---- Chapter 2 Dennis spoke with lazy ease, freeing one hand to lace his fingers through the woman's beside him. "From now on, I just want to be with Scarlett. Hand in hand, for the rest of our lives."' "So sweet! I want my girlfriend to have a baby with me too!" Laughter and cheers erupted around them. "Dennis, have you thought about how to explain things to Anna?" At the mention of my name, his face darkened instantly. "T've never planned on letting her come back." Then he turned to comfort Scarlett. "The housekeeper will handle everything. Don't worry. The only person I want beside me is you." ---- Snow began to fall from the sky-soft flakes landing on the tip of my nose, seeping cold into my heart. Three years ago, the day I left, I had grabbed Dennis's hand and asked him, "Dennis, when I come back, will you really marry me?" He'd ruffled my hair gently, voice warm. "Of course. By then, you'll be so much more mature. Don't worry, I'll wait for you. I will only ever love you." But now I had grown up. And he was with someone else. Why? Why did he lie to me? My chest ached. The tears came without permission, falling faster the more I tried to wipe them away. In those war-torn countries, I treated wounded civilians under falling bombs and gunfire. ---- Even then, I kept telling myself, 'I have to survive. I have to come back alive, because I'm going to marry Dennis." leven applied a year early to come home. Today, I finally came back, planning to surprise Dennis. But he was the one who surprised me first. "T heard Dennis bought a cruise ship. He's planning to marry Scarlett on board," someone said nearby. I quickly ducked behind a tree. "Oh my god, I'm so jealous. But what about Anna? Wasn't she the one who loved him the most?" "you didn't hear? Three years ago, he tricked her into going abroad with Doctors Without Borders. No one even knows if she'll make it back alive. He just wanted to be with Scarlett, but was afraid Anna would throw a fit, so he sent her away. So the moment she left the country, he got together