Chapter 212

The complexity in Leanne’s expression deepened as she processed his words. “You really don’t have to do this,” she said, a touch of earnestness in her voice.

“I know I don’t. But everything I do is out of my own free will.”

“I haven’t finalized my divorce with Curtis yet. It might drag on for who knows how long. Keeping your distance might be better for you.”

“I never planned on getting between you two. That’s why I never dared to pursue you, not even brave enough to send you a single rose, fearing it might offend you.

Jeremy looked into her eyes with a seriousness that was palpable. “You really don’t have to feel any burden. Just think of me as a regular friend, that’s all. At the very least, don’t deprive me of the right to hold you dear, okay?”

Leanne was speechless, genuinely at a loss for words.

Jeremy raised his hand as if he wanted to gently touch her hair but hesitated and pulled back halfway, “Goodnight, Leanne.”

“…Goodnight.” Leanne felt like her, mind was a tangled mess.

Had she never met Curtis, perhaps Jeremy could have been a very good match.

A gentleman, attentive, knowing when to advance or retreat, always prioritizing her feelings.

Respect and care were precisely what she once yearned for.

had been the variable in her

around, Leanne started

emerged from the side, “What a

see a dark figure perched on the edge of a flowerbed by the entrance.

it was, the panic that had

she said, her hand clutching her chest from the shock.

sprawled lazily on the flowerbed, his figure nearly blending into

know, I’m

you doing sitting

out a half-empty pack of cigarettes from his pocket, drew one, and

Chapter 212

“Enjoying the night

of night on Christmas Eve to

view?

box placed next to him, tall and exquisite, tied with a ribbon, its transparent sides barely revealing the shape of a pink frosted

the grand fireworks display

Eve, the same

was no snow, and they were no

was strong, whipping Leanne’s hair around her face,

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