Once My Only, Now Just a Memory Chapter 21

Once My Only, Now Just a Memory Chapter 21

A month later, I resigned from my job at the bakery.

I wanted to return to my field of study.

Soren handed me a business card

Ellery Holdings.

“You have wasted enough time,” he said gently.

“But I know what you are capable of.”

I stared at the card.

“Soren.

“Are you one of those old-money heirs who ran away from his family responsibilities to become a Pack

doctor?”

He tapped my forehead with his finger.

“Stop reading so many romance novels.”

“Ellery Holdings belongs to my brother.”

“It has nothing to do with me.”

“I can only get you an interview.”

“Whether you get the job depends on your own merits.”

I accepted his help.

I spent the next few weeks reviewing everything I had learned a Harvard, pushing myself to regain my edge.

On the day of my final interview, I stood outside the corporate building.

I took out my phone to look at a photo of Lumi.

“Sweetie.”

“Mommy is finally putting her life back together.”

Suddenly, a figure rushed at me from the crowd.

“Flora!”

I was knocked to the ground.

When I looked up, I barely recognized the woman standing over me.

Brielle was wearing a thin, dirty hospital gown.

Her face was covered in terrible scars.

She had somehow escaped from the psychiatric facility.

In her hand, she held a gleaming silver blade,

“You ruined my life!”

“We are going to die together!”

She lunged at me with the knife.

I tried to dodge, but my body was too slow.

In the next second, a heavy body threw itself over me, shielding me completely.

The sound of metal tearing into flesh was sickeningly clear.

I opened my eyes.

Cillian was holding me, his face twisted in pain.

Blood was quickly soaking through his shirt.

The scent of wolfsbane on the blade was incredibly strong.

Pack guards quickly swarmed the area, pinning Brielle to the pavement.

Cillian’s face was paper-white.

“Flora…”

“Are you hurt…”

“Shut up!” I cried, my hands shaking as I pressed against his wound.

“Don’t speak!”

At the hospital, Cillian opened his eyes to find me sitting by his bed.

“I am fine…” he whispered.

“Alpha Cillian is indeed powerful,” I said coldly. “Taking a silver blade and acting as if it is nothing.”

He immediately shut his mouth.

I called his assistant to take over, preparing to leave.

“Flora,” he called out.

“Please stay a little longer”

His assistant couldn’t help but speak up.

“Miss Shaw, the Alpha took that blow to save your life-

I turned my gaze to Cillian.

“Do you agree with him?”

“No,” Cillian said quickly.

“What happened today was my own fault. It was the consequence of my past actions.”

“I only…”

“Wanted to look at you for a bit longer.”

He had, after all, taken a knife for me.

I paused at the door.

“Thank you for saving me.”

A spark of hope appeared in his golden eyes.

“But,” I continued, “this was a debt you owed me.”

The light in his eyes vanished.

“Is there truly no chance for us?”

“Is it because of Soren?”

I shook my head.

“It has nothing to do with Soren.”

“We ended up here because of your choices.”

“Not because of anyone else.”

I looked at him one last time.

“Let it go, Cillian.”