Chapter 23

He suddenly let go, and I was free again. I did not open my eyes and just laid there on the couch like a dead fish.

After a long while, he took me in his arms and held me close. Leaning against his chest, I could clearly feel the beating of his heart. Thump, thump, thump. It was strong

“How much longer do you want to pretend?” His deep, magnetic voice reached my ears.

He raised his hand and pinched my cheek, but I still did not move.

“How could you in your right mind decide to end the life of the child? Are you not ashamed?” The tone of his voice was a little low, but it was

obviously not as angry as before.

My heart skipped a beat. My eyelashes fluttered, but I still did not open my eyes.

With a barely audible sigh, he carried m

e and gently placed me on the bed.

me. For the first time in

odno

me. Come to think of it, it was not easy to be Mason. Coming from a lineage of doctors, he had almost become Theo’s personal doctor. He was always

so tired that I ended up falling

I could vaguely

cannot make both happen, you will have

did not seem to want to hear this

to continue hearing what they were saying after

tightly. I tried very hard to open my eyes, but my eyelids were as heavy as stone. I just could

already late morning Theo was no longer in the

divorce papers on the sofa last night

had wanted

procedures today. Since Theo was not around, I

washing up, I went to the company. I still had a lot on my plate, and I would need to slowly clear my work as

crucial task at the moment was to select an ambassador. The product launch was just around the corner. Theo had assigned me this task,

be

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