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Among the Hardwells, Irvin had always thought Magnus was a decent person who held some real affection for him . But now , it seemed he had just been too halve, and it all had been his wishful thinking.
Irvin’s bitter smile made me empathize with him. Not wanting hit to feel worse by dwelling on it, I changed the subject.
“You knew beforehand that Timothy was going to use you as a scapegoat. Did you make any arrangements for it ? ” I asked.
Irvin had learned Timothy was still alive and intended to use him a scapegoat to return to the Hardwell family. So , given his business skills, I had always believed he had to have prepared a contingency plan for this.
Sure enough, Irvin replied with, “I did. Don’t worry. I won’t let hit pin his crimes on me.”
Irvin had felt he was tainted and no longer had any future with me Because of this, he had lost the will to live. Even so , he had still made contingency preparations after finding out he had been played by Timothy.
Regardless of how hopeless he had felt, he would never allow anyone to use him. More than that, he refused to let my reputation be affected.
Should the topic of my ex–husband come up, Irvin didn’t bring me any more misfortune.
Irvin hadn’t been able to finish laying out all his been put in place.
people to say I had been married to a criminal. He didn’t want to
pieces before his incident. However, the important ones had already
He would show Timothy the consequences of toying with him. He would make sure Timothy understood that those grand schemes of his were nothing but a pipe dream.
I felt relief upon hearing Irvin’s response. He might be capable, but he wasn’t the type to talk big. So, if he said he had it handled, it meant he did.
Irvin asked me about other things after that, and I answered all of his questions, regardless of whether he needed to know the
answer .
But then, he ran out of things to ask about, and I also didn’t know what else to say. So, silence fell between us again.
When the silence became unbearable, I figured it was time for me to leave.
Just then, Irvin said, “I’m sorry, Emi. After you found out you were pregnant, it must’ve taken a lot of courage to decide to get back together with me. Yet, I had said those things to you, and for that, I’m sorry. I’m so sorry…”
He knew it was pointless to apologize, but right now, that was all he could say.
I smiled faintly when I thought back to that day. “It’s fine, Irvin. I stopped caring about all that a long time ago.”
Yes, I had been deeply hurt when he told me Grace was pregnant with his babies. I had also been crushed when he told me to
find another man.
However, that pain ebbed after I had walked out of that cafe, and I had felt truly free. It felt good to no longer be stuck or agonized. So, Irvin didn’t need to apologize for that.
Irvin could tell I really didn’t care about it and that I was genuinely fine. However, it didn’t bring him happiness. After all, only someone who had truly moved on could be so indifferent about it.
I had been heartbroken and in despair because he had been stuck in a coma after being injured. And when he had regained consciousness, I had even cried tears of joy.
Even so , Irvin knew I had long stopped loving him the way I used to. My feelings for him were what anyone else would feel.
Years of emotion couldn’t be completely wiped clean just by willing it.
Just as Irvin wanted to say more, I stood up from my chair.
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“ You’ve just regained consciousness , so you need plenty of rest, 1 because of me and William, so call us if you need anything. And if can to support you.”
I wanted to make one thing clear to livin. I was willing to give eve saving me. However, that was all there was. Even though I was ca
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“You’ve just regained consciousness, so you need plenty of rest, Irvin because of me and William, so call us if you need anything. And if you can to support you.”
I wanted to make one thing clear to Irvin. I was willing to give everyt saving me. However, that was all there was. Even though I was carry
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“You’ve just regained consciousness, so you need plenty of rest , Irvin. I won’t disturb you anymore,” I said. “You only got hurt because of me and William, so call us if you need anything. And if you want to take down Timothy, we’ll also do everything we can to support you.”
I wanted to make one thing clear to Irvin. I was willing to give everything to support him because he had been wounded while saving me. However, that was all there was. Even though I was carrying his babies, there was no going back for us anymore.
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