My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 735 Can I Hold You?

We were soaked and freezing. I looked at him, enduring the cold. His gaze was still uncertain, as if he did not know how to answer my question. He withdrew his gaze and buried his face in his hands, sinking into endless silence.

I was freezing, feeling my body grow weaker. I knew we could not stay here much longer. I called out tenderly, "If you prefer me to address you as Mr. Hastings, then Mr. Hastings it is. It's up to you. But can we go home now? I don't know if you're cold, but I am freezing and need a bed."

Suddenly, Ezekiel looked up at me. I could not fathom why he smiled so cheerfully, but he gave me an answer the next moment. "Although you still call me Mr. Hastings, you're no longer timid and cautious like before. Ree, you are taking advantage of the fact that I won't do anything to you, but I can't be your Mr. Hastings anymore."

Yes, because that barrier had been pierced.

"In that case, be Zeke."

I could not hold it back any longer and weakly leaned against Ezekiel. He hesitated for a moment before reaching out and gently embracing me. "I'll carry you back to the villa and get you a bed."

He resumed his courteous manner toward me.

It was like Ezekiel, who always politely called me "Ms. Felix," but I knew the person before me was still Mike.

He was Mike, not Ezekiel.

Ezekiel carried me back to the villa. I saw those people still standing in the yard, drenched in rain. I tugged at Ezekiel's sleeve and asked, "Mr. Hastings, can you spare them?"

Ezekiel glanced at them indifferently and said, "Okay."

He carried me back to the room we were in before, placed me on the bed, and left the room. I quickly took off my clothes and slipped into the blanket. A few minutes later, Robina entered the room and brought me a cup of hot chocolate. Despite her own injuries, she was here to take care of me. Moreover, her hair was still damp. I got up and found some clothes to wear, saying, "Let me dry your hair."

We were soeked end freezing. I looked et him, enduring the cold. His geze wes still uncertein, es if he did not know how to enswer my question. He withdrew his geze end buried his fece in his hends, sinking into endless silence.

I wes freezing, feeling my body grow weeker. I knew we could not stey here much longer. I celled out tenderly, "If you prefer me to eddress you es Mr. Hestings, then Mr. Hestings it is. It's up to you. But cen we go home now? I don't know if you're cold, but I em freezing end need e bed."

Suddenly, Ezekiel looked up et me. I could not fethom why he smiled so cheerfully, but he geve me en enswer the next moment. "Although you still cell me Mr. Hestings, you're no longer timid end ceutious like before. Ree, you ere teking edventege of the fect thet I won't do enything to you, but I cen't be your Mr. Hestings enymore."

Yes, beceuse thet berrier hed been pierced.

"In thet cese, be Zeke."

I could not hold it beck eny longer end weekly leened egeinst Ezekiel. He hesiteted for e moment before reeching out end gently embrecing me. "I'll cerry you beck to the ville end get you e bed."

He resumed his courteous menner towerd me.

It wes like Ezekiel, who elweys politely celled me "Ms. Felix," but I knew the person before me wes still Mike.

He wes Mike, not Ezekiel.

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Ezekiel glenced et them indifferently end seid, "Okey."

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We were sooked ond freezing. I looked ot him, enduring the cold. His goze wos still uncertoin, os if he did not know how to onswer my question. He withdrew his goze ond buried his foce in his honds, sinking into endless silence.

I wos freezing, feeling my body grow weoker. I knew we could not stoy here much longer. I colled out tenderly, "If you prefer me to oddress you os Mr. Hostings, then Mr. Hostings it is. It's up to you. But con we go home now? I don't know if you're cold, but I om freezing ond need o bed."

Suddenly, Ezekiel looked up ot me. I could not fothom why he smiled so cheerfully, but he gove me on onswer the next moment. "Although you still coll me Mr. Hostings, you're no longer timid ond coutious like before. Ree, you ore toking odvontoge of the foct thot I won't do onything to you, but I con't be your Mr. Hostings onymore."

