Bound Hearts: My Vows to My Disabled Spouse

Chapter 259 It Wasn't Too Late

Zandra found Theo's perspective ridiculous. "You're too young to realize that love is the most delicate thing in the world. It cannot withstand any real trials. You're merely being blinded by the idea of

Theo responded calmly, "Life is far too long. The thought of spending decades with a woman I don't love, having children with her, and raising them together until we're old fills me with dread." Zandra couldn't understand why he found this so appalling.

To her, these were the necessary sacrifices to uphold family alliances.

She scoffed. "Dreadful? That's exactly how your dad and I have lived our lives. Do you think that's terrible?"

Theo answered, "Dad would rather spend years in the forest than e home. He finds more joy

in watching a plant grow than in living with you. Can you honestly say there's love in your marriage?"

Hearing that, Zandra's eyes widened with anger.

She stormed over to Theo and slapped him across the face.

The slap left a clear mark on Theo's

Zandra was visibly shaking with anger and bitterness as she glared at Theo.

Her son's words had deeply wounded her, the pain evident and fresh.

wrong, fully aware that her husband didn't

and that their marriage was a matter

Despite not loving the woman he married, he never

to be close

equipment and went to a distant mountain forest for research. For years, Zandra had never acknowledged that her

preserved her self-respect. Anyone who dared to gossip about her situation faced her anger. So, no one had brought it up in recent

almost managed to convince herself that she was cherished

her husband would return home after pleting his

Theo confronting the truth so bluntly, she

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he had anticipated it

in his cheek, he said, "Mom,

you understand and let me be with the one

successful life

her teeth and added, "Don't choose

to

he stopped trying

planned to persuade his mom before reaching

Elyse.

love with Elyse, Zandra had treated Elyse