Chapter 136 The Pull Between Us

Ethan’s POV Over the past five years, my feelings for Katelyn had never disappeared. They had only twisted and grown heavier inside me, like a storm that never passed. What started as love had grown into something more, almost like an obsession. She had vanished from my life without warning. No note, no explanation, no goodbye. For so long, I told myself that I hated her for it. That she didn’t deserve my forgiveness. That if she ever returned, I would make her feel the same pain she had left me with. But deep down, beneath the anger I tried so hard to maintain, I knew I was lying to myself. I missed her. I missed her every single day. No matter how much I buried myself in work, no matter how many countries I traveled to, she was always there in my mind. In my chest, her absence was like an open wound that never fully closed. And now here she was, standing before me again. Breathing the same air as me, talking to me like no time had passed. The moment I saw her in Daya, I froze. My hea