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15:53often Sebastian would drive me home whenever I stayed late in the studio when I was stuck on a
15:58fabric choice he'd give me a considered honest opinion he knew about my nut allergy and every
16:04time we had a meal together he called ahead to make sure the kitchen kept it off the table entirely
16:08these small careful things none of them had ever existed in seven years with Ethan when I was deep
16:14in the work deep in this new quiet life completely cut off from the past then one evening outside the
16:19studio building I saw a familiar figure it was Ethan he was standing under a street lamp honestly
16:24my mind went blank for a second when I first saw him my first thought was that I was seeing
16:28things
16:29wasn't he supposed to be holding Natalie right now moving toward the happiness he'd always wanted
16:33what was he doing here in Milan a city where he knew no one what surprised me even more was
16:38what
16:39he was wearing the casual blazer I had designed for him years ago pale gray herringbone double top
16:44stitching at the cuffs I had spent a month on those sketches scoured the fabric markets for the right
16:49material had it custom made there was nothing else like it in the world when I'd finally finished
16:54it and handed it to him I was so proud he'd glanced at it and scoffed it's too fussy people
16:59would laugh
17:00at me I'll stick to my clad shirts and yet here he was wearing it stiff self-conscious like someone
17:05wearing a costume I stood there frozen for several seconds then he spotted me and came striding over
17:13pulling me back into the present
17:17Claire I've been looking everywhere for you how could you just leave without saying a word
17:21I had to ask around for a long time before one of your colleagues told me you'd come here
17:25is there something you need
17:28Claire
17:30come home with me let's keep going our life
17:32he reached for my arm again I stepped to the side his hand stopped in the air he pulled it
17:36back
17:36awkward and kept going I never had any intention of getting back with Natalie I only ever wanted to
17:41be with you for a moment I had nothing to say it just seemed absurd Ethan the whole world knows
17:47who
17:47you love I'm stepping aside isn't that what you want no clear it's not what I want at all
17:54he pressed on I'm going to help Natalie spending those few days with her I just wanted to settle what
18:00I owed her make peace with it when we first got together I had nothing I've always felt more or
18:07less guilty towards her that's why she eventually turned to someone who had money he owed her something
18:13so he paid that debt by hurting me what you owed her what you wanted what you decided none of
18:18that
18:18has anything to do with me and since you're here I may as well tell you in person I want
18:24a divorce
18:27divorce
18:29Claire why would you want to divorce me what did I do that's so wrong you're punishing me with something
18:33this serious
18:35Ethan your biggest mistake is that you have no idea what you did wrong
18:38I'm telling you you stopped mattering to me and I don't love you anymore
18:43don't matter seven years how can seven years not matter
18:48I know you're still angry I can fix it tell me what you need I'll do anything just don't shut
18:52me out
18:53don't divorce me go find someone who's right for your life he stood there he'd probably worked out
18:57by then that I had been outside the restaurant that evening Claire that's not what I meant what
19:01I meant was you are the most light person for me and Natalie when she asked me to get back
19:08together
19:08I turned her down she's already gone back I won't be seeing her again that is something I don't know
19:13and I don't need to know at that moment Sebastian pulled up he saw us but didn't come over
19:19Miss Claire do you need help
19:22who is he
19:26Claire
19:28is he the reason you won't forgive me
19:32this has nothing to do with him
19:35years ago I revolved around you and threw away my dreams and you thought that was only natural
19:39all you ever gave me was quiet indifference and silent dismissals
19:42I had a fever of 40 degrees you were busy saving Natalie's company
19:45I was cornered in that restaurant and I called your name but you walked out with her
19:49this ultimate betrayal at a life or death moment
19:53you can't take any of it back with a few casual words
19:55I was blind back then but I can change I know how good you are now Claire give me one
20:00more chance
20:01just one
20:02he loved Natalie and he just couldn't let go of how well I took care of him
20:06he can't just take all the benefits for himself
20:08I've already given you seven years
20:10I turned and walked away
20:15Ethan we stopped being in the same world a long time ago
20:18you settle what you owe
20:19I'll go after what I want
20:20we have nothing more to do with each other
20:23we should head back
20:24you have the model fitting tomorrow
20:26don't let it run late
20:27I nodded and walked with him toward the car
20:29Ethan watched us from behind
20:31his voice broke
20:32Claire
20:33I really know I was wrong
20:34how can you just stop loving me like that
20:37I don't understand
20:40I didn't look back
20:41I didn't answer
20:42someone like him would never understand
20:44walking away isn't a sudden decision
20:46it's what happens after enough disappointments have stacked up
