Quinton’s hand suddenly lost its strength and his pupils shrank suddenly as he explained, “When I say taking care of you, I don’t mean divorcing Leah. Besides, nothing happened between us that day, right?“}
On the third anniversary, Quinton somehow still needed the wine, so he followed Olivia into the small box in a daze, but when he was about to open the door, he saw me hiding outside the door.”
He thought I would make a big fuss like in my previous life, but strangely, I looked so calm and just closed the door with a blank expression.
At that moment, Quinton felt extremely panicked.
He did not know how the effect of the medicine began to dissipate.
That day, he pushed Olivia away and promised that he would continue to take good care of her in the future.}
“Quinton, are you in love with Leah?”
Olivia staggered a little when she stood up, her little face pale and bloodless.
Love?
The moment Quinton heard this word, there was a ding in his ears.”
Since he was a child, everyone in the family told him that he had to marry me when he grew up.
We had a set path to follow and were ordered not to deviate from it even a little.
But how could he, being so young and frivolous, be willing to accept his family’s arrangements?}
So, he fell in love with Olivia, a weak woman who had just lost her support and could hardly take a step at home.
The eighteen–year–old’s thoughts had always been hidden deep in his heart and he was madly infatuated with Olivia, despite being forbidden and unbridled.}
He used this incident to resist his family and also used it to separate his future with me.
He originally thought that I would like and admire him all my life, but when I started over again, the person in front of him no longer only looked at him.
Quinton could not accept that kind of indifference and alienation.§
So, Olivia’s words awakened Quinton.}
Quinton clenched his hands tightly at his sides, his fingertips stiff and nodded.}}
He turned and strode out of the house.
No matter how Olivia tried to persuade him to stay, he did not look back.
As soon as he got in the car, his cell phone rang.
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Quinton sat up straight, took a look at the number and answered the phone respectfully. §
A furious roar erupted from the other end of the line.
“I let you stir up trouble about Olivia all you wanted and I never said a word, But now, you’ve caused such a scene that even someone as innocent as Leah got dragged into it! Looks like you don’t care about the Hurst Family inheritance anymore!”
There was a chilling pause, then the threat came, sharp and decisive, “You have three days to stop Leah from marrying Patrick. If you fail, I’ll name a new successor to the Hurst Family!“}
In the third branch of the Hurst Family, besides Quinton, there were two cousins who were eyeing the position of heir.
Quinton had both remarkable capabilities and the advantage of a strategic marriage alliance. Everyone naturally believed he would be the next successor of the Hurst Family.
But everything changed when he betrayed me and had an affair with Olivia.
That scandal shattered the foundation of our marriage and with it, the trust of the family.”
How could the elders of the Hurst Family possibly stand by and watch after that?!
“Okay, Grandpa, I will definitely get it done within three days.“”
Quinton hung up the phone and fell into deep thought while looking at the night view outside the window.
His mind was filled with memories of the past twenty years and me.
I tried to please him like a follower and those scenes of pleasing him seemed like a bizarre dream that he could never bring back.” He smoked one cigarette after another.
“Quinton, if I could do it again, I would never choose you again!”
The last words I said to him before I died echoed in his ears. Quinton took a puff of cigarette and choked to tears.
He recalled all the humiliations he had inflicted on me in his past life and felt so remorseful that his heart ached. “Leah, I will definitely get you back.”
When Quinton swore secretly, he could never have guessed that I would never be able to return to him in this lifetime.
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