Chapter 128
Now, | simply open my hands, letting everything come, and letting everything go.
With nothing weighing on my mind, | felt light as air, and the beauty beforewas all the more mesmerizing.
| sat on a chair, tree shadows swaying gently around me.
Suddenly, someone stepped into the sunlight, half-blocking it. | half-squinted up, feeling a little annoyed.
“Ms. Murphy, here by yourself?” A deep, pleasant voice sounded almost dreamlike to me.
My eyes widened again and again, and as they adjusted to the light, | finally realized that Nathan was standing
right in front of me.
“Nathan?” | still felt like he wasn’t real. It wasn’t until he sat down beside me, the chair giving a gentle wobble,
that it finally sank in.
“Sorry, | followed you,” Nathan said. The first thing he did was actually explain himself.
“How did you even manage to follow me?” | asked, curiosity getting the better of me.
Nathan just gavea mysterious smile and stayed silent, tilting his head back to gaze at the shifting shadows
in the trees
above us.
“Bye, I'll be going now,” | said, making it clear | wasn’t going to make this easy for him.
Suddenly, Nathan reached out and grabbed my hand. His touch sent a jolt through me, and no matter how hard |
tried to pull away, | couldn't break free. With a bit of force, he pulledright back down into my seat.
“Ms. Murphy, do you know why | decided to work with Mr. Holcomb?” Nathan's voice was so soft it almost felt like
a whisper.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtMy heart skipped a beat, and | turned to look at him.
Nathan's clear eyes, like glowing amber, were impossibly beautiful.
Feeling a little embarrassed under my gaze, Nathan looked away and let out a soft laugh. “Of course, it's
because of you.
“I couldn't think of any other way to get closer to you. And then, Mr. Holcomb needed a settlement system, and
my company just happened to develop one. Everything just fell into place.”
By the end, his voice had grown a bit hoarse. Then, he said softly, “Back then, you gave250 thousand dollars
to pay off my family’s debts and help bury my grandmother.
“You savedfrom hitting rock bottom. What | owe you is so much more than that.”
Suddenly, memories from my previous life flickered through my mind. | vaguely remembered the charity sending
In one of them, there was a thin figure bowing at the doorway, while someone else was lifting a coffin out of the
house.
| whipped my head around to look at Nathan, realizing that in my previous life, | had seen him before, too, but all
| ever saw
was his back as he bowed there.
“You know, most people in this world are still good at heart,” | said with a gentle smile, trying to comfort him.
“Anyway, let's not bring up the past anymore.
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Chapter 128
‘t believe your grandmother is watching over you from above-she can see everything you've achieved, and |
know she’d be proud of you.”
Yeah, | think my grandmother would want to seeget married, have kids, build my career, and start a family,”
Nathan said, his deep gaze fixed intently on me.
Ive been around the block. | knew exactly what that look in his eyes meant.
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“You really know how to hit a sore spot.” I shot him a glare, but he just looked back at me, his eyes full of
concern and
heartache.
My fingers tightened around the armrest as | gave him my answer. “Yeah, you got it. Sooner or later, I'm going to
divorce
him.
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