Chester looked at Alice, speechless.
"Stop being so selfish. Not everything in this world revolves around you. I've completely left your world. We have no past, and we can never return to the past," Alice concluded with an expressionless face.
At this moment, silence and oppression filled the space between the two.
"No matter how much resentment you have toward me," Chester finally spoke, his hoarse voice dry, "I will prove to you that both the past and current me have deeply loved you. I just didn't know how to cherish it in the past. I squandered my chance when I had you, but in the future, I won't let myself repeat the same mistakes." His response was straightforward and domineering.
