The Comments Said He Loved Me But He Never Did Chapter 09
Two weeks flew by in a heartbeat.
The entertainment industry kept shifting. New buzz emerged every day. Zane had fallen from grace completely and dropped off the radar.
No new projects. No new endorsements. No public appearances. The name that used to break the internet was now just a shadow of itself, surrounded by nothing but scandal.
A handful of solo stans still clung on, but they couldn’t control the narrative anymore. All they
could do was watch him sink.
My life in Willow Springs, on the other hand, had never been better.
I had completely let go of the industry’s noise and drama. Every day, I read, walked, and spent time with my family. Every minute I used to waste on Zane, I now used to heal myself.
I had shed the chains of being a manager. Shed eight years of pathetic, desperate love. I felt lighter. Clearer. The exhaustion and gloom in my eyes had faded away.
Sometimes I’d come across a stray piece of news about Zane. But my heart was still. No ripples. No
waves.
The love and the hate had been worn down by too much disappointment. Zero balance.
Zane’s life, meanwhile, was falling apart at the seams.
His career was frozen. His reputation was destroyed. The people around him had scattered. All the yes-men and hangers-on had vanished into thin air.
Everyone loves you when you’re on top. No one sticks around when you fall.
He sat alone in his cold, empty mansion. Every corner of the place had traces of me. But I wasn’t
there.
The fridge no longer had warm ingredients. The closet no longer had neatly folded clothes. The coffee table no longer had detailed schedules marked up in my handwriting.
Everything he once took for granted was now a thorn in his side that wouldn’t come out. They reminded him of his stupidity every second of every day.
He started going through our old photos. Scrolling through eight years of chat history. Word by
word, he replayed all of it.
And finally, it hit him. I wasn’t cold or dramatic. I just loved him too much. So I stayed quiet. I gave
- I made it work.
I wasn’t incapable of getting angry. I was just scared of hurting his career. Scared of adding to his problems. So I swallowed it all down, every single time.
The jealousy and tests he thought were so cute? They were never deep love. Just childish cruelty
He had pushed away the only person in the world who truly loved him. With his own hands, he destroyed the only happiness he’d ever had.
Late at night, when no one was watching, the A-lister who had stood on so many award stages,so calm and composed finally broke down crying.
He finally tasted what I had tasted for eight years. The hurt. The heartache. The disappointment.
Turns out, being the one who’s never favored, being the one who silently falls apart while no one notices-it hurts that much.
It hurts so much you can’t breathe. So much you can’t sleep. So much nothing can fix it.
Casey Morgan, his assistant, watched him waste away. Finally, he couldn’t hold back.
“Zane, how about we focus on your career first? Maybe when you’re in a better place, you’ll still have a chance…”
“Career?” Zane let out a bitter, empty laugh. “What’s the point of a career?”
“I won every award. I reached the top. And I lost the only person who ever truly gave a damn about
me.”
“These titles mean nothing.”
He wasn’t afraid of falling from the top. He wasn’t afraid of being mocked by the whole world. He wasn’t afraid of losing everything.
What he was afraid of was never seeing me again. Never getting the chance to make things right.
He reached out to every friend they had in common, begging for my whereabouts. Begging them to pass along a message. Just one shot to say he was sorry.
But I had already told all of them not to get involved. No one dared to disturb my life. No one passed
along his messages.
Everyone knew. Eden wasn’t coming back.
The old Eden? Her eyes and her heart were full of Zane.
The new Eden? Her eyes were on herself. There was no room for Zane anymore.
