Never Blinded by Love

Chapter 374

"Arden, I admit I was terrified when I first met you," Linda said, her voice calm but cautious. "Throughout my life, I had never seen anyone like you. But the things I said back then came from the heart"

Linda was worried. She feared Arden might do something reckless. She couldn't be certain if Samson had realized she was missing or if he had started looking for her. In the face of the unknown, she could only protect herself and try to stay unharmed. "Arden, I was scared of you back then because the scars on your face were frightening. But you also saved me that day. I wandered onto a deserted road by accident, and you were theone who brought me back.

"So that was why I told you back then that your appearance doesn't define you. I believe you haven't done anything truly wrong in all these years. You've just been only way you know how.

"If you need help with something, you can tell me. All I want is for you not to go down a path you'll regret," she spoke gently, like she was talking to a child. Arden suddenly smiled. surviving the

"Linda, I don't want anything complicated. All I want is you."

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appearance and could see I'm a good person. Someone to share my life with. But I never found anyone like that. Every woman who sees my face recoils in horror "They all say the same

deeper into despair. Every time I heard them, I couldn't respond because it was the truth. These days, if your face isn't flawless, it doesn't matter what you do. Nothing else

a bad person. But his experiences had changed him. He could no

you for your looks. But just like the other women,

on the bedside table and swung

said, her voice steady but tience. "Don't try anything with

with eerie confidence as if convinced that no one could locate

in love with you one day, it's better to just keep someone close, even if

you must force her

you, and that's enough. As long as you're here with me, and a little light shines in my dark world, that's all I need. I don't need anything else and don't expect it, either." He sounded like a desperate man who had run