Chapter 52

“Is that all?” I asked, pushing for more.

“Yeah, that’s all.”

Chapter 52

I raised an eyebrow, “You don’t like him at all?”

“A little, I guess.”

After Christine replied, she suddenly let out a sarcastic laugh, “But what’s the use of liking someone? My mom used to say she married my dad because they were madly in love.”

“But that didn’t stop them from throwing dishes at each other when they fought. Is there anything like true and lasting love in the world?

I knew, deep down, she didn’t believe in love, not even familial love.

After her father’s business went belly up, he turned to drinking, gambling, and started to lash out, hitting both his wife and Christine.

Her mom just disappeared one day, leaving her to grow up with that excuse of a father, taking beatings more times than she could count.

I wanted to lighten the mood, so I changed the subject with a grin, “But why have your so good to me all these years?”

been

“Who was it that was crying their eyes out on the rooftop in

made me touch my nose in

saw her and panicked, rushing over to pull her back from what I thought was

trying to kill her and started

was just trying to clear her head, not jump off, but I almost gave her a heart attack.

turned us from mere

out a small laugh and casually threw a bag into my lap, “Have breakfast. Got you some

do love me

Christine cursed playfully, “I clearly only love

bother me,

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smooth when I could just focus

when I left work that

to get her a new car, painted exactly like mine, and parked right

have to be to someone to get matching cars

a fishbone

lover give me a hard time, then

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