Too Late to Turn Back
At thirty-two, he met the only woman he would ever consider abandoning everything for—Sofia Bennett.
He had a gentle, respectable wife, Lydia Moore, a well-behaved son, and a steady career—yet one late night at the office, he crossed the line.
One morning, he left a breakup letter and walked away; halfway through the train ride, he jolted awake: “I have to go back—she’s my answer.”
When he rushed back to their “nest,” what greeted him was the news of her fatal fall.
Years later, his life looks complete on the surface, but inside he remains pinned in place by that letter and a single name.
Is love salvation, or a crime? There’s always a road back—but she’s no longer on it.
Ethan Walker never imagined the hurdle in his heart would end up costing the life of a woman who loved him and wrecking a family.After graduation, Ethan leveraged his degree and his family’s network to land a job at a government-owned firm. His career went smoothly. His love life did not, and he was pushing thirty without finding someone who felt the same way he did.He was a romantic. He had sworn he would have a sweeping kind of love, like in Titanic, the kind you would die for.The dream was pretty. Reality was sharp.At twenty-nine he gave in and married Lydia Moore under family pressure. Lydia was gentle and traditional, the steady, home-making type.He did not love her deeply, yet he did not dislike her either. He figured they would just live a quiet, ordinary life.The next year they had a son. Ethan was promoted to department manager. Family and career moved onto a predictable track.He thought that would be the story of his life. Then, at thirty-two, he met a woman who stirred him to the core, Sofia Bennett.“Are you new here?”“Yeah. Please look after me.”Their first exchange was small talk, yet Sofia’s every move made his heart jump. The clear eyes, the soft red lips, the voice that seemed to melt into your bones, everything felt like what he had been searching for.Sofia felt it too.She was sensitive in love, almost like a fairy out of a storybook. She had dreamed of finding a man she truly adored, falling head over heels, getting married, having kids, and growing old together.Life pushed her back again and again. Age crept up. Her parents kept urging her on. A few months earlier she had accepted an engagement arranged by both families to David Miller, a trust-fund heir.After the engagement, David’s family pulled strings to place Sofia in this company.By chance, on her first day she met Ethan. Their departments worked closely, so they often had to coordinate and sometimes cover for each other.They grew familiar. What they felt sprouted like weeds after rain.They both felt that bitter sense of meeting too late, and they both tried to keep their distance because of who they were.Ethan knew Sofia was engaged, and he had a family. He still could not stop thinking about her. Every time he went home and saw Lydia, a quiet sadness settled in.If he had stayed single, he would have gone after Sofia without a second thought and taken her away from that useless rich heir.Sofia was the same. How could she have met someone she truly liked only months after getting engaged. Fate was playing rough. She finally understood what it meant to be meant for each other yet unable to be together.The more they held back, the stronger it grew.One late night at the office they finally said what both already knew and fell into each other’s arms. They were so moved they almost cried. It felt like rain after a long drought.“Do you like me?”“Of course. I’m crazy about you. I think about you every day.”“Me too. The moment I close my eyes, it’s all you.”So two people who both had someone else slipped into a secret affair. It stayed in the dark, and they could not climb out.When love runs deep, you want the whole person. Ethan and Sofia started pushing each other to break things off. He urged her to end the engagement with David, and he began looking for a way to end his marriage.
***本内容需购买可见***
页:
[1]