The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 734

The girl stood in silence, her lips parted as if to speak, but in the end, she said nothing.

The man pressed on. "I... I know your last relationship hurt you so deeply you haven't been able to move on. But Ady, I'm not him. I would never hurt you the way he did. You can't just shut me out, not even give me a chance. It's been five years—you must have noticed how I feel by now. Even if you refuse to take a single step toward me, that's alright. I'll walk all hundred steps to reach you."

A flicker of emotion crossed the girl's face.

He must have noticed, because he shut his eyes for a moment before speaking again. “Ady, I love you. I want to marry you. Can you give me a chance-let's try dating, with marriage in mind?"

She hesitated. Of course she liked him; how could she not? But the scars from her past relationship left her afraid-afraid to open up, to step into something new.

The crowd below erupted into applause and cheers.

"Go for it! Give him a chance!"

"Don't let a failed relationship make you doubt yourself!"

"You deserve to be loved!"

"What's there to be afraid of? You only live once-make the most of it!"

"Exactly! No matter what happens, just be happy!"

believe you two will get

to be brave,

the onlookers sent a wave of encouragement through both of

blinked back tears, turned to the crowd, and called, "Thank you, all of

she looked up at the man on stage. "Raymond, I like you too. Let's

short to hide in your shell; so what if you make a mistake? You can always start over. But you can't spend your life

on stage,

encouragement, and something

Content Belongs to

time for him to

then, a sleepy voice snapped him back

Citrine mumbled as

with ~~

got

down," he said

her into

want to go home."

could. With her mind foggy, Citrine leaned on Sebastian as they made

wrong?" Sebastian asked when

Citrine muttered,