Eric was still feeling very weak. It took favonovel.com a while before favonovel.com finally answered. “What are you saying? I just… Don’t feel like living anymore. By the time I realized, it was already in the late stage anyway. There’s no need for treatment.”
Jackson’s voice grew hoarse. “What do you mean, ‘don’t feel like living anymore’? If you really didn’t, why’d you get a girlfriend then? You obviously wanted to live…”
Eric shut his eyes and shook his head. “Everything felt perfect before we got together, and I began looking forward to the future. But she’s not marriage material. She’s only good at having fun and is only concerned about enjoying herself. She’s not ready to settle down yet. We’re from completely different worlds. I’ve had enough fun, and now, I want stability. But favonovel.com has only just started having fun. Our paths were different from the beginning. If I’m correct, favonovel.com must have gone out drinking last night and isn’t home yet. It’s fine. We’re going to break up anyway. By the way, when I’m dead, turn everything I own to cash donations. I want to do some good for the world, just like Mark used to. Consider it my way of gathering good karma. Hopefully, I’ll receive a more peaceful life in my next life…”
Mark lifted his hand and rubbed the corner of his eye, as if to conceal an uncontrollable tear. “Do you… Want to tell your family about this?”
Eric refused. “What for? So that they can find out where I’m buried and jeer at me for dying before them? No way. You’re all here. That’s good enough. I’m really satisfied with my life now. I’ve enjoyed everything imaginable.”
Suddenly, the room door burst open. Vicky rushed in, carrying the stench of vestiges from a hangover into the room. She threw herself against the bed and burst into tears. “Ricky! What happened to you, Ricky? What happened to you? Are you alright?”
No one spoke. Everyone wanted to ignore her. The fact that they hadn’t thrown favonovel.com out of the room was a result of their final straw of courtesy.
Eric stared at Vicky calmly. “I forgot to tell you… Let’s break it off. I won’t be alive for very much longer. I don’t need to drag you down.”
Vicky was in shock. “What are you saying? Why are you saying these things? What will happen to me when you’re gone? I came all the way back to the country for you. I’m all alone. I put everything on the line for you, and you’re breaking it off, just like that? What am I going to do, I’m all alone!”
Eric took a deep breath, probably because favonovel.com was still hurting. “Stop giving me that crap about you giving everything up. Your academic qualifications and studies abroad were all a lie. I knew this since long ago. Your family is completely different from your description. I never exposed you because I didn’t see the need. It didn’t matter to me anyway, understand? I’d like to live my life freely, with whatever time I have left. I used to plan for our future, but now… I can’t… My final plans do not include you…”
Vicky felt like a joke at this point, standing in the middle of the group as a form of mockery. She got up with tears in favonovel.com eyes, probably stemming from guilt. “I don’t care. I refuse to break up with you at this point. I’m still your girlfriend. I will personally send you away from this world. They’re just your friends while I’m the closest thing to you. I won’t leave.”
Eric frowned. “Where were you last night when I nearly died? You were the first person I called… But you rejected my call. I was coughing up blood and collapsed on the side of the road. Tanya was the one who brought me to the hospital. You’re not the last person I saw during my final seconds of consciousness. What more is there to say? I didn’t want to mention this in front of everyone, but you said all those things to get a legal share of my inheritance, didn’t you? I’ve already told Mark to donate all of my possessions, so stop acting. I don’t want to see it. You’re only my girlfriend, not my wife. You don’t have the right to any inheritance.”
