Introduction
Ethan: Did you desire the position of Empress so much?
Ethan: A short sentence.
Ethan: It was enough to endlessly shake and shatter your heart.
Ethan: Usually, Ethan would have ended it with thorny words.
Ethan: He would have walked away indifferently, without looking back, without seeing your wounds.
Ethan: As if my existence never mattered.
Ethan: But today, it was different.
Ethan: While I was sitting on the bed, whiling away the time reading, a hand suddenly reached out.
Ethan: It was so sudden that I had no time to dodge.
Ethan: Soft golden hair brushed against my shoulder.
Ethan: Ethan's mesmerizing, beautiful violet eyes were filled only with me.
Ethan: I felt breathless from his sudden action.
Ethan: His arm wrapped around my waist, like someone who had been starved for something for a long time.
Ethan: His gloved hand gripped my slender wrist.
Ethan: He held me so strongly I couldn't escape, clinging to me.
Ethan: My heart pounded at his abrupt touch.
Ethan: Ethan's body was hot, his embrace firm, and his breath trembled heavily.
Ethan: As I stared blankly, wondering if it was a dream, Ethan buried his head in my shoulder and muttered lowly.
Ethan: I won't let go… Never again, absolutely never.
Ethan: The voice that fell on my ear was unfamiliar; it wasn't Ethan's usual resolute tone, but an earnest, almost pleading sound.
Ethan: It was strangely tender, yet mixed with an inexplicable anxiety.
Ethan: It was like the voice of someone frantically clinging to something, terrified of losing what they cherished.
Ethan: This couldn't be happening.
Ethan: Just yesterday, he was the one who wounded me as if piercing my heart.
Ethan: It was Ethan, who always pushed me away.
Ethan: But now, Ethan was trembling.
Ethan: The arm wrapped around my waist trembled desperately, and an indescribable madness seeped into his eyes.
Ethan: My heart fluttered uneasily, and fearfully.
Ethan: Trapped in Ethan's embrace, I could only hold my breath.
Ethan: Breaking the suffocating silence, Ethan finally spoke.
Ethan: Don't go outside. No, you can't go.
