Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Chapter 269

Chapter 269

Millie was no longer the girl she used to be. The remnants of her old life no longer suited the woman she had become. "These... take a look and see if there's anything you can use. Want anything, take it; the rest, please help me toss it."

"Wait, you're getting rid of all this?"

"Yeah."

Her roommate just stared in disbelief.

After a quick trip to her dorm, where she picked up nothing, Millie walked out of the college gates and dialed her driver to pick her up.

Amidst the surprised, envious, and speculative glances of those around her, she calmly got into the backseat of her car and drove away with a flourish.

That evening, Millie was surprised to find that Murray had unusually come home early.

Smiling, she greeted him, "Murray, I've got great news. I've submitted my withdrawal application to the college today. From now on, I can focus on taking care of you and our baby."

Murray had just finished dealing with a troublesome bid at work.

he even had the chance to take off his coat, was Millie's

looked at her as if she had lost

even realize what

concern. She thought he finally appreciated her sacrifice and her eyes welled up with tears. In a soft voice, she said, "Murray, are you worried about me? I've thought it through. You and our baby are what matter most to me. I'm willing to give up anything for you both. Just don't resent me anymore, please be kinder

to study, just say so. You don't have to make it sound like you're doing it for me. Your decisions are

didn't value her own prospects; why

People are inherently different.

she was worlds apart from

like these, Murray almost wanted to slap some

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an end to the rainy season and ushering in

the succulents in her home flourishing and the roses climbing over her balcony railing blooming

and

recently, fully committed to compiling data for

home only to leave again in haste, she had little time to

carefully watered the flowers, loosened the soil, weeded, and fed the fish in her aquarium

at the lab on time, she greeted everyone before diving into her

had already completed the collection of 42 sets of data, with 12 single variables and

full attention.