Chapter 3

I looked at Ethan's darkened expression, thinking of the plane ticket information my mom had just sent me.

I took a deep breath and sat back down.

Sienna smugly curved her lips and gave someone a look.

Immediately, someone suggested playing Truth or Dare.

I was about to refuse when people had already started drawing cards.

The first person chosen for Truth was Ethan.

Amid the teasing, everyone laughed with knowing looks. "Ethan, tell us about your best experience?"

Ethan crossed his legs and leaned back.

His fingers were still drawing circles in my palm, but his hazy gaze fell on Sienna.

With a half-smile, he said, "My place, bathroom, great water pressure."

As soon as he finished speaking, the cheering in the room nearly lifted the roof.

Sienna blushed and raised her fist to lightly punch his chest twice. "You're terrible."

Ethan grabbed her hand and used the momentum to pull her onto his lap.

Their eyes met, and Sienna wrapped her arms around his neck.

Amid everyone's cheering, the two began kissing passionately as if no one else existed.

I sat less than six feet away.

The air conditioning in the room was warm, but I only felt the temperature in my blood dropping bit by bit.

I don't know how long passed before Sienna finally emerged from Ethan's embrace, gasping for breath.

The smile on her face carried thick malice.

"Luna, I kissed your boyfriend. You're not angry, are you?"

Ethan indulgently picked up where she left off.

"Enjoy being smug now. After I graduate and get married, my body and soul will belong only to Luna."

Hearing his condescending tone, cold laughter rose in my heart.

Ethan had never asked me. He was even smugly confident that I had already digested their limitless disgustingness on my own.

Obediently waiting until after college graduation, standing in place waiting for him to finish playing around before coming to marry me.

But he didn't know that I would never want someone who'd been dirtied.

A flash of vicious resentment and unwillingness crossed Sienna's eyes.

Soon, she pouted and pointed at the crescent moon necklace around my neck, acting coy. "Since we're going to separate eventually, can I have this necklace you gave Luna as a keepsake?"

I instinctively covered my neck.

Looking at Ethan.

He knew this necklace was our token of love, that he'd personally apprenticed himself to craft it for me bit by bit.

When he put it on me, the affection reflected in his eyes was vivid. "Luna, you're the one I've marked as mine. As long as the moon doesn't fall, my love for you will never change."

The moon won't fall, but true hearts had already changed.

"Luna, give it to Sienna."

As soon as he finished, he seemed to realize he'd gone too far and added, "We still have a long future ahead. It's just one necklace. Your husband will buy you several more later."

It was the expected outcome, but my heart still couldn't help but be wrung with pain.

I lowered my eyes, forcing back the moisture in them, took off the necklace and placed it on the table. "You all have fun. I'm leaving first."

Ethan stared at my retreating back.

His chest suddenly surged with an unsettling anxiety.

As if once I walked out that door, we would head toward an irreversible ending.

He instinctively stood up to chase after me, but Sienna suddenly grabbed his arm and pressed against him, whispering suggestively, "Ethan, today is my celebration party. I've prepared a second round for tonight. Black lace, your favorite."

Ethan's gaze fell on her slightly open collar. His Adam's apple bobbed.

He struggled for a moment, but his steps ultimately retreated.

It would be fine.

After being together for so many years, he was my entire support and faith. I loved him so much, how could I bear to truly leave him?

As if convincing himself, Ethan pulled Sienna close and sat back down with a clear conscience.

No one saw the crescent moon necklace being casually tossed by Sienna into the trash can.