Chapter 184

Max continued, "So, I found you first in this life."

"Max, what are you talking about?" I felt like my breath was about to stop. So, that child was mine and Max's in the previous life.

"When I found you, you called out for Claude every time in your dreams. I thought you were still in love with him. I thought I was the only one who got a second chance. So, I figured all I needed in this life was to protect you from getting hurt again," he said, his gaze so intense it felt like it was melting every corner of my heart.

"Max..."

"I thought I could let you go, let you love someone else, but Claire, I just can't. I came here to repay your kindness back in the orphanage. You're all I've ever wanted."

I was stunned. 'What? Repay me? Only wanted me...'

He didn't even wait for me to respond, pulling me close into his embrace. "From now on, you can't lend my shirt to other men. Got it?"

I was utterly confused and nodded in panic.

me, I was right there with him. But halfway through, something struck me,

we can't. Next thing, you'll have someone sending me morning-after pills again. You're always tricking me." I hugged my knees, feeling

realizing something. "Was it the Hilton family's driver who

I nodded.

unsure whether to admit I had or hadn't, so

said, "Is that why you moved out, avoided me for

reason, I found myself nodding and then shaking my

"Claire, I'll be more careful not to let anyone around me

I didn't tell him hadn't taken the pills because t still needed

he would never let me go through with

you forgive me?" He pulled me onto his lap, resting my

feeling like I was in a dream. So, I wasn't the only one with a second chance in life. But why

the date on the tombstone. "Max, in your previous life,

flicker in his eyes, but

time on the tombstone your time of death from the last

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