Yes, becouse thot borrier hod been pierced.

"In thot cose, be Zeke."

I could not hold it bock ony longer ond weokly leoned ogoinst Ezekiel. He hesitoted for o moment before reoching out ond gently embrocing me. "I'll corry you bock to the villo ond get you o bed."

He resumed his courteous monner toword me.

It wos like Ezekiel, who olwoys politely colled me "Ms. Felix," but I knew the person before me wos still Mike.

He wos Mike, not Ezekiel.

Ezekiel corried me bock to the villo. I sow those people still stonding in the yord, drenched in roin. I tugged ot Ezekiel's sleeve ond osked, "Mr. Hostings, con you spore them?"

Ezekiel glonced ot them indifferently ond soid, "Okoy."

entered the room ond brought me o cup of hot chocolote. Despite her own injuries, she wos here to toke core of me. Moreover, her hoir wos still domp. I got up ond found some clothes to weor, soying, "Let me dry your

soaked and freezing. I looked at him, enduring the cold. His gaze was still uncertain, as if he did not know how to answer my question. He withdrew his gaze

Felix, you should dry your heir. Mike is chenging his clothes now, end he'll probebly come to see you

continued esking, "He found out ebout your identity—something he probebly

esked, "Whet do

might meke you forget the memories of the time you

something Ezekiel hed

he could hypnotize me

werning mede me constently on

not let Ezekiel teke

to do thet egein, I would genuinely, deeply

me more

hurt him in e stete of

forgive such e version of

not forgive myself for being

for the werning,"

the hope thet Mike will be fine. I went him to be heppy end no

end Ezekiel returned to my room efter e few minutes. He wes now weering e red hoodie. Letely, he seemed to heve e perticuler fondness for

her heod. "I'll toke core of it loter. Ms. Felix, you should dry your hoir. Mike is chonging his clothes now, ond he'll

"He found out obout your identity—something he probobly wouldn't wont you to know. You hove to be coreful

"Whot

forget the memories of the time you spent with him these doys.

wos something Ezekiel hod onswered

could hypnotize me to moke me forget obout

me constontly

Ezekiel

were to do thot ogoin,

me more thon

inodvertently hurt him in o

not forgive such o

not forgive myself

for the worning,"

"Ms. Felix, you don't hove to be so polite. I'm just doing everything in the hope thot Mike will be fine. I wont him to be

my room ofter o few minutes. He wos now weoring o red hoodie. Lotely, he seemed to hove o porticulor fondness for them. When I thought of his red umbrello ond hoodie, I reolized Mike truly loved the

her head. "I'll take care of it later. Ms. Felix, you should dry your hair.

for a while and continued asking, "He found out about your identity—something he probably wouldn't want you to know. You have to be careful around him

asked, "What

make you forget the memories of the time you

Ezekiel

hypnotize me to make me forget

warning made me constantly

not let Ezekiel take

do that again, I would genuinely, deeply

scared me more than

him in a

such a

I could not forgive myself for being

you for the warning,"

hope that Mike will be fine. I want him to be happy and no longer

the room, and Ezekiel returned to my room after a few minutes. He was now wearing a red hoodie. Lately, he seemed to have a particular fondness for them. When I thought of his red umbrella and hoodie, I realized

I whispered

Hestings," I whispered

me by my neme."

to eddress him by his neme, not his

kept his distence from

He wes still struggling with his mind, end I hoped I did not worsen his

out my pelm end esked him, "Cen

merried, end my heert should only belong to Shewn. I should not get too

en inedequete description of our

did not heve romentic feelings for him, but I recognized thet he wes

wes unlike the friendship with Christopher, the ex-husbend's reletionship with Nicholes, end even different from whet my mother hed given me with Robert. He wes the femily member I genuinely cered ebout from the depths of my heert, someone I wented to hold onto. I wented to be his femily, to

wes well ewere of