Chapter 10

But never had Ivan imagined that one day, he would receive news of Cordelia's death.

To be precise, she had already died a month ago.

Ivan was bewildered. He couldn't understand how someone who seemed perfectly fine would suddenly pass away.

Yet, the memories he had buried deep within surged forth, biting at his heart.

Ivan recalled Cordelia's increasingly pale and frail face, how she would often disappear into the bathroom for half an hour at a time, coupled with her growing silence.

All of them were precursors he had deliberately ignored while lost in his focus on Yuna.

"How could this be?" Ivan muttered under his breath.

He locked himself in his room for an entire night. It was then that he discovered Cordelia's journal.

"May 20, 2023. I've been diagnosed with terminal stomach cancer. The doctor said I only have a few months left. The first person I thought of was Ivan, but then I saw him with another woman at the hospital.

"The way Ivan looked at her was so gentle. He neve