The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart

Chapter 1280

Years and moisture had intertwined, turning the once pristine whiteness of the plaster to a dull black.

What was initially in blocks, now lay in powder.

Kari thought back to the past, a mix of surprise and an indescribable discomfort surfaced, "You bought this house before we even reconnected."

Not to mention, before we got together.

Ronald looked down, his forehead resting against hers, "Yes."

"You said you wanted a house where the sunlight always shone through, where the sheets were always clean and crisp, where there were huge floor-to-ceiling windows..." Ronald's voice was hoarse, "I made sure you had all of that." Kari's eyes suddenly brimmed with tears, "I also said we'd always be together."

She remembered her own words.

Ronald's voice was slightly husky, "Kari."

"Ronald."

Kari met his gaze, full of seriousness.

"When you came back home and found out I was getting married, were you upset?"

For so long, she never mentioned the past.

Neither did Ronald.

His lips pressed together, clearly hit by her words.

"I'm sorry."

me... I can't

"I know."

Kari to wait for him during the ten years he

they were

was dead, Kari shouldn't have to give

"I left for ten years, wasn't there during

dared to hope for

Kari suddenly choked up.

whispering softly, "I've wanted to give you this house for

married someone else, this would have been your dowry; if you married me,

as she

around her waist,

at Ronald with red eyes and a quivering voice,

swnove

moistened, he leaned down to kiss her

villa felt both foreign and familiar

floors barefoot in the middle of the night,

were tough, she always mentioned, if she ever had money she'd carpet the floors thickly so

remembered this, carpeting the second and third floors

the

over

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it felt neither

Soft as clouds.