Loved You Once But He's My Forever

Chapter 579 I Missed You

Twenty years of captivity. Her long-gone family members. The nights and days of torment, where no one ever cared about her will.

Taylor thought she must hate him so much that she hadn't even spared him a glance when she left.

He didn't dare reveal who he was now, and he could only suppress his emotions.

"Ms. Sander," he said, voice even and distant, "you're still running a fever. You need to keep a positive mindset-being upset won't help your recovery."

He was clearly worried sick about her, yet he stood there pretending they were strangers.

Anna's heart was a whirlwind of emotions.

Relief, joy, and rage. She was furious that he never sent a word when he had been alive all this time.

Taylor handed her the thermometer. When she was unconscious, he could check it without hesitation. But now that she was awake, it wasn't convenient for him to

do so.

Anna didn't take it. Instead, she just stared at him with her wide, tear-filled eyes.

It was a silent storm of accusation.

Taylor sighed and stopped pretending. "Anna ...

gently touched her face. "Don't cry. If you don't want

he said that, Anna broke down even

me if there's something you

he knew her. After twenty years together, he believed he had figured her out. But now, he realized he understood nothing. Her heart was deeper and more mysterious than

he could finish the thought, she

did you lie to

her in a tight embrace. "I thought ...

to see me again. And this plan was dangerous. The fewer people who knew, the better. That's why I didn't tell you. I'm sorry, sweetheart. Don't cry, okay? If you want my life,

"Taylor, I regret it."

burned against his neck like fire. "If I hadn't gotten sick, would you have stayed

"Yeah," he admitted quietly.

I missed you. What was I supposed

froze as if he couldn't believe his

what did you just say? Repeat

her words. "Taylor ... I missed you... so much. I

she had fallen in love with him years ago-she'd just

whispered, "I never hated you touching

knew that

a way, a betrayal of the Sanders. But after everything she'd been through over the past few days, all her bottled-up emotions came

between Taylor