Goodbye My Love Ch 1

Chapter 1 She’s Back
“Ladies and gentlemen, Flight 2331 has landed safely…” The announcement from the speaker caused a collective sigh of relief throughout the cabin.
The oxygen masks that had fallen and the faint smell of blood in the air were clear signs of the earlier danger.
Standing at the door, seeing off the last passenger, Rosalie Flynn straightened her back, feeling a dull ache in her muscles. Her pale face showed signs of exhaustion.
The wound on her left arm had stopped bleeding, but the lingering smell of antiseptic spray was hardly pleasant.
The other crew members were busy on their phones, calling their families to let them know they were safe, their voices trembling with a mix of joy and tears after surviving such a close call.
But Rosalie, hearing the repeated “The number you have dialed is temporarily unavailable” from her phone, felt a chill creeping into her heart.
In the rush of the emergency, the tower had urgently contacted the crew’s families, and everyone else had been informed, except her…
“Rosalie, why hasn’t your husband come to pick you up? Didn’t they notify the family members?”
At that moment, her colleague Katy Pittman squeezed over, holding her boyfriend’s hand. The tall man was drenched in cold sweat, still clearly shaken by the ordeal.
“He must be busy,” Rosalie replied with a self-deprecating smile, forcing her lips into a thin line.
After all, he never allowed her to reveal their relationship at work.
And no one knew that Nathaniel Drake, the high-ranking and untouchable figure, had been her husband for three years.
She had turned down many suitors, presenting herself as a married woman.
And yet, to everyone else, Nathaniel was still the eligible bachelor.
Katy said, “Busy? But there are more important things than this? We almost lost our lives just now!”
Katy rolled her eyes and was about to say something more, but her boyfriend pulled her arm, stopping her.
She sighed, closed her mouth, and muttered a few pleasantries before insisting she’d take Rosalie to get her wound treated.
Rosalie followed her lead without resistance, her heart numb with an icy chill.
“Look! Mr. Drake!” Suddenly, a startled voice broke her thoughts.
Instinctively, Rosalie raised her eyes.
Not far away, the senior executives of Grigow Airlines were walking toward them, chatting amongst themselves. Among them, one man stood out with his straight posture, exuding an imposing presence that made him impossible to ignore.
His handsome and deep-set features exuded a cold, aloof aura in the shifting light, an air that made others hesitant to approach.
The crowd around her started to murmur.
“He’s so handsome.”
“Who’s the beauty beside Mr. Drake? She’s so cool.”
“That’s the new senior engineer, Leonor Wells. I heard she and Mr. Drake go way back. He spent the whole morning with her, didn’t even take a call while she was around.”
“Engineer and captain—what a perfect match. Look how gently Mr. Drake smiles at her! I’m so jealous.”
Amid the murmurs, Rosalie’s gaze shifted toward Nathaniel.
When she saw the face she knew all too well, her fingers clenched tightly, her knuckles turning white.
”So, he was busy accompanying his first love.
Recently, Leonor Wells had mentioned returning to her home country and joining Grigow Airlines. It was clearly a challenge, an open provocation.
Just like the last time they met, when she had said those words. “You took something from me, but sooner or later, I’ll take it back. Do you believe me?”
Since childhood, Rosalie had never beaten Leonor, so those words felt like a curse, tormenting her day and night.
When she heard that Leonor was joining Grigow Airlines, Rosalie had told Nathaniel that he would only side with either her or Leonor.
But clearly, Nathaniel hadn’t taken her words seriously. Or perhaps, this was his answer.
Once again, Leonor had won.
Memories from the past tore at her mind, and the pain buried in time was slowly uncovered.
Rosalie watched Nathaniel speak, his head slightly lowered, and the soft curve of his lips forming a gentle smile.
She had once wondered what it would look like if Nathaniel were to love someone… But seeing it with her own eyes now, her heart, numb from the pain, could only feel a sense of resignation.
Perhaps she should have died in this plane crash.
But if Rosalie died, no one would ever know the hatred inside her.
The one who had wronged the Flynn family, the one who had harmed her and her mother, would continue to live their lives unscathed.
And perhaps, she would even sleep with Rosalie’s husband, enjoying what was once hers.
The emotions were too much to bear. Rosalie dropped her suitcase and was about to charge forward, but Katy grabbed her arm tightly.
“Rosalie, what are you doing? Even though Mr. Drake’s sudden shift in work today had something to do with this incident, he’s not someone you should provoke. Don’t go looking for trouble,” Katy said.