Chapter 153

The car sped towards her, screeching to a halt right next to her. Nadine instinctively stepped back when

she saw it barreling down the street.

Just as she was about to yell, the window rolled down, revealing Brad’s strikingly handsome face. The dim streetlight made it hard to see his expression clearly, but she could tell from the reflected light that his eyes were filled with darkness.

Brad’s lips were pressed into a thin line, and he regarded Nadine with a scrutinizing gaze that reminded her of the night they first met nearly six years ago

That winter night, when Nadine was still a medical student, she discovered she was pregnant.

She thought that if she could just forget about that night and move on, the nightmare would fade away. But she realized that some things are impossible to escape.

She had never told anyone about it. However, she had secretly asked her mother, “Mom, what would happen if a girl got pregnant out of wedlock?”

mother had given her flat stomach a meaningful look and said, “That girl better not be you, Nadine. Our family can’t bear that shame. If

for an abortion, nor did she tell anyone about it, so she went

end it all there, thinking the vast ocean could surely accommodate her

a dark figure followed

she opened her eyes, she saw Brad’s impassive face and his

remembered his calm demeanor, which was like the moon high in the

the present as Brad’s eyes brought Nadine back to reality. She stood

honked the horn and said,

didn’t move. She politely replied, “No, thank you

afraid of being alone with Brad. After all,

control of herself. She knew

heal all wounds. Though

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