NovelEnglishChapter 482 "If you want to see Brock, I can bring him over anytime." He held her hand tightly, as if letting go meant losing her forever. "Elle, promiseyou won't leave, okay?" Eliza pulled her hand away, irritation flickering in her eyes.
She was in a coma because of Casper.
All his flings, each one more trivial than the last, had left her the one deeply scarred. It just didn't seem worth it anymore.
"Casper, if I stay, I'll just get hurt again. This tit was Susan, but what about next time? Your business empire is always expanding, and with it, one woman after another will cand go. Putting our past aside, do you really think I can accept the person you've become?" "Susan was a mistake, and I've taken care of it." He tried to assure her, knowing he could promise there wouldn't be any more women coming between them in the future. "I didn't think it through, but it won't happen again." "We..." She struggled to find the right words for her tangled emotions.
Since their reunion three years after their separation, every sacrifice he had made played out in her mind like an old movie reel.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtTo win her forgiveness, he had let her stab him without resistance.
To save Brock, he had willingly plunged into the sea, risking his own life.
And to save her, he had fallen into a deep abyss, wrecking his car and nearly dying.
To say she wasn't moved at all would be a lie.
Old grudges could be forgiven, but... marriage is not child's play. That failed marriage had stripped her of the courage to love again. Maybe, in time, she could find it in herself to love someone else, but if that person was Casper, it just didn't seem necessary.
She was a good ex, but was she a good mother? They had a child together.
She knew a child growing up in a complete family had a better chance at a healthy development, both psychologically and physically. But she was terrified of making the wrong decision, which left her feeling completely lost.
"Casper, why do we have to be together? Because we have a child? Or because... if you don't fix your.
regrets, you'll live with guilt forever?" Casper couldn't pinpoint it either.
Maybe it was love, more than anything else.
"Maybe it's both, but my love for you started the moment we met on that bridge." Eliza looked into his eyes, those beautiful eyes that were just the right size to convey an air of authority with the slightest squint.
Did he know that during their marriage, she had been afraid of seeing him look at her like that? She wasn't sure if she'd still be afraid in the future.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmHer eyelashes fluttered down gently as she murmured, "I heard Goodwin's in the south of the city has a new product. I'd like to try it." "I'll go get it." Casper didn't hesitate for a second. He grabbed his coat from the rack, took the car keys, and headed out.
The weather was far from cooperative.
Snow mixed with rain started to fall making the roads wet and slippery. Even the best luxury cars didn't stand Even the best luxury a chance against the skidding. From Welton Estate to Goodwin's in the south of the city, the round trip took about an hour.
By the the got out of the car, his quickly hair and shoulders were quickly soaked by the snowy rain, and with a gust of wind, ice started to form.
Just a few short steps, and his hair looked as though it was frosted.
When he took out the still-warm Osmanthus Pumpkin Cake from his coat, Eliza couldn't help but feel a bit moved. "Is the snow outside that heavy?"
"It's not too bad." He smiled gently, handing the Osmanthus Pumpkin Cake to Eliza.V'It's still warm, eat it while it's hot."
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