Chapter 5
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As Nathaniel came to, I was idly wandering about the hospital room, feeling bored.
The door suddenly opened.
Mia Thomason, her eyes red-rimmed, stepped forward, firmly grasping his hand and asking with concern:
"Nathan, are you feeling better?"
"You scared me earlier."
She was referring to the scene of the accident where Nathaniel said that I would wake up again.
But it was clear that Nathaniel didn't want to chat with her.
He propped himself up, unlocked his phone, glanced at the time, and suddenly exclaimed in surprise:
"It's been two hours already?"
Mia, not understanding, echoed, "Yeah, what's the matter?"
Nathaniel's emotions flickered intensely in his eyes, his fingers trembling uncontrollably, his voice tight:
"This can't be. It's absolutely impossible."
Mia was frightened by him, frozen in place, too scared to respond.
The previous two times, the world restarted less than half an hour after I died.
But this time, two hours had passed, and the world was still moving forward.
Nathaniel abruptly stood up, his expression bleak, like a caged beast.
After a moment, he seemed to suddenly think of something and yanked out the IV needle before running out.
Mia hurried after him.
I floated behind them, speculating where Nathaniel might be headed.
Not until the familiar address appeared before my eyes did I realize that he had come to my house.
When the lock was picked, Nathaniel immediately rushed in, searching everywhere for me.
"Elara, I know you're not dead. Are you hiding from me?"
There was no one in the living room, no one in the kitchen, and no one in the study.
Finally, it was my bedroom.
After pushing the door open, he suddenly stopped, as if nailed to the spot, unable to move.
Because—
the walls around him, white and covered with photos.
He looked through each photo, a faint redness gradually spreading across the corners of his eyes.
"Nathan, you took so many photos with her?"
Mia's face was unpleasant, the jealousy in her eyes impossible to suppress.
"We've known each other for over a decade, and you never—"
She suddenly fell silent halfway through her sentence.
Nathaniel stared at her intently, his complexion turning pale gray inch by inch until it was ashen.
He almost forced out these four words from his throat: "This isn't me..." I looked at the smiling man in the photos and couldn't help but curve my lips slightly.
Yes, that wasn't Nathaniel.
Why did I choose him as my target right from the first glance?
Why did I waste all three chances on him?
Wasn't it because of his face?
That face identical to his.
The balcony window wasn't fully closed, and the evening breeze blew into the room, carrying down a photograph.
Nathaniel picked it up, seeing the elegant handwriting on the back, and his eyes suddenly turned red.
"Wishing my little Ela a peaceful and safe life."
"– Orion Davenant."