Chapter 167

I couldn’t predict the future. But at that moment, I couldn’t remain indifferent to a man’s tears. This man had harbored feelings for me since high school. And I had already decided to give both him and myself a chance.

Perhaps I was slightly disappointed in him, but it wasn’t to the extent of me wanting to shut him out completely.

I had always been too kind–hearted.

Matthew might have faced a genuine emergency. I chose to believe the incident was just an accident.

Seeing how sincere he was, I would give him one more chance. Just this once!

He couldn’t stop talking about his regrets and fears. He went on about how hurt and guilty he felt seeing me unconscious on the hospital bed. He didn’t seem to hear me at all.

I didn’t continue to speak. I quietly listened to his ramblings with a smile in my eyes.

Suddenly, he stiffened. It was as if he had come to a realization and quickly sat up to look into my eyes.

that moment, I saw sheer

still lingering at the corners of his eyes. They said men seldom shed tears, yet he had cried

him again and to give us a

right. Just wait for me a bit. I’ll be back quickly. This time, I won’t break my

the Loxley family, wiped his face with the hem of his shirt and

reaching the door, he rushed back and kissed my forehead without any warning. “I’m so happy!

step. But yesterday’s incident was too perilous. Thinking about

recent years, I had encountered too many dangerous

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Why did I always

Matthew left, Colin called

His handsome but anxious face appeared before my eyes. “Are you still feverish? Does the wound hurt? That heavy rain must have scared you. Ah, it’s

trying to touch my face on the screen. I

too.

I missed Colin.

terrified. There was no one on the street. I fell three, no, four times. My legs are

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