Chapter 20

However, Elena's expression remained completely indifferent. She simply responded in a calm, detached voice, "A relationship built on lies will never have a good ending." "It will. It has to. Just give me another chance, Elle..." Blake realized he was truly losing his mind over her. He loved her so much that when he thought she was being kept by another man, his first instinct wasn't to confront her—it was to worry about her well-being. He loved her so much that he didn't even care if she had been with someone else. As long as she was willing to come back, he could accept anything. But all of this was just a delusion. Elena felt nothing for him. "It's too late. I love someone else now." Blake's world came crashing down. All his desperate pleading, all his persistence—it all shattered the moment she spoke those words. He stood frozen for what felt like an eternity before he fully grasped what she had just said. Elena had moved on. She said it so lightly, so casually, yet there w