Chapter 59 The Beauty of Love Was No Match for the Passage of Time

• “Happy? That’s no longer in the cards for me.”
• “Lauren, you still can’t forget Ethan Parker?” Axel asked after a moment’s deliberation upon seeing Lauren’s expression.
• “I was 10 when I first met Ethan Parker. I was sitting on the banyan tree in Collins Residence with a yellowing book in my hands as I stared at him, who was 15, dressed in a white shirt. When he looked up at me, I felt that the beauty of his smile surpassed that of all the flowers in this world,” Lauren narrated softly as she stood before the cemetery, her voice so detached that it didn’t at all sound as though it was the most beautiful love she’d buried deep within her heart.