Chapter 198

Chapter 198

Owen’s face was clouded with frustration, clearly showing his annoyance.

Hailey sat beside him, dressed in matching pink bear–themed pajamas. They were wearing couple’s sleepwear, a small comfort in an otherwise tense atmosphere.

Owen was not pleased. He kept his head down, his phone blasting with the sound of gunfire from a shooting game he’d gotten hooked on during his time in the hospital. The game had become his new obsession

In the past, Owen had been all about making money, but now, all he wanted was to take it easy.

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He had enough wealth to live comfortably, and all he wanted was a simple life–spending every day with the person he loved in a small house, doing whatever they wanted without anyone disturbing them. It felt like the world only had the two of them in it.

The sound of the game’s gunshots echoed as he lost a round,

Owen sighed and turned off his phone, looking at Hailey. “So, are you coming with me?” he asked.

“I can’t leave, Owen. My work is here.” Hailey furrowed her brow, trying to explain.

Owen’s expression darkened. “Then I won’t leave. I’ll stay here with you.”

Hailey raised an eyebrow. “What about the company?” Richard quietly asked, standing nearby.

“I’ll find someone to cover for me,” Owen replied, dismissing the concern.

“But we have several major projects coming up in the second half of the year. You’re needed to handle them, Richard pressed.

Owen’s face grew

darker.

wisely fell silent.

softly. “Owen, it’s not like we can’t meet again. Why are you being so

gaze intense and serious. “Because I don’t want to be

her smile fading slightly

five years,” Owen murmured, his voice low.

hit Hailey like a physical blow, and a

years of separation, they were behind them now, but it

more, to understand the depth of their love, and to hold each other

to keep her composure. “I’m sorry, Owen. I made you

after so many years, it was

fily, her voice

anyone. Even when she decided to give her heart to someone, she subconsciously kept a part of herself in reserve, just in case.

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Hailey to be as open as he was, but she would give him everything

in their forties or fifties, she would finally be able to give herself completely

handed in

to Hallon City with Owen. He had risked his life for her,

the freedom to be impulsive. Unlike most people who had to stick to the same routine for survival,

in translation work. It was something far

back in Hallon City, I’m going to start writing again. This time, I want to write our story, Hailey said, her voice full of

you do,” Owen replied, his words warm

and as they got off the plane, the setting sun bathed them in a golden glow,

at the airport,”

Selena exuded a sense of

of the line was silent for a moment before responding. “What are you planning to do? We

sneered. “I’m ready to do whatever it takes.

to die,” Mateo’s voice was laced with fear. “I just want to live.”

have any way out now? You were the star student back in school, but now look at you–working as a grocery store clerk. No company in Wothaland will hire you. Is this really

murmuring, “I

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