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.”

the sudden wish

with confidence, and found a way to make her see things my way. The younger I were, the more

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

“You’re right. I must

unused to such candor from him. “Do

the lighter’s flame illuminating his contemplative expression. He took 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 the

he continued, “It’s not

the years I’ve known you,” Pearce chuckled, “that’s the closest you’ve

“If you’d introduced me to Elyse sooner,

it. You just said it wasn’t love!” Pearce gave him a playful kick before crushing out his cigarette and heading back inside, leaving Victor alone with his thoughts and the

thirty loomed over him like a shadow, making him analyze every

caught himself trying to calculate love like some