20:50after enough times of being left behind
20:52everything that needed to be said had been said clearly
20:54when the car pulled away I caught his reflection in the side mirror
20:58Ethan alone under the street lamp
21:00like a child who'd lost his way
21:01but I felt nothing
21:03only the quiet steady relief of something finally finished
21:06Sebastian glanced over
21:07are you alright
21:08I smiled indifferently and chuckled self-mockingly
21:12that's my almost ex-husband
21:14you might not believe it
21:15that we live seven years together
21:18and he could barely bring himself to have a real conversation with me
21:22he didn't ask for the rest of the story
21:25just said softly
21:26someone who doesn't know how to value you
21:28was never worth holding on to
21:31leaving when you did was the right call
21:33I nodded once
21:34yeah
21:34better late than never
21:36signing the divorce papers did not go smoothly
21:39Ethan stalled at first
21:40dragging it out
21:41only when he had no choice left
21:43did he agree to sign
21:44he stared at the line marked voluntary dissolution of marriage for a long time
21:47then he finally spoke
21:50but I'm not doing this voluntarily
21:52I don't want a divorce
21:53I said calmly
21:54Ethan don't make me end up
21:56only hating you
21:57he clenched his fists
21:58is there really no way back
22:00is there really no way back Claire
22:02I can quit my job and come to be with you
22:06I'll learn about design
22:08I'll
22:08that won't be necessary
22:10I slid the supplementary terms across the table
22:12the ones my lawyer had drafted
22:15for the asset split
22:16I'm only keeping the apartment my parents gave me
22:19everything else goes to you
22:21sign it
22:22don't waste each other's time
22:25his pen finally moved
22:27the handwriting was unsteady
22:28walking out of the lawyer's office
22:30he hugged me from behind
22:31Claire I'll wait for you
22:34whenever you're ready to forgive me
22:36I pried his hands loose
22:37and kept walking without turning around
22:39Ethan
22:40don't wait
22:41we've been over for a long time
22:43I thought signing the papers would bring quiet
22:45instead the real trouble was only just beginning
22:48first came the message floods
22:50at odd hours
22:50his long texts would arrive
22:52you were learning to make my favorite breezed pork
22:55and hot oil splashed your hand
22:57you said it didn't hurt and kept smiling
23:00that year I was on a deadline
23:03and stayed at the office for days
23:05you brought dinner every single night
23:07and waited in the corridor until midnight
23:12you were worried about my back from sitting so long
23:14so you quietly watched tutorials
23:16and gave me half an hour every night before bed
23:19you knew
23:20I hated cilantro
23:22so you never put it in anything
23:24but I always knew
23:25it was actually your favorite
23:27the more detailed he made them
23:29the more it turned my stomach
23:30disgust at his clinging
23:31disgust at who I used to be
23:33pouring myself out for someone
23:35who simply received it as his due
23:37then came the calls
23:38one after another
23:39I blocked his number
23:40he switched to unknown ones
23:46one time I picked up and he said
23:49Claire
23:49I'm downstairs at your building
23:51will you come down?
23:53I brought the handmade flower cookies
23:55you used to love
23:56they don't sell them in Milan
23:58I
24:00carried them all the way from home
24:01I looked out the window
24:02he was standing alone
24:04in the thin autumn wind
24:05Sebastian had just walked in
24:07he asked quietly
24:09do you need me to go down and handle it?
24:11no
24:12I pulled the curtain closed
24:14let him stand there
24:15he'll leave when he gets tired
24:16but he didn't
24:17for the next week
24:17he was outside the studio building
24:19every single day
24:20one afternoon
24:21Sebastian and I
24:22walked out together
24:23Ethan came straight at us
24:25Claire
24:26are you really love him?
24:28tell me what to change
24:29and I'll change anything
24:30Sebastian instinctively
24:32stepped in front of me
24:33to protect me
24:33Mr. Rhodes
24:35Claire is no longer your wife
24:36please keep your distance
24:38Ethan seemed to have been provoked
24:39he pointed at Sebastian
24:41it's because of you
24:43if it weren't for you
24:44Claire would have come back to me
24:47I stepped around Sebastian
24:48and faced Ethan directly
24:50this has nothing to do with him
24:52I am the one who wants
24:54nothing more to do with you
24:55if you keep this up
24:56I'm calling the police
24:57the edge in his voice dropped
24:59I just want you to look at me again
25:00I really am different now
25:02you haven't changed
25:03back then you ignored me
25:05now you're forcing yourself
25:06into my life
25:07at the core it's the same
25:08you only ever think about yourself
25:11Ethan
25:11let me go
25:13let yourself go too
25:16after that day
25:17he stopped coming to the building
25:19but he found another way in
25:20he went to see my mother
25:21showed up at her house
25:23with expensive skin care
25:24told her he'd made a terrible mistake
25:26and asked her to help talk me around
25:27my mother called convinced
25:29Claire I think Ethan really does regret it
25:32he didn't actually cheat
25:34seven years together
25:36mom
25:36I cut her off
25:39it's not cheating only if they slept together
25:41his heart was never with me
25:43not once
