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Nathan extended his hand toward Isabella. “Come home with

me.”

The scene faintly overlapped with their first meeting four years ago. Back then, it was in this very spot where a wounded Isabella, driven out of het home by her mother, had curled up in despair. Nathan Hill, like the dawn breaking through the darkness, appeared in her life..

Naïve and inexperienced, Isabella had been drawn to his kind and compassionate face. Without hesitation, she followed him.

“Sir, why me?”

Though young, Isabella understood that nothing in the world came free.

Nathan, burdened by his thoughts, took a moment before replying in a low voice, “It has to be you.”

She didn’t know that he had painstakingly sought her out, going to great lengths to approach her. In her innocence, she mistook him for a benefactor and believed she was just another of the many impoverished children he had helped. She trusted him so easily.

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“Sir, thank you for giving me a home. I’m very hardworking–l can cook, do laundry, sweep, and mop… I can do so many things.”

Nathan gave her a faint glance. “I’m not looking for a housekeeper.”

“Then how can I repay you?”

“You really want to repay me?”

“Yes. Even a small kindness deserves a great return.”

Nathan smiled knowingly.

Now, looking at Isabella curled up again, Nathan, who had spent four years with her, could easily deduce her reason for returning, to Rainbow Bridge. This was where they had first met. By instructing Ezekiel to bring her back here, wasn’t she signaling her desire to return to the point before she met him?

A faint, bitter smile tugged at Nathan’s lips.

“Did you regret meeting me?”

Isabella didn’t respond.

chiffon dress on her back with blood. She was using all her strength to suppress the

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to gently touch her head, but Isabella

almost inaudibly.

I’ll make it

that moment, his phone rang. Picking up the call, he heard Moore’s father’s anxious voice.

you must come quickly. Victoria became agitated after learning about Isabella’s disappearance. The doctor says her condition is relapsing. Please come and calm her

the call, his worry for Victoria unmistakable in his

surgery and can’t handle any stress. I need to go to the hospital to check on her. Stop causing

his assistant, “Take

Isabella’s body had gone limp and pale, nor the

in his Rolls–Royce Wraith.

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for taking one of her kidneys? Is that why she

threw herself into his arms, crying

patted her trembling back, carefully sidestepping the issue. “Victoria, don’t overthink it. It

you, too? Hate that you married her but gave your love

that felt less than genuine, he replied, “She’s easily satisfied. Having the title of Mrs. Hill is enough for her–she won’t care about what she’s

time with me lately and neglecting her. She’s just acting

fell like summer rain–sudden

daughter, was–filled with pain and anger. His voice carried none of

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just barely survived, and now she’s making a scene, scaring Victoria like this. How can she be

Moore’s father. “Don’t forget, she just had surgery herself. This is her first time acting out. Let

taken aback, a flicker of guilt passing

physically strong; she’ll be fine.”

a sharp glare,

red from crying. “Nathan, haven’t you thought that three people in a relationship are one too many? You took Isabella’s kidney for me. Even if she doesn’t say it, she must feel hurt. Why not divorce her? You don’t love her anyway. You love me.

I’ve told you before, I won’t divorce Isabella. She’s not well, and I have to take care of her for the rest of my life. This marriage isn’t something I can give up on my

like a bucket of cold water had been poured over Victoria‘ s head. Sniffling, she said, “Nathan, you’ve fought and triumphed in the

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