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.

just leaned my head gently on his shoulder. “Ryan, I’m not mad at you,

if my attempt to comfort

myself, and got out of bed. Standing by the bed,

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and said, “Leave your key. And

flickered. For a moment, it looked like he had a thousand

came to Braylin for me…” Ryan murmured, his voice full

above. “No, I came here for work.

you have come to

not really sure myself. “Maybe it

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

reached for my fingers,

away,

out after me. “I’m not going through with this marriage

bathroom door, turned to look

this to

eyes, then managed a bitter smile. “Ryan, this is real life,

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

I asked him calmly. “If you push back, your grandfather will definitely come after me. And then, the one who

it’ll be me.”

jerked as if he’d been hit, then slumped against the wall, staring at me like all the

drained out of him.

I care about now, so I have to stay cool and

muttered, eyes fixed on the floor, his voice rough.

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make you pay the price. I just can’t stand the thought

burned with unshed tears. I nodded. ‘Thanks. You still cared about me in the end. It