---- Just when Lily thought she would never again see Levi reveal a single crack in his icy facade, he received a phone call-and suddenly, like a man possessed, he bolted for the stairs, racing out the door. All these years, Levi had never stopped searching for Nikki. And just now, an old friend had called, breathless with excitement, to say they had spotted someone who looked exactly like Nikki at a flower shop in Slovenia. At the very sound of it, Levi had completely lost his mind. He had traveled to so many places, but Slovenia- he had never dared to set foot there. He had thought Nikki would never go there. He had thought... she would never wait for him there. ---- But she was there. In the very town where he had once proposed to her. Did it mean... that all these years, she had been waiting for him, too? The mere thought was enough to set his entire body trembling with urgency. He ordered his assistant to book him the earliest flight to Slovenia. After landing, he immediately rented a car and drove straight toward the flower shop. His friend had told him it was located in a small, picturesque town called Piran. The shop was famous not just for its kind and beautiful owner, but because it sold only one type of flower-campanulas. Hearing that, Levi's heart nearly crumbled. ---- Campanulas were Nikki's favorite. She had once said she loved their meaning: eternal love. Just like the love they had shared. Back then, they had spoken those promises with such innocent joy on their faces, so sure that happiness would be endless. No one had expected how fleeting it would be. But now-he still had a chance to make it right. As the flower shop came into view, he was suddenly overwhelmed by a kind of homecoming fear-the kind of fear that grips you when you're too close to what your heart has yearned for too long. He stepped on the brakes, slowing the car, giving himself a few precious seconds to prepare. And then, he saw Nikki. ---- After all these years, she was even more beautiful than he remembered. There was a serene elegance about her now, a quiet self-assurance that made her seem almost untouchable. The sight of her nearly stole the breath from his lungs. But just as he was about to open the door and rush toward her, another man walked out of the shop. The man took the heavy flower bucket from Nikki's hands with casual familiarity. They exchanged a smile, full of effortless understanding. Levi's mind went blank. In that instant of distraction, he didn't see the car speeding toward him from the right. They say that in the moments before death, your life flashes before your eyes like a film. For Levi, it was only Nikki.