Chapter 0638

Yasmine was startled by Leo's expression, her beautiful eyes brimming with tears.

The music in the private room was loud, and Leo leaned close to whisper something in her ear. I couldn't hear it, but I could see her reaction.

Her slender arms hung limply over the edge of the table as if she was exhausted, no longer

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He was waiting for her?

What for?

"Uncle, you didn't skip dinner, did you?" Lena's first thought was his meal.

In truth, he hadn't eaten. After receiving her message, he had been uneasy all evening, unable

to focus on food.

"You didn't eat? I'll make something for you," Lena assumed his silence was confirmation.

"There's no need," Aaron refused.

"Then why were you waiting for me? Is something wrong?"

In Lena's view, Aaron would never wait for her without a reason.

He gazed at her, his sharp eyes narrowing slightly. "You've been drinking?"

She nodded, flashing him a sweet, soft smile. She even gestured with her hand, "Just a little."

Aaron stepped closer, his tall frame looming over her with an intensity that made her feel small. Though the light above bathed his eyes, they remained dark and inscrutable, filled with a depth that was hard to read. Lena sensed something was off. "Uncle, what's wrong?"

She looked into his deep, clear eyes, untouched by any impurity. Whatever tension Aaron had felt while waiting for her seemed to ease in that moment.

Didn't

reached out, brushing aside the strands of hair framing her face. you once say that drinking numbs the nerves and can affect a

chuckled, her smile faintly revealing a shallow dimple. "It's fine occasionally. It's not like I'm drinking excessively. Besides, doctors are human too. We can't swear off alcohol entirely

drinking with?" Aaron

shoe cabinet for support, her hands gripping the edges to steady

her face. "A farewell,

slightly. "More like

"A goodbye to my past with him, a goodbye to the love I held in my

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make you sad?" Aaron

moments of

smiled bitterly. "Uncle, you've probably never loved someone since

have," Aaron replied

a faint laugh. "Then you must understand the feeling. I thought it would be the regret of my youth, but surprisingly, life was fair enough to let me see it through." Seeing the contentment

time, he had blamed himself for not being more direct with her. But now, he saw the benefit-she had experienced and let go of it, leaving no lingering attachment. Still, he couldn't help but

at all. Just having had it is enough," Lena replied, her view of

a few seconds. "Do you still

this time, she paused to reflect.

because tonight's goodbye hadn't left her

sadness.

how it felt to

their reunions and partings had always been deeply

him for so long. How could you just let go so easily?"

smiled faintly, her tone calm and assured. "It's because the love I had for him was like a flame-it burned brightly for a while, but it burned out when its time was up. Love isn't about duration, Uncle. It's about what you feel in the

softened as her words resonated with him, though he

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able to resist.

turned their heads toward me at the same time. Eventually, gravity won, and tears slid down Yasmine's

"Leo, let her go!"

Even when she had been falsely accused and thrown in jail, there was ambition

my name with a smile, though tears streamed down

deeply invested in Leo, but now it

at the corners of his lips and stepped back, collapsing onto the sofa. Like a king in his domain, he spread his arms,

you can bully. She's got the president

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