The Contract Marriage by Winter Love

Chapter 355: Chapter 354: The Final Farewell (6)

Ling Chuxia nestled in Shi Che’s embrace, her head tilted slightly upward, looking at him. From her angle, she could see the smooth line of Shi Che’s jaw, the slight bulge of his Adam’s apple, and his clean collarbone.

She still remembered when they were younger, how he held her just like this, walking through the school’s long corridors, past the lush trees, and along the quiet paths.

Back then, he wore white clothes, and when a soft breeze blew, it would billow his shirt. She was carried in his arms like that, as if all her fears could disappear.

But now, this embrace must be the last, right?

After this, he would never hold her again, and she could no longer nestle in his arms.

Ling Chuxia tilted her head slightly, pressing her forehead against Shi Che’s chest, slowly closing her eyes as tears glistened and fell from the corners.

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Ling Chuxia had already fallen asleep against the seat back. Shi

were gently closed; long, thick lashes cast a small shadow beneath her eye sockets, with a trace of pallor still on her cheeks. She was supposed to be sleeping against the back of the seat, but her

her and his brow

remembered that when they first got married, she was quite reserved before she fell

how large the bed was, she could always take it over entirely by herself. He was often hit, kicked, or even kicked out of the bed by her. Then the next day, she could open those big eyes of hers and look at him innocently, as if nothing had happened, leaving him unable to vent his frustrations. In the end, he simply held her tight every night, so she

own. On that large bed, she occupied only a very small corner, her

would watch her back, suffering from insomnia, headaches, anxiety, irritation, yet helpless

nearly broke. The girl he deeply loved did not truly love him. In fact, she stayed by his side just for her elder sister, for

showed him gentleness, or cared for him, the thought would uncontrollably surface in his mind: What were her smiles, her gentleness, her care really for? For her elder

it was never

her advances, but he also couldn’t accept