Never Blinded by Love

Chapter 7

For a moment, William's heart softened, but he quickly remembered her past actions. With a frown, he. spoke coldly, "Linda, what kind of tricks are you playing now?"

Linda felt her heart shatter again at his words. Pride kept her from begging, but she knew this was her last act of love and her final compromise.

With downcast eyes, Linda held up three fingers that turned red from the cold. "I'm not playing any tricks,

William. I don't have the energy to

"I just want to give our broken marriage a proper ending. I'm leaving Osmo tomorrow and will never be back. You won't ever see me again."

As William's gaze met her clear eyes, a sudden tension gripped his temples. It felt like he could see someone else through her eyes.

He clenched his fists tightly to stay clear-headed. For some time now, he'd been plagued by headaches, as if some buried power was trying to break through into his memories.

William had a strong feeling that these were his memories, though he didn't know when he lost them.

In his dreams, he always saw a sweet young girl, smiling and calling out to him. Astonishingly, the face in his dreams overlapped with Linda's.

Suddenly, a wild thought crossed his mind-could Linda really be the girl who saved him all those years

ago?

But he quickly dismissed it. How could Linda be that girl? She was nothing but a liar who used her family

to force and manipulate others.

Seeing his pale face, Linda blurted out, "Are you feeling unwell?" She had always been attuned to his move and could sense even the slightest change.

every

William opened his mouth to reject her, but the words stuck in his throat. He couldn't seem to say no to

Linda.

frowned, and he spoke in a hoarse voice, "Can you really

her heart made tears well

cold night wind that made them

looked at his handsome profile. "You don't have to worry. I have no

asked hopefully. "It's the perfect place to watch the snow in

neither agreed nor refused. He released the door handle and headed toward the path to the apartment. Following him, Linda felt a pang of bitterness. He was never hers and never would

1. up.

ten years of loving him, she had nothing left. There

looked like those of a loving couple. In reality, they were divorced and would never cross

suddenly stopped and held out her chilly hands to catch the

fade, William thought she was up to something and

you doing?"

her thoughts and quickly walked to his side. "I once heard a poem that

since she first heard it

William sneered. "No. You are quite

upon the Northern Lights would make dreams come true.

could walking through the snow together mean we'd

strangers. We each have someone else to grow old with, but it wouldn't be

or me."

to be able to speak these words with genuine detachment. But she wasn't trying to provoke William and truly meant

wind and snow wrapped around them. Though Linda wasn't dressed lightly, she couldn't escape

and she raised her hands to her mouth

you cold?"

past, she would have denied it flat out. But now, she

Yes, I am."

his coat. "No need. We're almost there, and I don't want you to catch a cold. I couldn't afford it, and 1

anyway. "Your ability to lie has

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apartment wasn't far,