Chapter 432

My eyes grew slightly moist, a peculiar sensation scratching at the bottom of my heart.

For a fleeting moment, I contemplated coming clean. What if this revelation impacted his health? I was ready to face it alongside him. Better that than having him spend nights agonizing, deeming me a heartbreaker.

Shaking my head, I began, “It’s not like that, Gregory. These past two years, I’ve been…”

“Never mind.”

Gregory’s smile was thin, laced with unmistakable mockery, though his eyes betrayed a redness. “Jane, I guess I should’ve never harbored any

expectations.”

His words stabbed deep.

I struggled to keep my eyes wide, pinching the inner corners to hold back tears, feigning acceptance. “If that’s what you believe, you might not be wrong.”

After all, my efforts over the past two years to track him down had led nowhere. Like a traceless bird in flight, equivalent to having never tried. I didn’t need to confess my actions to him. In his eyes, I was just that callous. He had barely been mourned before I was supposedly cozying up with someone else.

So, if that’s how it was to be, further words were futile.

“Really?”

with bitterness, and in the next moment, stretched out an arm, pulling me down to him. Then,

Not a kiss, but a bite.

I gasped, cautious of his fragile legs, hardly daring to push

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Chapter 432

dark, his voice carrying a warning. “This time, it doesn’t matter if you’re Jane or Lilliana, getting close to anyone but

mistake!”

he wheeled

fingers came away bloodied, a stark reminder. “Ike’s

busy lately. Take care

didn’t look back as he spoke.

the shadows, pondering her attitude, his irritation surged from within. He had spent over

he so undeserving? The thought of how he had struggled through treatment for her sake now seemed laughable, utterly worthless. Yet, he had survived. The Ford family, father and son, would pay a price. Whether it was for driving Jane away or orchestrating that explosion. Either way, they would face consequences.

had hoped, with Jane moving back, that his sleep, just a wall away

he was mistaken.

glow from outside to find a bottle of lithium carbonate,

Edith. At this hour, she should be boarding

lazily, “What is it?” His voice carried

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