Chapter 2029 Family Burdens

Denise took a moment, then said, "I had no choice. I'm my parents' only child. If I don't look after them, who will?"

If I could, I'd be irresponsible-let them fend for themselves, and spare myself all this fatigue. Being unfilial would at least mean I could rest.

Yet she couldn't cross that line, and the real reason she kept paying for their treatment was simple.

I just can't live without them. If they truly left this world, I wouldn't have a reason to keep living either.

"I understand," Magnus murmured, nodding.

Denise was about to step inside when she realized he was still holding her hand.

She slipped free, cheeks warm, and asked with a teasing lift of her brow, "Magnus, why the sudden present? Don't tell me you've fallen for me?"

At her words, Magnus' face went crimson, as though scorched.

He jumped back defensively. "Quit joking! Why would I like you? I prefer gentle women. Can't friends give each other presents?"

"Oh, okay." Denise chuckled. "So long as you haven't fallen for me."

into the room, set water to boil, poured herself a cup, and poured one for

stared at her, momentarily at a loss, and asked, "Why do you think it's enough to

every trace of the

powerful family. We're completely mismatched. Besides, you really are handsome, and someone as plain as

Magnus might spiral into wild guesses, so she hurriedly added, "And most importantly, I don't like men

a frigid wind whistled

they had spread across the floor, he kept glancing up at Denise, who

mind replayed, over and over, the sentence Denise

I not mature enough? Can't I

Magnus' chest; despite changing so much, he still wasn't "mature" in Denise's

eluded him, so he pulled out his phone and began scrolling

had intended to contact Cecilia and apologize for everything he'd done in the past, but the thought of his own mountain of debt made him decide to settle those

was only a

new year was coming, yet Rainsworth Manor felt unusually

and Elena and Wren

didn't leave the manor; she merely moved to another wing, continuing

time whenever they could to visit

of the estate. He had planned to travel again, but after Niel's

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