Chapter 432

My eyes grew slightly moist, a peculiar sensation scratching at the bottom of my heart.

For a fleeting moment, I contemplated coming clean. What if this revelation impacted his health? I was ready to face it alongside him. Better that than having him spend nights agonizing, deeming me a heartbreaker.

Shaking my head, I began, “It’s not like that, Gregory. These past two years, I’ve been…”

“Never mind.”

Gregory’s smile was thin, laced with unmistakable mockery, though his eyes betrayed a redness. “Jane, I guess I should’ve never harbored any

expectations.”

His words stabbed deep.

I struggled to keep my eyes wide, pinching the inner corners to hold back tears, feigning acceptance. “If that’s what you believe, you might not be wrong.”

After all, my efforts over the past two years to track him down had led nowhere. Like a traceless bird in flight, equivalent to having never tried. I didn’t need to confess my actions to him. In his eyes, I was just that callous. He had barely been mourned before I was supposedly cozying up with someone else.

So, if that’s how it was to be, further words were futile.

“Really?”

bitterness, and in the next moment, stretched out an arm, pulling me down to

kiss, but a

across my lips, seeping into my mouth. The pain was sharp, and I gasped, cautious of his fragile legs, hardly daring to

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Chapter 432

it doesn’t matter if you’re Jane or Lilliana, getting close to anyone but me is a

mistake!”

he

my lips, my fingers came away bloodied, a stark reminder.

busy lately. Take care of

didn’t look back as

everything but the faint starlight beyond the windows. In the shadows, pondering her attitude, his irritation surged from within. He had spent over two decades searching for her, only for her to not seek him out immediately upon

laughable, utterly worthless. Yet, he had survived. The Ford family, father and son, would pay a price. Whether it was for

on the wheelchair tightened, veins bulging before uncontrollably trembling. He had hoped, with Jane moving back, that

seems he

to find a bottle of lithium carbonate, swallowing a few pills. The

he glanced at the caller ID- Edith. At this hour, she should be boarding her flight.

“What is it?” His

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