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Chapter 979
“Did you keep all of these from me because you were worried that I’d be heartbroken if you didn’t survive the
curse-cleansing process?” It wasn’t until then that Lillian understood why he’d been reluctant to speak back then.
Callum evaded Lillian’s question. “Do you know what awaited me after my narrow escape from death and the
thorough cleansing of the curse from my body? It was you, in the hospital, planning to have an abortion and
claiming that you no longer had feelings for me, as you loved me no more!”
Every word he uttered then was like a slap to her face.
“I’m so, so, sorry.” Lillian sobbed.
“You don’t have to apologize to me again. Likewise, telling me that you love me is meaningless now,” Callum
declared.
However, Lillian still persistently lay her hand on Callum’s cheek. She even added her other hand to it since it wasn’t
enough.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“It’s not meaningless. If I once froze your heart and turned it into stone, I’ll warm it up and revive it again. Callum,
please give me a chance, okay? Just one more!” Lillian begged bitterly.
Callum lowered his gaze faintly to conceal the fleeting internal struggle showing through his eyes. It had always
been simple for her to rile up his emotions merely by pleading to him several times and shedding a few drops of
tears.
“A chance? How so?” Callum replied after a considerable amount of time had passed.
“Let’s interact with one another like before. I only need one month, I swear! You have my word that I’ll leave you
and not disturb you anymore if you still won’t forgive me and refuse to be with me after that. However, I hope you
won’t avoid me within this period,” Lillian elaborated.
“A month?” Callum scoffed. “Am I supposed to believe that you’ll give up after a month and stay out of my life?”
“I can sign a guarantee!” Lillian quickly responded.
“That holds no legal effect,” Callum turned her down mercilessly.
“Well…” Lillian was in a quandary. Convincing him to trust in her had become such an ordeal. “I’ll swear upon my
life!”
She trained her eyes on him resolutely. “I swear upon my life to leave you if you still choose not to be with me after
a month and never appear before your sight of my own volition. If I were ever to fail, after giving birth, I shall-”
Callum interrupted abruptly before she could finish her oath, “All right, one month it is! Go back to Strico after that,
and stay out of my sight.”
Lillian let out a long sigh of relief. Although she was not pleased with how confident Callum was that they wouldn’t
get back together after a month, the bright side was that he’d agreed to her proposal at the least. “Well, you’ll have
to pick up whenever I call you. You should also inform the security guard downstairs and your secretary in due time
to let me through when I come looking for you,” Lillian launched into a spiel.
Callum turned away from her and walked to his desk alone.
He was baffled at himself for going along with such a preposterous request.
“A month? Is she really treating this as some kind of love game?” he sneered internally.
Alas, the thought of what she had been so close to swearing still caused him to shiver uncontrollably. He feared she
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmwas going to jinx herself.
He resisted it instinctively and didn’t want to hear anything about it.
Callum no longer paid Lillian any heed and went straight to flip open the documents on his desk, getting to work.
On the contrary, Lillian spontaneously planted herself on one side of the couch and placed the snacks she’d brought
on the coffee table. She then poured herself a glass of warm water from the dispenser and
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munched on snacks while browsing childcare-related websites on her phone.
They were in a bizarrely harmonious state, and everything felt so natural.
Lillian sneaked a glance at the busy Callum from the corner of her eye and felt as if she was back in the past.
She would curl up on the couch to eat and drink leisurely if he happened to have work on his hands. whenever she
visited him.
His office was always stocked up with all kinds of her favorite snacks, and she eventually began. complaining, “Look
how much weight I’ve gained. I’ll become obese one day with all these tempting snacks in your office.”
“It doesn’t matter. I’ll still love you even then,” he’d reply with a hint of a smile.
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