25:45I've already signed the divorce papers
25:47I'm not going back
25:48you remember
25:49he was the one who wouldn't even let you through the door
25:52if he shows up at your place again
25:54just ask him to leave
25:55I hung up and pressed my fingers against my temple
25:57Sebastian is sitting next to me
25:59Claire
25:59I just heard from your assistant
26:02Ethan went to your parents house
26:05I've already asked some friends back home
26:07to keep an eye on things
26:08if he goes again
26:09someone will step in
26:10something warm settled over me
26:14thank you Mr. Sebastian
26:16just call me Sebastian
26:17then Ethan took it online
26:19he went public with a declaration
26:20just like he had done years ago
26:22chasing Natalie 99 roses
26:24a live stream
26:25video posts
26:25and made it go everywhere
26:26people were moved by it
26:28they thought it was romantic
26:29he became the image of a devoted man
26:31someone even drew him as a cartoon character
26:33and spread it around
26:34my best friend was the one
26:35keeping me updated on all of it
26:37when I heard
26:38my only feeling was relief
26:39thank god I was abroad
26:40I didn't have to watch any of it
26:42in person
26:44the day before the autumn winter runway show
26:46I received an email from Ethan
26:48there was an attachment
26:50a video
26:50it was footage from our wedding
26:52in the clip I was wearing a rented dress
26:54smiling wide and happy
26:55he stood beside me
26:56expression seriously
26:57the body of the email read
26:59Claire look
27:00we were once so happy
27:01I stared at the video for a few seconds
27:03then deleted it
27:04that so-called happiness
27:05was nothing more than my own
27:07one-sided delusion
27:08he had given everything for Natalie
27:09humiliated himself publicly for her
27:12the Tourette and a graduate school
27:13school scholars for her
27:14drank until he bled for her
27:16handed over his company equity
27:17without a second thought
27:19but I wore a rented dress
27:20to my own wedding
27:21he had the ability
27:22and the means
27:23to give me a better life
27:24but he kept himself cooped up
27:25in a tiny rented apartment
27:27aimlessly drifting through life
27:28died by his past heartbreak
27:30he had lost the capacity to love
27:32as for me
27:32I had long since been shattered
27:34to pieces
27:34by his endless neglect
27:35and silence
27:36on the day of the show
27:37backstage was chaos
27:39I was adjusting a look
27:40on one of the models
27:41when my assistant
27:41came rushing in
27:42Claire, Mr. Rhodes is here
27:44he says he needs to see you
27:45we can't hold him back
27:48my heart sank
27:49before I could move
27:50Ethan pushed through the door
27:51he looked worse
27:52each time I saw him
27:53hollowed out
27:54haggard
27:54Claire, look
27:55he held up the blazer
27:56the one I had designed for him
27:58washed so many times
28:00I've been wearing it
28:00the whole time
28:02I know today is the most
28:03important day for you
28:04I brought the piece
28:05you made for me
28:06I want to witness it with you
28:08let's start over, okay?
28:09every model and crew member
28:11in the room went still
28:12all eyes landed on us
28:13I took a slow breath
28:14and walked toward him
28:16Ethan, when I designed
28:17that jacket
28:18I wanted the person
28:19wearing it to feel
28:20how much thought
28:20I had put into it
28:21you dismissed it
28:22without a second glance
28:23and now you're using it
28:25to hold on to me
28:26that isn't cherishing it
28:27that's selfishness
28:29you missed too many
28:30important days of my life
28:32you weren't even there
28:33when my father died
28:34I turned and pointed
28:35to the campaign poster
28:36for the bloom collection
28:37on the wall beside me
28:38everything in my designs
28:39the things I gave up
28:41the courage it took
28:42to reclaim my dream
28:43none of it has anything
28:44to do with you
28:45the color drained
28:46from his face
28:47the blazer slipped
28:48from his hands
28:48and fell to the floor
28:49Sebastian came in
28:50with security staff
28:51and gave me a calm nod
28:52Mr. Rhodes
28:53please leave
28:54security stepped forward
28:56and took hold of his arms
28:57they walked him out
28:58while he kept staring
28:59straight at me
29:00Claire
29:01I'm sorry
29:02I know I was wrong
29:03I really do know
29:05when the music started
29:07and the models stepped out
29:08onto the runway
29:08in the gowns I had made
29:09moving with the beat
29:11I stood behind the curtain
29:12my eyes went warm
29:13something welled up
29:14in my chest
29:15that I hadn't felt
29:15in a very long time
29:16in that moment
29:17I felt like I was
29:18truly blooming
29:19I had waited so long
29:20for this day
29:21a day that was genuinely
29:22entirely my own
29:23at the after party
29:24congratulations Claire
29:26your design stunned
29:27everyone in that room
29:28my phone buzzed
29:29an unknown number Ethan
29:30Claire
29:30I'm leaving
29:31I watched your show
29:32I know you don't need me anymore
29:33wishing you happiness always
29:35I read it
29:35press delete
29:36champagne in my glass
29:37caught the light
29:38small sparks shifting
29:39in the bubbles
29:40I tipped it back
29:41and drank sweet
29:42with a faint trace
29:43of bitter
29:43all of it
29:44the entanglement
29:45the pain
29:45the years of slow erosion
29:47it was over
29:47completely over
29:48and my life
29:49had only just begun
29:50its most brilliant chapter