Chapter 11

Jonathan's clenched fists were trembling, his eyes full of regret and pain, his voice hoarse. Zara placed the box on the table in front of him and slowly opened it. Inside it were the things he had given her in the past. Jonathan was visibly surprised to see these items. "You… Have you been holding on to these?" Zara looked down and picked up a love letter. She seemed to be reminiscing as she read its contents. Her face was calm, and at that moment, Jonathan saw the distant, unattainable version of Zara he had known in the past. "I once asked you a question and you said, 'If at first glance you don't like someone, then you are not fated with them.' That was how you answered me back then," Zara said. She paused a bit and continued, "There was another question I wanted to ask you. Did you mean that you didn't continue seeing those other women because you didn't like them at first sight?" Zara looked at Jonathan. In the instant their eyes met, she saw a flicker of something differen