Pampered by my three brothers: the return of the neglected heiress

Chapter 1448

Chapter 1448: Love was hell

Have you ever loved someone so deeply that you wished to die before them?

Well, Haines had.

He had loved someone so deeply, so passionately, that he had built his future with her at its center. He loved so hard that he never imagined life without her.

So when she didn't come that night, Haines kept waiting. He told himself all kinds of excuses, convincing himself he could try again. Next time, he would make sure she came.

But alas, he waited-days, weeks, months, and then years. Yet, that woman never returned. She just... disappeared.

From that night on, she never showed up again—like a ghost. Just like that, she was gone. No note left behind, no traces, nothing.

God knows that every passing second took a piece of him. Every night killed him a little more, and every morning seemed dimmer.

It was hell.

Love was hell.

Perhaps he had flown too close to the sun without realizing it, only to find himself crashing. And no way in hell would he ever fly that high again.

[PRESENT TIME]

Haines opened his eyes groggily, catching sight of the IV drip hanging beside him. His brows furrowed as he raised his hand, noticing the needle inserted in the back of it and the heart monitor clipped to his forefinger. The "fever" that had burned through him before he lost consciousness last night was gone.

"Grace," he breathed out and turned his head, only to find her seated in a chair beside him.

knuckles, her elbow propped on the armrest, her eyes

in silence, exhaling in relief. "I'm glad she found me." Otherwise, he had no idea what would have happened to

about whatever Penny had put in that cake were set aside,

he had taken a brief trip down memory

to forget. But no matter what he did, and wherever he would live, it always found a way to resurface like an open

no longer had

had

on him. Not because he still cared for the woman he

weighing his heart

was awake, she leaned forward. "How

didn't answer immediately just

relief. "You passed out on the way here. I was really

recklessly to get him here, nor how she had

him. "It'll help flush out

When she

born-or rather, a little earlier—I was with a woman," he said, making her pause, her brows slowly rising. "She was beautiful, smart, and... warm. She had the most beautiful

slightly,

continued, his voice heavy as he swallowed the tension in his throat. "At the time, I told myself—if

her expression unreadable. No woman wanted to hear that

match how much I loved her. But thought she at least loved me just as much," he murmured. "But she didn't. The

never told

head. "No one knew. Charles was in the

time, and I didn't want the

"Oh."

in her forehead, as if processing his confession. Then she met

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