There are so many things I wanted to say up until this point.. I read the comments and Layla is not stupid, Matthias loves her etc. First of all, I would like to state that English is not my mother tongue, so what I will try to explain may be a little incomplete. Let’s talk about love. Matthias’ love is not a type of love that people will understand. He is someone who prioritizes his own selfishness and ensures that the person’s honor is broken and harms the other person by knowing everything without any misunderstandings and knowing the consequences of his choices. After breaking her honor and destroying her dreams, I do not see the help given as help but as manipulation and using her for his own interests. The extremely weak character of Layla irritates me. Now you will say that her conditions were like that. But friends, Layla is a person who successfully graduated from school and has the capacity to interpret people’s behavior towards her very well, in other words, she is very smart. This is where what we call stupidity begins, she makes the most Pollyanna-like choices despite knowing these things. I understood this in this section, ignoring her uncle who worked hard for her.You can break up with Kyle but say that bad is bad and take your money and enroll in school and leave but he insists on stupid and childish choices until the end. A person should not throw away their dreams so easily. And I want to say this to novel writers, do not make female characters so weak anymore, out of 10 novels I read, there are only 1 or 2 people who I can call strong characters, the rest are all the same.. like they are produced in the same factory. Note: I say these as a person who has experienced difficulties in the real world and has seen people who have difficulties worse than this girl, stop drawing women so weak and in need of help from others.
Another nice explanation from Instagram @intan_story_corner
This chapter doesn’t erupt-it exhales. And in that quiet breath, something in both Matthias and Layla begins to shift, gently but deeply.
There’s an unfamiliar softness in Matthias today. He looks for her-not out of anger, but habit. Maybe even concern, though he’d never name it that. Hearing her cry doesn’t bring satisfaction. It brings a pause. A stillness he isn’t used to.
• “She’s quite a fool,” he thought, snickering…
But even that feels like a performance. Beneath the surface, there’s restlessness. Her absence doesn’t feel like relief-it feels like something is missing. Not seeing her doesn’t free him. It unsettles him.
• “He started to wonder if he had been too greedy in desiring someone so pathetic.”
Not greedy in the usual sense-but emotionally. Wanting too much from someone already unraveling.
Meanwhile, Layla is no longer clinging. She wakes from more than just fever-she wakes from denial. There’s a calmness in her now. Not joy, but peace-the kind that comes from finally letting go.
• “The clearer this reality became in her mind, the more peaceful her heart felt.”
Her words to Kyle are quiet, but firm.
• “I’m not going to college… I’m not going to marry you either.”
It’s not rebellion. It’s clarity. She isn’t reaching for anyone anymore-just herself.
This chapter doesn’t cry out.
It simply breathes.
Layla stops pretending.
And in that silence, everything begins to change.
I took a peek coz I thought it might have been more pleasant or maybe I was wrong knowing in advance where would all this go… Not that it matters, but it didn’t. In one chapter I caught up with almost everyone.
Wenomx
There are so many things I wanted to say up until this point.. I read the comments and Layla is not stupid, Matthias loves her etc. First of all, I would like to state that English is not my mother tongue, so what I will try to explain may be a little incomplete. Let’s talk about love. Matthias’ love is not a type of love that people will understand. He is someone who prioritizes his own selfishness and ensures that the person’s honor is broken and harms the other person by knowing everything without any misunderstandings and knowing the consequences of his choices. After breaking her honor and destroying her dreams, I do not see the help given as help but as manipulation and using her for his own interests. The extremely weak character of Layla irritates me. Now you will say that her conditions were like that. But friends, Layla is a person who successfully graduated from school and has the capacity to interpret people’s behavior towards her very well, in other words, she is very smart. This is where what we call stupidity begins, she makes the most Pollyanna-like choices despite knowing these things. I understood this in this section, ignoring her uncle who worked hard for her.You can break up with Kyle but say that bad is bad and take your money and enroll in school and leave but he insists on stupid and childish choices until the end. A person should not throw away their dreams so easily. And I want to say this to novel writers, do not make female characters so weak anymore, out of 10 novels I read, there are only 1 or 2 people who I can call strong characters, the rest are all the same.. like they are produced in the same factory. Note: I say these as a person who has experienced difficulties in the real world and has seen people who have difficulties worse than this girl, stop drawing women so weak and in need of help from others.
Senia14
Another nice explanation from Instagram @intan_story_corner
This chapter doesn’t erupt-it exhales. And in that quiet breath, something in both Matthias and Layla begins to shift, gently but deeply.
There’s an unfamiliar softness in Matthias today. He looks for her-not out of anger, but habit. Maybe even concern, though he’d never name it that. Hearing her cry doesn’t bring satisfaction. It brings a pause. A stillness he isn’t used to.
• “She’s quite a fool,” he thought, snickering…
But even that feels like a performance. Beneath the surface, there’s restlessness. Her absence doesn’t feel like relief-it feels like something is missing. Not seeing her doesn’t free him. It unsettles him.
• “He started to wonder if he had been too greedy in desiring someone so pathetic.”
Not greedy in the usual sense-but emotionally. Wanting too much from someone already unraveling.
Meanwhile, Layla is no longer clinging. She wakes from more than just fever-she wakes from denial. There’s a calmness in her now. Not joy, but peace-the kind that comes from finally letting go.
• “The clearer this reality became in her mind, the more peaceful her heart felt.”
Her words to Kyle are quiet, but firm.
• “I’m not going to college… I’m not going to marry you either.”
It’s not rebellion. It’s clarity. She isn’t reaching for anyone anymore-just herself.
This chapter doesn’t cry out.
It simply breathes.
Layla stops pretending.
And in that silence, everything begins to change.
MexicanMary
I took a peek coz I thought it might have been more pleasant or maybe I was wrong knowing in advance where would all this go… Not that it matters, but it didn’t. In one chapter I caught up with almost everyone.