Out Of Luck In Love

Ninian never knew that she was just a replacement. But when she met Rose, plenty of the things that had puzzled her in the past finally made sense.

Conan liked it when she wore white dresses because Rose loved white dresses.

Conan liked it when she wore her hair long because Rose had long hair.

Conan refused to let her dye her hair because Rose’s hair was black.

Even the handbags he gave her were in the styles that Rose liked.

Ninian knew very well that the handbag Rose carried tonight was the one in the same series as the handbags Conan had given her duplicates of.

Ninian looked down, and she teared up.

When she returned to her place, Ninian curled up on the floor while still in her ruined gown. She looked outside at the moon and let her mind wander.

She remembered the first time she met Conan seven years ago. They had met in a bar.

At that time, she needed money, so she worked at a bar and met him.

She immediately caught his fancy and got her to work as his secretary.

As time passed, she grew to like Conan and became his lover.

At that time, he never made their relationship public, and she thought that it was only a matter of time before he would do it.

But at this very moment, she knew that no matter how long she waited, she would never become his girlfriend or his wife.

At that, she finally decided to leave.

The next morning, she got up early in order to hand in her resignation letter.

When she went downstairs, she saw Conan.

He had arrived early in the morning. Knowing that she was still sleeping, he did not bother her.

He knew that she loved the buns from South Street, so he bought some this morning.

Ninian did not have too much of a reaction when she saw him.

“You’re awake?” But Conan was really enthusiastic. “I bought the buns you love. I queued up for a long time for them. Have some.”

“I’m not hungry.”

Ninian bent down, changed into her shoes, and intended to leave.

When Conan saw her attitude, he got mad. “Why are you throwing a tantrum? Do you have any idea how much time I had to waste to get these?”

“Mr. Stone, I never asked you to do those things. I’m leaving now and have no time to argue with you.”

He grabbed her arm. “Are you mad because of Rose?”

Ninian pursed her lips and said nothing.

Conan sneered. “I’m never going to marry you, no matter what. Does it really matter whether you’re a replacement or not?”

Those words hurt.

Ninian nodded. “It doesn’t matter, alright. It’s late now, Mr. Stone. I still have to go to work. Please let me go.”

Before she went to the company, she went to a hairdresser and cut the long hair Conan had asked her to keep for seven years.

She always preferred her hair to be at shoulder-length, so she cut it short.

Once she cut her hair, she felt lighter.

When she arrived at the company, she was already late, but she did not care.

Once her colleagues saw her, they gasped, “Ninian, you cut your hair? You look even prettier now!”

“Yes! Short hair suits you more! You look neat and professional!”

Ninian smiled. “I know, right? I like it too.”

She returned to her table, turned on her computer immediately, and typed out her resignation letter.

After she printed it out, she wanted to hand it to Conan.

He was not in his office. However, his driver was around to pick some things up for him.

She handed her resignation letter to his driver. “Please hand this to Conan.”

…

When Conan got her resignation letter, he was shocked. But once he recovered, he smiled. “Where can she go after leaving my side? She can’t survive without me. She’s just throwing a tantrum because Rose is back. She’ll calm down very soon. Ignore her.”

…

After she resigned, Ninian felt as if a burden had been lifted from her shoulders.

She hailed a cab to go home, only to suddenly realize that her home was not actually hers.

Conan had given her the place, or rather, it was the place he used to keep his mistress, which was her.

Since Ninian had decided to cut all ties with him, she did not want the house anymore.

When she opened the door, Ninian smelled perfume.

It was the perfume Conan had given her. He had said that there was only one in the world, and it was made for her.

She seldom used it, because she could not bear to use it all.

She only used it when Conan came over.

She made her way to the hall, only to see the woman sitting on the couch.