Chapter 0418

Chapter 0418

No matter how resolute Claude's words had been moments ago, seeing Suzy truly about to harm herself broke through his defenses,

In an instant, he bent down, snatched a small stone from the ground, and hurled it

at her. The stone struck her wrist, sending the knife clattering to the floor.

His eyes were red with emotion as he fixed his gaze on her. "If you hadn't met Dylan back then, would you have chosen me?"

If they'd never been separated, if they'd stayed together, would it have been him that Suzy fell in love with, instead of Dylan?

Suzy hesitated. She knew the truth would be unbearable for him, especially in his current state. But even so, she didn't want to lie to him.

"No," she said, her voice calm but unwavering. "To me, you've always been like an older brother. Even if Dylan had never been in the picture, there would have been someone else. What's happened between us has nothing to do with Dylan."

eyes as he spoke. "Suzy, you keep saying you think of me as a brother, but would you treat your brother this cruelly? Cruel enough that, even now, you can't give me one white lie? Not even a single lie to spare me?" Over

isn't about lies," Suzy said softly, unable

with too many emotions-grief, agony,

his feelings and the pain he'd carried. But she couldn't

him to continue down this destructive

me,” she said gently. “Let yourself go. I'm not the kind of woman worth sacrificing your entire

for her, so much so that he couldn't see the world beyond her. He didn't realize that there was another woman

"Avalon had a daughter for you. She's five now-a sweet, beautiful little

did you say?" Claude froze, disbelief

her phone. She brought up a photo of a young girl and held it out. "Look, this is your daughter. She's five

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body moved on instinct, stepping forward before he abruptly stopped

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