Chapter 14

But after they chose to accept Zac and Eve’s relationship, everyone in my life became insignificant to me.

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Later, Zac went to the hospital and spoke with my doctor. He learnt that I had stomach cancer and had refused treatment.

When he got home, he drank heavily, clutching a bottle, muttering to himself, "I didn’t know you only had three months left. If I had known, I would have..." But he passed out before finishing his sentence.

What would he have done if he had known? Left Eve and stayed with me?

The next day, he started watching videos to learn how to cook my favorite dishes. When he cut his fingers, he put on a band-aid and kept going. When he burned the food, he threw it all away and started over.

As he chopped vegetables, he murmured, "Did you do the same thing? Over and over, just to learn how to cook for me."

He even took classes on massage, baking cakes, and flower arranging. He signed up to learn how to arrange sunflowers, my favorite, saying he would keep them in