But he never anticipated that the casual observation he started with would soon turn into a growing fascination. By the time he realized he was too close to Cornelia, his lips had already made the first move before his mind could catch up.

Cornelia was surprised for a moment. Then she blushed and closed her eyes, not showing any signs of rejection.

On their first night together, Omar had to prepare himself mentally. He kept telling himself that he didn’t need to take responsibility for her. After all, a woman living under these circumstances must have slept with countless men just to survive.

But the moment he entered her, she cried out in pain.

Omar froze, looking at her in disbelief.

The first words she uttered were, “Omar, you’ll marry me someday, right?”

Of course, he wouldn’t marry her. He frequented her house mostly to have some fun, to vent out his dark emotions, and to see how this family struggled to survive.

How could he possibly marry her? Yet, her eyes bore the same stubbornness as they did when her fingers were brutally mutilated.

He remained silent. She clung onto his neck.

“Say something. Will you marry me?”

“Cornelia, I’m broke.”

His voice went hoarse as he continued to kiss her neck.

“I don’t need money. I just want your love. We can deliver pizzas together. As long as we work hard, we can have a good life.”

the city of Greenfield. No one had ever claimed they didn’t

power were what men chase all their life, but a woman could

feel moved, rather

were always taken for granted. Their expectations from men were really too

was all they wanted. But love could be easily be

will marry

cheered up and started insisting that

used to look down on women, but he discovered that with Cornelia, it was

intimacy between men and women.

full of affection and hope. It was as if she could save a man who was buried in

pure, unlike him, his

love gave

pure and innocent Cornelia was

was killed countless

He asked what could a singer possibly give her, but what

Wealth and luxury?

pizza delivery guy, so he could only

were dirt cheap. After all, Alma’s monthly

He grabbed Cornelia, intending to take her into

a woman’s strength could never match a man’s. She was still

took off his suit jacket and wrapped

“Cornelia, come with me.”

the hotel, Cornelia looked at the dark

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