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

in her heart made tears well in her eyes. She was unsure if it

or the cold night wind

few seconds, Linda looked at his handsome profile. "You don't have to worry. I have no reason

Linda asked hopefully. "It's the perfect place to watch the snow in winter." The snow descended quickly. The streetlights around Wilson Group illuminated the snow, making it

path to the apartment. Following him, Linda felt a pang of bitterness. He

1. up.

him, she had

in the snow looked like those of a loving couple. In reality, they were divorced and would

and held out her

was up to something and turned around. Linda was

you doing?" he

snapped out of her thoughts and quickly walked to his side. "I once heard a poem that goes, "If we walk through the snow together, we can

romantic ever since she first heard

William sneered. "No.

dreams come true. So, I went to Ferland alone on our honeymoon. I saw

be a lie, too. How could walking through the snow together mean we'd grow old

someone else to grow old with,

or me."

with genuine detachment. But she wasn't trying to

them. Though Linda

made her shiver, and she raised her hands to her mouth to

you cold?"

off guard. In the past, she would have denied it flat out. But now, she simply replied,

Yes, I am."

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

coat over her anyway. "Your ability to

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