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.

I saw sheer ecstasy in

lingering at the corners of his eyes. They

decided to trust him again

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

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

door, he rushed back and kissed my forehead without any warning.

slightly improved as I watched him leave the ward with a spring in his step. But yesterday’s incident was too perilous. Thinking about it now made me even more fearful. I couldn’t

I had encountered too many

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did I

long after Matthew left, Colin

before my eyes. “Are you still feverish? Does the wound hurt? That heavy rain must have scared you. Ah, it’s all my

out, trying to touch my face on the screen. I instinctively tried to get

too.

I missed Colin.

three, no, four times. My legs are bruised,

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