I Want a Divorce by Abigail Quinn

Chapter 554 Is That All?

Sean chuckled softly as he sat down beside Abigail and gazed at Scarlett’s sleeping face. He gently spoke, “When I was young, my parents passed away and my grandparents raised me. The year they died, I was struck by a grave illness that affected both my physical and mental

health.”

Abigail remained silent, gnawing at her straw.

“People say that men don’t cry easily, but I couldn’t help but sob my heart out every day,” he confessed, having already forgotten the trauma of losing his parents.

He believed that he would never recover from the pain, but time proved to be cruel. Gradually, all the pain and sorrow he felt faded away.

She looked at him intently. “What happened next?”

“A month later, I didn’t cry as often as before. A year later, I stopped crying altogether. Now, I have almost forgotten the agonizing pain I felt back then. At most, I just miss them,” Sean replied, placing a strawberry in his mouth.

“Are

you telling me to cherish the present?” Abigail’s eyes sparkled with clarity.

“Abigail.” He spoke her name solemnly for the first time.

“Just get to the point. There’s no need to be like this,” she said, furrowing her brow.

He gently stroked her hair. “I find it strange. You’ve been away from them for over 20 years, yet time hasn’t worn away their love for you. Is it because I am naturally cold-hearted? Is that why time can erode my love for my parents?”

She had no answer for him.

Indeed. Why?

for their children to a one-way stream that rarely flowed in the opposite

analogy to describe the

to them, a parent’s love for their children would always be greater

looked at Scarlett and wondered if

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I’m just expressing my confusion,” Sean said,

overthinking anything,” she calmly

long before

a while before he wakes up,” he informed

She simply nodded.

Pearsons now was too much and too soon, so he didn’t say anything more about Old Mr. Pearson’s

hospital has been taken

just stay in my office,” Abigail

strangers to her. Moreover, Kelly might have lived in

“O-Okay.” Lawrence felt disappointed.

ignored him and left

waited for her to walk out the door before muttering to Lawrence, “You’ve endured over 20 years of

“She’s already back.

being overly protective of Kelly, nothing about the circumstances can be blamed on you,”

behalf. However, the pain they felt from being betrayed by the person they trusted the most would be greater than if it were done by anyone else. Still, Sean was

has you,” Lawrence suddenly

bidding farewell to Lawrence, he left to

walked out