Chapter 31: I Want You Back

Karl whimpered even more. He had the back of his body resting over the edge of the bed while he sat on the floor. But now he felt his whole body trembling and getting fragile. In seconds, his body slowly fell to the floor, just lying there like a melted jelly. The floor got wet from his tears and the empty red wine bottle that he held was released, lying flat on the floor just like him.

"I want you back... I want you back... Tell me how to fix this..." he whispered hoarsely to her through the phone.

"You... can't... There's no way to fix this. We're really... over this time," Ashley found it hard for her to speak properly while holding her tears in.

"I want you back..." Karl kept repeating those words to Ashley like an insane person. He just stared blankly towards nowhere while his hand gripped his phone hard as if that was the only way he could reach Ashley.

Back then, when he decided to marry Lucia, he thought that maybe someday, Ashley would still come back to him, willing to b