Bound by love: Marrying my Disabled Husband by Devocean

Chapter 1500

Chapter 1500:

“Yeah, yeah, I know,” Victor muttered, pulling a cigarette pack from his pocket. “I’m just venting. Go on, head back to the room. I need a minute to brood with this cigarette before I rejoin you guys.”

With a lighthearted smile, Elyse nodded. “Alright, don’t take too long.” She turned and disappeared into the corridor. Moments later, Pearce strolled over, a cigarette dangling from his lips.

“Victor,” Pearce said as he lit up, “did you mean what you said back there?”

Victor glanced at him sideways, his expression unreadable, but stayed silent.

Pearce didn’t press further. Instead, he lit his cigarette and smoked quietly beside him.

After a while, Victor finally broke the silence. “You know, I kept thinking just now… if only I were younger. Twenty-five, maybe twenty-six. That’d be something.”

“Why the sudden wish

sparked a fire in me. I would’ve stood my ground, argued back with confidence, and found a way to make her see things my way. The younger I were, the more relentless I would have been—doing whatever it took, pulling out all the stops, and using every trick in the

look, disbelief coloring his words. “Have you lost your mind? Listen to what you’re

“You’re right. I

face, unused to such candor from him. “Do you actually have feelings for

a long drag before responding, “I wouldn’t call it that. Just had this passing thought that maybe… settling down with her wouldn’t be the worst thing in

he continued, “It’s not love. More like… an

years I’ve known you,” Pearce chuckled, “that’s the closest you’ve ever come to admitting interest in

you’d introduced me to Elyse sooner, I might

just said it wasn’t love!” Pearce gave him a playful kick before crushing out his cigarette and heading

he kept to himself was how turning thirty loomed over him like a shadow, making him analyze every life choice

he caught himself trying to calculate love like some equation, he knew