
Alexander and Chloe had been childhood sweethearts for twenty years and a couple for eight; he had planned to propose on his twenty-fifth birthday. However, after a younger male student entered the picture, Chloe repeatedly favored the other man—even choosing to save him first during a car accident while disregarding her boyfriend. Seeing his eight years of devotion come to nothing, a heartbroken Alexander vanished completely from her life, leaving Chloe filled with inconsolable regret.