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Chapter 469
“Are you leaving?” Nathan's voice was hoarse, maybe from the booze or something else.
| nodded. “Melissa’s coming to get me. | just want to chat with her for a bit.”
Nathan glanced at the door. “She’s not here yet. Will you keepcompany in the lounge for a while?”
| glanced over and saw sfruit laid out in the lounge, so | followed him in.
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The white leather sofa was super soft. | sank into it, and Nathan sat down heavily on the single chair next to me,
looking totally wiped out.
“Your hair...” I'd been holding back my feelings all night, but | couldn't take it anymore. “What's going on?”
Nathan let out a bitter laugh. “Does it look that bad?”
My eyes stung, and | shook my head. “No, it’s not that. It's just... why has it turned so white all of a sudden?
You're still so young.”
Nathan glanced at his reflection in the glass and gave a wry smile. “If you don’t think it looks bad, then | guess
it’s fine.”
“Why don’t you see a doctor? Maybe it's something they can fix,” | said, concern clear in my voice.
“It’s nothing. | don’t really care,” Nathan replied with a laid-back shrug. “Don’t feel bad, okay? This has nothing
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you. I've just been working too much and not getting enough sleep.”
“Really?” | stared into his eyes, but he couldn't meet mine, his gaze flickering away.
Nathan's voice softened. “Victoria, don’t dwell on it, alright?”
| nodded. “Okay. But promiseyou'll get srest from now on, and don’t work yourself to the bone. Work
never really
ends, you know.”
Nathan gazed atin silence. With no one else around, he finally let his guard down, and the raw sincerity in
his eyes made my heart uneasy.
He just kept looking at me, his eyes rimmed red, holding a broken glimmer that seemed ready to shatter.
Seeing him like this, so close to falling apart, my heart twisted with feelings | couldn't name. He kept saying he
was fine, but deep down, | knew he'd never truly healed.
“Nathan..”1 started, but my voice faded away.
“I'm sorry” Nathan suddenly buried his face in his hands, his voice low and trembling as he apologized. “I'm
sorry, Victoria. | tried, but | just can’t do it. | can’t let you go.”
That apology hitright in the heart. There's nothing wrong with loving someone-it’s just that our timing was
all wrong.
If only we'd met at the right moment, maybe we could've held each other tight, without holding back.
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“You didn’t do anything wrong. You don’t have to apologize. I'm the one who failed you,” | said, feeling guilty.
Nathan's eyes were red as he asked, “Victoria, is it alright if | wait for you?”
My heart thudded hard in my chest.
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“If you say yes, I'll wait for you, quietly. Whenever you're ready, we can finally be together the way we should,”
Nathan blurted out, the alcohol giving him courage.
| was stunned. Nathan's love had always been restrained and genuine, something he could truly be proud of.
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“I'm sorry, but | can’t give you any hope,” | whispered. His sincere waiting was too much forto accept, so |
could only
turn him down.
Nathan's eyes filled with disappointment, as if my words had hit him harder than he could handle.
“You won't even letwait for you?” he asked, his voice hoarse with emotion.
“It’s not that. You really don’t have to wait for me,” | said, getting up and starting to walk out.
Just then, Melissa crushing into the hall, and | called out to stop her.
She spun around, worry all over her face. “Victoria, are you alright? Did you get drunk? Did any guy mess with
you? Seriously, tell me!”
Before | could say a word, Nathan cout from the door behind me.
Melissa's face broke into a grin. “With Nathan around, | don’t have to worry about you at all.”
Nathan walked over to Melissa and said, “She had a bit to drink. Can you look after her for me?”
Melissa thumped her chest confidently. “Relax, Nathan. Victoria's with me-nothing’s gonna happen to her.”
Nathan's eyes were shadowed with loneliness as he glanced at me. “I'm heading upstairs. There's a
shareholders’ meeting tomorrow, so you'll need to cby and sign the papers.”
“Okay, I'll be there,” | said, then headed out with Melissa.
Her car was parked a bit farther away, and she grumbled, “A bunch of official cars showed up earlier, and now
the entrance is packed.”
| glanced over and, sure enough, there were several cars parked out front, including two really imposing sedans.
“Wait a sec, Victoria, | think I just spotted the deputy mayor and a few other officials. I'm gonna go say hi,”
Melissa said, clearly on a roll with networking lately. She ditchedand practically jogged over to mingle and
get her face known with the group.
Melissa was a natural at this-slick and savvy, always knowing what to say. She probably really had met those
officials before, because she walked up with a friendly smile and greeted each of them like an old acquaintance.
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