Your Love Is But a Dream

Chapter 201

Clara was stunned into silence by Wien’s words.

She had always believed that Wren had feelings for tvy, that he kept pushing her away because he loved Ivy, and that he lowered his bottom line repeatedly for her, hurting Clara in the process,

But now, Wren was telling her he had never even considered marrying Ivy, and the person he wanted to marry was her

For a moment, Clara didn’t know how to tract.

The last time Wren confessed to her, she had assumed it was simply because he had grown used to her presence after all these years and that he came looking her because he didn’t want to break the habit of having her around.

But now, everything had unraveled. The truth was something else entirely.

Seeing her silence, Wren continued, “You asked me earlier if I would have let you study in Uthuria if your hand hadn’t been injured.

“I wouldn’t have because I couldn’t bear for you to leave me. I didn’t want to be without you. I was afraid that once you left, you’d never come back

“I wanted to keep you by my side. But I never considered how much pain that would bring you.

“And I regret it deeply every time I think about it now. If I hadn’t been so selfish and let you go earlier, maybe none of what happened after would have ever happened

on him completely.

for

had acted out of selfishness, but he never imagined that one selfish decision would destroy her dreams and make her give up on h “What’s the point of bringing all this up now? It’s done. Let’s past leave it in

found a new direction in life. We both should be looking ahead,

what happened back then. You raised me. I

to save mr.

eyes in pain.

cruelly had come back like a boomerang, cutting him open, Only now did

thank you for saving me. the other night. If you hadn’t shown up when you did, I’d

saw the pain on Wren’s face, a dull ache rose in her chest. She forced a smile, trying to make it

longer wanted to dwell on the things that couldn’t be undone. And she didn’t want to see Wren trapped

they once were, he was still family to her. That had been decided the day she was seven years old–when Wren had taken her

and having a family connection wasn’t so bad. At

her tears with all her

hold his back, as his eyes

a dead end. Being siblings

he supposed to let go? How could he bear to let go?