After Removing My Love For You

The airport was bustling and crowded. Some were hugging and crying, while others were in a rush.

From a hundred meters away, I could still clearly see my fiancé, Spencer Horne, holding another girl's hand. He looked doted on her.

The girl looked delicate as she clung to Spencer.

Spencer had always been calm and composed, never revealing his emotions. He never allowed me to act like this.

"I think... I may have mistaken others for him."

"Spencer loves me very much. It can't be him!"

"I am in a daze today. I must have been hallucinating!"

I went to the hospital this morning and ended up being diagnosed with advanced liver cancer. According to the doctor, the cancer cells had spread...

On the brink of life and death, I, who was frightened, might be mentally dazed.

But I heard him calling me, "Ava."

Ava, once an affectionate nickname for me, was a deadly weapon to me now.

Spencer and I were neighbors and childhood sweethearts.

I was an orphan adopted by my grandfather.

His mother abandoned him after his father's death.

When we were young, I didn't like him. I always felt he was a bit gloomy.

One day, I saw him surrounded by a group of kids.

They shouted, "A wild child abandoned by your mother."

Spencer silently endured it without crying or making a fuss. He was so quiet as if he didn't exist.

Overwhelmed with a sense of justice, I swung my school bag and charged into the crowd of kids.

Later, Spencer and I sat in the yard of my house, eating sandwiches.

As usual, he didn't say a word. I wanted to tease him.

"Spencer, if you always act like a boring person, you won't be able to find a wife when you grow up."

Spencer's ears turned red in an instant. He said, "You're so fierce. You can't get married."

I grinned at him and threatened him, saying, "If I can't get married, I'll marry you!"

Spencer continued to eat the sandwich in a daze. After a long time, he said, "When I grow up, I'll marry you!"

Before I could say anything, my grandpa burst into laughter. I laughed along with him.

Spencer looked up at us, his eyes shining.

The way he looked as innocent and helpless as a child had been ingrained in my mind for fourteen years. He had been on my mind from the first time we met until now.

Spencer said, "The airport is not the place to talk. Let's talk at home."

I, who had always been well-behaved, quietly went back home with him.

Spencer held the girl's hand and told me that her name was Kate Shawn!

When Spencer was abroad, he suddenly had acute appendicitis.

Fearing that I would be worried about him, he didn't tell me. After all, we were so far apart.

Kate was a nurse. Knowing that Spencer had no one to take care of him, she took great care of him.

They, who were both strangers in a foreign land, naturally had feelings for each other over time.

According to Spencer, it was precisely because he now had special feelings for Kate that he finally understood that the relationship between me and him was not related to love.

Unexpectedly, I didn't know how to retort.

"When it comes to love and relationships, love no longer holds once one side denies it."

Spencer said that I would be his sister for a lifetime and that he would always keep me in his mind.

I wanted to cry. I wanted to make a fuss... but in the end, I nodded and smiled.

The pain in my abdomen reminded me constantly that my days were numbered.

However, Spencer looked somewhat subtle.

Using not feeling well as an excuse, I ended the conversation.

Spencer stood up nervously and supported me, asking repeatedly, "What's wrong with you?"

Kate came over and pushed him away.

"Spencer, it is quite a common thing for women. Let me take care of her!"

The smell of powder on Kate disgusted me, but I didn't want Spencer to notice anything.

I had no choice but to endure it and act obediently as Kate supported me in the room.

As soon as the door closed behind me, Kate let go of my hand.

"I didn't know what an angelic bitch looked like before, but I finally saw a vivid example today."