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.

in a hoarse voice, "Can you

bitterness in her heart made tears well in

the cold night wind that made them

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

to watch the snow in winter." The snow descended quickly. The streetlights around Wilson Group illuminated the snow, making

handle and headed toward the path to the apartment. Following him, Linda felt

1. up.

years of loving him, she had

loving couple. In reality, they were divorced and would

and held out

thought she was up to something and turned around. Linda was

are you doing?"

poem that goes, "If we walk through the snow together, we can grow old

ever since she first heard

"No. You are quite

wishing upon the Northern Lights would make dreams come true. So, I went to Ferland alone on our honeymoon. I saw the lights, but my wish

walking through the snow together mean we'd grow old

each have someone else

or me."

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

snow wrapped around them. Though Linda wasn't

her shiver, and she raised her hands to her

cold?" William

would have

Yes, I am."

don't want you to catch a cold. I couldn't afford it, and 1

William draped his coat over her anyway. "Your ability to lie has always been

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