Chapter 1914 Confidant

After dropping her back at Imperial Garden, Stephen drove off. Alerted by the sound of the engine, Maya greeted her sister at the door in her pajamas. “You’re back, Nina!”

“You’re still up?”

“I’ve been waiting for you.” Nina was taken aback. “What for? It’s not like we share a bed.” “I want to listen to a story. I don’t mind snuggling up against you!”

“I’m not a storyteller. You should be asking Wilbur for bedtime stories.” “What are you talking about? I’m not going to share a bed with him before marriage! I will not let him take advantage of me before the wedding.”

Nina gazed at her sister in surprise. What century are you living in?

“What are you looking at me like that for? I waited up for you to hear about Chris. Stephen must have discovered something for him to return, hasn’t he? What did he tell you?”

Nina nodded, her words stuck in her throat.

are you so interested in his cause

him. Such a shame about what happened to him. He almost became my brother-in-law. Why shouldn’t I show my

nothing as she strode into her own room.

told you, Nina,” Maya tried again. “You’ll feel

me take

wardrobe and took a set of pajamas in with her

as she kept her gaze fixed upon the frosted glass of the shower.

abandoned her pretense of stoicism and allowed her grief to engulf her. With an unexplainable feeling of despair,

old chapter of my life that no good would come from revisiting. I need to pull myself together and dust all of these feelings under a forgotten corner of my heart, so I have the courage to face my future. A new beginning with Stephen. After everything we’ve been through, I did not even get the chance to be with Chris.

on in there, Nina?” shouted Maya as she

“Can’t I take a

confused voice. “You haven’t

the frosted window and reached out to turn the knob, savoring the hot, powerful stream on her

bathroom filled with steam. Nina stood beneath the torrent in a vain attempt to wash off the

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