” 

“We’ve already been waiting here for two hours.” 

Vivian eventually couldn’t hold back anymore. 

She dialed his number. 

The phone rang for a long time before Caleb 

picked up. 

“Caleb, why aren’t you here yet?” 

“Did something happen on the way?” 

Caleb was silent, taking a long moment before 

responding. 

“That day, I heard everything you said from behind 

the door.” 

“Before, you told me to marry you, saying it was to fulfill Evie’s dying wish. But what about now?” 

Vivian’s face turned ashen. 

She frantically pressed the volume button, trying 

to lower the sound further and further so the people around her wouldn’t notice anything wrong. 

“Can we just talk about this after today is over?” My sister’s voice was tinged with begging. 

But Caleb remained entirely unmoved. 

Just as he was about to hang up the phone, Vivian 

took a deep breath: 

“I know you won’t believe anything I say anymore.” 

“We don’t have to get married today.” 

“But I still have things regarding my sister to tell 

you. Where are you? The least you can do is let me 

come find you.” 

Caleb finally agreed. 

He parked his car by the Gray River Bridge, 

constantly glancing at his wristwatch. Over the 

past six hours, Caleb had faced one accident after 

another. 

He had no choice but to believe. 

That all of it was real. 

But he could never apologize to Evie in person 

again. 

Vivian rushed over frantically. 

Pleadingly, she grabbed onto Caleb: 

“Do you really have to do this to me?” 

Caleb’s response was to pry her fingers off him, 

inch by inch. 

“What else about Evie do I not know?” he asked 

bluntly. 

Vivian suddenly burst into laughter, covering her face with her hands before letting them drop 

weakly. 

“I truly don’t understand what’s so great about 

Evie.” 

“Why did every good thing always land right in her 

lap?” 

Vivian absolutely refused to mention any of the suffering I endured. 

“I just wanted to snatch everything she had away 

from her! So what? What did I do wrong?” 

Caleb stared at her in utter shock. 

“You’re absolutely insane. You are a lunatic.” 

Her expression froze, and she slowly pointed a finger at herself. 

“I’m a lunatic?” 

“Well, aren’t you? You didn’t cause even half a 

fraction less pain than I did.” 

Everything she said was the truth. 

Caleb didn’t argue: “That is why each of us must 

pay the price for our actions.” 

He turned and was just about to walk away. 

But Vivian pulled a knife from her sleeve. 

Seizing the moment as Caleb stepped forward, 

she ruthlessly plunged it into him: 

“I didn’t want to do this either.” 

“But…” 

Breaking down, she clutched her head: “I don’t 

know why things ended up like this either.” 

“All I wanted at the very beginning was just your 

attention.” 

Caleb slowly collapsed, struggling to hold onto the 

nearby railing. 

Vivian, seeing his condition, panicked and dialed 

emergency services. 

She grabbed Caleb’s hand. 

“I’ve passed the point of no return.” 

“I wronged Evie, but I never wanted it to come to 

this!” 

Gritting her teeth, Vivian dragged Caleb along as 

she tumbled over the guardrail and plummeted 

into the Gray River. 

I watched all of this unfold. 

Yet I was powerless to stop it. 

It all happened too fast, and faded away just as 

quickly. 

By the time they were pulled from the water, they 

were already beyond saving. 

I gazed at Caleb’s ice–cold face. 

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I couldn’t help but feel a bit dazed. 

The very first time we met, Caleb had fallen into 

the water, and I used the system’s power to pull 

him up. 

It seemed as if everything had returned to its 

starting point. 

But far too many things had happened in between -things I couldn’t simply ignore. 

They lodged right in the middle, truly acting like a 

thorn in my side. 

I took a deep breath. My body gradually grew 

lighter, as if I had just experienced a very long 

dream. 

Except in this dream. 

I hadn’t chosen to stay in this world. 

Instead, I returned to my original life trajectory, 

understanding that there were some things I just 

couldn’t force. 

But I was still grateful that someone had truly and 

authentically loved me. 

Sunlight cascaded from above. I opened my eyes 

once again to a brand new journey. 

And this time, all I asked for was to live with a 

clear conscience.