After being reborn, I make up my mind to stop chasing after my husband and daughter

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His hand on my belly suddenly froze, and it felt like all the warmth had drained away.

I knew just how much of a bombshell this was for Ryan.

He was probably hoping to keep it under wraps a little longer, waiting for a better time to bring it up- definitely not in a moment as tender as this.

But I couldn’t wait anymore. Miss Chamberlain’s words were like a thorn stuck in my heart.

I just couldn’t keep it in anymore. It was eating me up inside.

Since this relationship was already just a bubble about to burst, maybe it’s better if I’m the one to pop it.

“So you know everything?” Ryan pushed himself up, the blanket sliding down his chest. The warm glow lit up his defined muscles–it was honestly hard to look away.

I snuck a couple greedy glances, then said in a quiet voice, “Miss Chamberlain laid it all out for me. Were you really planning to keep this from me forever?”

Ryan’s handsome face stiffened, his expression freezing in place.

When he looked at me, there was a hint of confusion in his eyes, and a pain that cut right through him.

Seeing him like this, I couldn’t bear it. Maybe neither of us was really at fault–we just didn’t fit in each other’s worlds, and this love was too heavy to hold, like we were always walking on thin ice.

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“I’m sorry.” Ryan’s voice was hoarse, his eyes red as he shook his head. “Vic, my grandfather wants me to marry her. It’s not what I want–I just want to be with you.”

Seeing a guy cry really gets to you. Ryan was always so prideful, and being forced to go along with something he hated was already a huge blow for him.

But that pain and sadness wouldn’t last forever. If you looked at the bigger picture, marrying Miss Chamberlain was probably his golden ticket–his chance to really make it in life.

reach out to hug him. I just leaned my head gently on his shoulder. “Ryan, I’m

attempt to comfort him was just another knife twisting

around myself, and got out of bed. Standing by the bed, I looked

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and said, “Leave your

flickered. For a moment, it looked like he had a thousand things to say, but couldn’t get

Braylin for me…” Ryan murmured, his voice full

from above. “No, I

would you have come to Braylin?” Ryan

not really sure myself.

was written all over his face. He tried to get up, but I held him back. “Tonight is our last goodbye, Ryan. Your family’s still waiting for

reached for my fingers, trying to hold

I turned away, leaving

“I’m not

door, turned to

as he came closer. “I’ll fight this to the end. I don’t like her,

my eyes, then managed a bitter smile. “Ryan, this is real life, not some fairy

he looked at me, defeated. “But if I just do nothing, I’d be letting what we

difference, whether you fight or not?” I asked him calmly. “If you push back, your grandfather will definitely come after

it’ll be me.”

he’d been hit, then slumped against the wall, staring at me like

drained out of him.

There are people I care about now, so I have to stay cool and think straight if I want to make the best choices for myself and

the floor, his voice rough.

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the price. I just

felt heavy, and my eyes burned with unshed tears. I nodded. ‘Thanks. You still cared about me in the end.