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Chapter 7
After returning home, Nathen carefully cleaned the wounds on Melanie’s body, filled with regret
and heartache.
In the following days, he did not go out again. He stayed by her side every day without taking a single step away.
Melanie had no reaction to the guilt he displayed.
When it was late at night and everything was quiet, she pushed the wheelchair into the study and found the diary that he thought he had hidden well.
As she opened it, she looked at the self–mockery written all over the page, saying “Nathen, you really are not a good person,” and then closed the diary again.
She had just left the study when the bedroom door was pushed open, and Nathen, disheveled and barefoot without even wearing shoes, rushed out.
He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw her unharmed and said, “Melanie, why are you out alone so late?”
Melanie didn’t open her eyes and calmly told a lie, “I’m thirsty, pour me a glass of water to drink.”
Nathen hurriedly went to the kitchen and poured a cup of warm water, handing it to her with a trembling voice..
“In the future, if it’s something trivial like this, just let me know. Otherwise, if something else happens, I’ll really be scared to death.”
Upon hearing these words, Melanie lifted her head and stared at him intently.
“Nathen, do you have anything to say to me recently?”
Nathen paused for a moment, shook his head, and said, “No.”
Actually, as long as he spoke the truth, Melanie would let go calmly.
But even in the current situation, he still refuses to tell the truth.
She closed her eyes, smiled, and concealed the disappointment in her eyes.
The next day, Melanie took out the photo album and, without hesitation, cut all the photos into pieces.
Looking at the scattered fragments on the ground, Nathen froze directly, his tone full of shock, “How did the perfectly fine photo get cut?”
Melanie couldn’t be bothered to find excuses, she simply said it was too humid and the pictures would turn out distorted. Keeping them wouldn’t serve any purpose, so she would take new ones
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later.
As he watched her say these words with a calm expression, Nathen suddenly felt a bit flustered,
unsure whether to believe it or not.
On the third day, she called the nanny again and took out the couple cups, scarves, clothes, and
keychains that were stored in the cabinet, and threw them all downstairs.
After Nathen found out, he went to ask her, but she still came up with a moldy excuse to fool him.
A few more days passed, and she donated all the gifts he had given her to a charity organization, saying that the styles were too outdated and she wanted him to give her new ones in the future.
Days passed by, and more and more things were being cleared out.
What belonged to Melanie went from being filled with items in the room to being almost empty, and finally it became completely empty.
And Nathen was completely unaware.
On the day of Melanie’s parents‘ death anniversary, Nathen also went to the cemetery with her.
As he listened to the words she spoke in front of the tombstone, a sudden panic rose in his heart.
“Mom, Dad, are you doing well up there in heaven? Don’t worry about me, I believe we will be able
to see each other again soon…”
Nathen remembered coming to worship in the past, where she poured out her feelings of longing.
The more he listened, the more he felt something was wrong. He was just about to ask properly
when a familiar voice suddenly came from behind.
“Nathen, sister–in–law, what a coincidence.”
With such an interruption, he immediately forgot what he had just wanted to say and turned his
head in astonishment.
Kenna stood a few steps away, seeming injured, and her complexion didn’t look too good.
Watching her floating left foot, Nathen’s face showed a trace of pity and concern.
“How did you get here? Are you injured?”
“Come and see my grandmother, it was raining and the road was slippery. She just sprained her
$ foot.”
Hearing her voice full of grievances, Nathen instinctively took a few steps forward and supported
ber.
Kenna looked into his eyes, tears shimmering: “Nathen, would you be able to take me to the
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hospital?”
Nathen felt more and more sorry, and without thinking, he agreed, leaving Melanie with only one
sentence.
“Melanie, talk to Mom and Dad more, I’m going to the hospital and I’ll be back soon.”
The two people never asked for Melanie’s consent from beginning to end, and they left her in the
cemetery.
