Christopher Warren had been looking for Lottie for a long ti, but the world was so vast, and Lottie seed to have evaporated from it, without leaving a trace.
Three months later, unable to bear the torture from Alexander Warren, he chose to return ho and marry the mayor’s daughter.
He thought he would never see the heartless woman who had left him again in his lifeti.
But two years later, an earthquake in Country S affected the local branch of Warren Group, and during Alexander Warren’s lead on the rescue mission, he spotted that petite figure among the rescuers on the television in Country S.
It was Lottie, the woman he had longed for both day and night.
She had beco even thinner, moving back and forth among the ruins, helping to carry the wounded with others.
That day, he rushed into the disaster area without a care in the world.
He didn’t care about the aftershocks or life and death.
When he found Lottie sitting outside a tent, weak all over, munching on bread to rest, the tall man of six feet one inch had tears brimming in his eyes.
Lottie was sitting there, the bread in her mouth not yet swallowed, just staring at him with eyes filled with terror, unrest, and longing.
She didn’t even know what emotions she should use to face him.
She and he had never really broken up; they were in love but couldn’t be together.
She had also seen the news of his marriage.
That day, she drank alcohol for the first ti, smashing all the furniture at ho.
The next day when she woke up, she couldn’t rember what she had done.
Only looking at the ruined room, she made up her mind never to drink again.
He hugged her frantically as soon as he approached, holding her tightly, unwilling to let go.
For the first ti in two years, Lottie cried, silently yet shaking intensely.
The two held each other tightly, neither speaking.
After a long ti, Lottie finally couldn’t help but push him slightly: "Brother, don’t do this, I’m very dirty."
"Why, why did you leave?"
Lottie rested her forehead on his shoulder: "Because I wasn’t brave enough, I couldn’t confront my parents who have been so kind to .
I couldn’t stand watching dad struggle desperately to maintain the business he built with his own hands, only to see it destroyed because of my selfishness.
I couldn’t face a life filled with doubt and scrutiny.
Brother, don’t be like this, tell my decision was right."
"No, your decision was wrong. Ever since you left, I have never been happy.
I felt like my soul had been sucked out of , void of any emotions.
You don’t know the pain of sharing a bed with soone you don’t love.
You wouldn’t understand the sadness of not wanting to go ho and preferring to work overti at the company every day.
That ho, it’s no longer the ho I wanted.
The woman I wanted left , and I will never be happy again.
I don’t understand why I should give up my life and happiness for those fleeting riches in this short life.
I regret it, I should never have listened to you and married that woman.
I don’t want that child, I don’t want to be shackled.
Lottie, save , tell you still love .
Give the courage to leave that abyss of suffering."
Lottie remained silent, while Christopher Warren slowly loosened his embrace and looked at her.
"Lottie, why aren’t you speaking, tell , do you still love ?"
Lottie frowned and shook her head: "From now on, I won’t love anyone, I’ll only love myself."
"You’re talking nonsense. If you only love yourself, why don’t you dare to go ho.
You clearly still love , you still care about our ho.
You know the woman I married, her father’s conduct is problematic and he is under investigation, right?
You know dad isn’t really cut out for managing a business, even though I sacrificed my happiness, his business is still unstable, right?
You know how many tis mom has been hospitalized because she missed you, right?
Lottie, our decision back then was wrong, your departure was not right.
I discussed with mom before, she likes you and supported us.
She said if she knew all this, she would have helped us stand against dad.
Dad knew all this and yet didn’t tell mom; they have been cold to each other for a year now.
All this is because of you, do you really not know?
Co back with , let’s put everything back in place."
"Back in place?" Lottie shook her head with a bitter smile: "There’s no going back, brother.
Everything has started moving on a different track long ago.
We can’t go back anymore.
Your wife, my sister-in-law, she’s also a victim, and so is that child...
We have been moving further away from each other’s lives, why haven’t you realized this truth yet."
"So you’re content to live like this for the rest of your life?
Look at yourself now, neither living nor dead, aren’t you just torturing yourself?"
"I’m not."
"Fine, then tell , do you still love ?"
Lottie bit her lip and teared up: "If I tell you, will you leave?"
"Yes."
"I don’t love you anymore, I don’t. Don’t co and find anymore, live your life well, take care of your child, and treat your parents well."
Christopher Warren nodded and stood up: "Fine, fine, Lottie, you’re noble."
He turned and ran into the pile of rubble ahead.
Lottie scread: "Brother, what are you doing?"
"These past two years have been worse than death for . Since you no longer love , there’s no need for to go on. You like saving people, right? So, personally help for the last ti, with you seeing off, I can die happily."
After saying that, he truly turned and dashed into the rubble.
As she chased forward, another aftershock ca, she swayed violently, watching as the ruins collapsed before her, and she fainted on the side, falling onto the steel and stone.
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