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

say that drinking numbs the nerves and can affect a doctor's ability

occasionally. It's not like I'm drinking excessively. Besides, doctors are human too. We can't swear off alcohol entirely just because we hold a

were you drinking with?" Aaron

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

settled on her

eyes shifted slightly. "More

overhead. "A goodbye to my past with him, a goodbye to

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it make you sad?"

few moments of thought, she said softly,

"Uncle, you've probably never

have," Aaron replied

be the regret of my youth, but surprisingly, life was fair enough to let

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 ask, "And this ending doesn't leave you

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

studied her quietly for a few

she paused to reflect. Finally, she shook her head. "No, I don't. If I did, I wouldn't have

left

sadness.

how it

partings

him for so long. How

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 moment. Once the

resonated with him, though

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able to resist.

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

"Leo, let her go!"

and thrown in jail, there was ambition in her eyes. Now, they were

a smile, though tears

had always thought Yasmine wasn't deeply invested in Leo, but now it

the sofa. Like a king in his domain,

any woman you can bully. She's

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