I Want a Divorce by Nadia Gordon

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?

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

she knew often used this analogy to describe

their children would always

and wondered if that

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overthink it. I’m just expressing my confusion,” Sean

not overthinking anything,” she

long before

the ICU, so it’ll be a while before he wakes up,”

She simply nodded.

too much and too soon, so

since you arrived here. Everything at the hospital has been taken care of now. Go rest. I’ll

stay in my office,” Abigail

Kelly might have lived in

“O-Okay.” Lawrence felt disappointed.

and left

out the door before muttering to Lawrence, “You’ve endured over 20 years

breath and suddenly felt uplifted. “She’s already back. I have the rest of our lives to make

Kelly, nothing about the circumstances can be blamed on you,” Sean

they trusted the most

glad she has

mood brightened. After bidding farewell to Lawrence, he left to catch up

the hospital for a long time. When Sean walked out of the hospital doors, she turned to look at

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is it?” he asked as

she calmly stated. “You already knew who I was