Contract Marriage: Abusive Love with Mr.CEO-Chapter 831 - 429: Extra: She Always Keeps Her Distance from Him 1_2
Christine Quinn shook her head forcefully.
"Thinking about what I believed to have done, it truly reached a level where both humans and gods would be outraged. I deserve not to get your forgiveness, deserve to be half-paralyzed, to be lonely until the end of my life..."
Tears eventually fell from Christine’s eyes like a string of pearls, and she cried out, "Stop talking, Oversky..."
Skyler Jones turned his head to look at Christine, his voice hoarse with regret, "I’ve done so many things to hurt you before, you must hate me a lot, right?"
Christine shook her head even more vigorously.
Skyler’s deep eyes glimmered with tears, "Fool, don’t cry... I don’t deserve your sympathy, I deserve it..."
Christine spoke with a sob, "Oversky, don’t say things like that..."
"Christine, the way I am now, I know it’s impossible between us anymore... but can you forgive me, not dwell on the past?"
Christine walked step by step to Skyler’s side, slowly squatted down, meeting his apologetic eyes, "I have never blamed you..."
"But I’ve done so much before..."
"It was my ’betrayal’ that kept you restrained by M for a long time, so I understand very well many things were beyond your control... like the ’rape’, for many years I believed this event had really happened, and so I hated you, even despised you. Yet, it wasn’t until the past two years when M’s identity surfaced that I realized I had been misunderstanding you all along... Back then, M truly believed I was with Howard Geoffrey, and to take revenge on Howard Geoffrey, he wanted you to harm me. But you never actually did anything to hurt me, you only created a very convincing illusion for both M and me..."
"These days I’ve been wondering if my failure to explain this event to you is the reason you don’t want to be with me anymore... But whenever I wanted to explain, I felt guilty about the ’hurt’ I had caused you before."
Christine’s eyes brimmed with tears, "I said it’s not because I blame you that I rejected you, but because we truly aren’t suitable..."
"Why?"
Skyler slowly reached out his hand, his slightly rough palm gently stroking her flawless white face, "Is it because you really don’t love me anymore?"
Christine didn’t offer Skyler a direct answer but tightly held onto his palm, her voice tinged with bitterness, "We will never find happiness together..." Because you’ll never be able to love me the way I love you. Your current sentiment towards me is merely because you’ve lost a woman who willingly paid every price for you, whenever you needed.
Skyler took a deep breath as if trying to suppress the pain in his heart, self-mockingly saying, "Right now, I’m indeed unworthy of asking for ’happiness’, because I can’t offer that to you anymore..."
Christine firmly grasped the hand that was caressing her face, blurting out in a rush, "Please don’t say such discouraging words, you’ll be okay, and I will be by your side to watch you get better."
"You... you’re really willing to stay by my side?"
"I am." Christine lifted her tear-stained face, her eyes red from crying, and declared hastily, "I won’t let you bear all this alone; I will take care of you until you recover, and if you truly become paralyzed, then I’ll take care of you all my life..." She broke into a loud sob.
"Really? You don’t mind me?"
"I don’t want anything to happen to you, Oversky... You must get better."
Jonathon Gibson, sitting on the chair outside the hospital room, looked tired. Seeing Christine come out of the room, he immediately perked up and rushed to her side, "How is it?"
Christine’s voice was slightly hoarse, "Jonathon..."
"Hmm?"
"I have something to tell you."
"Alright, go ahead."
"I..."
"Hmm?" Jonathon supported Christine, puzzled by her hesitant demeanor.
"I might need to stay and take care of Skyler Jones."
Jonathon’s body noticeably stiffened.
Christine bowed her head, apologetically saying, "I don’t know how to tell you... but his situation isn’t good right now, and I can’t let him face this alone."
Jonathon slowly released his hold on Christine’s shoulders.
Christine gazed at his desolate expression with guilt, her voice raspy, "I’m sorry..."
Jonathon’s dim eyes slowly turned to Christine, his voice trembling slightly, "Have you decided?"
"Yes."
"Then, are you planning to start over with him?"
"I haven’t thought about the romantic aspect; I just want him to get better right now..."
"What if he spends the rest of his life in a wheelchair?"
"Then I’ll take care of him for all my life."
Unable to accept this reality, Jonathon shook his head, "Christine..."
Christine’s eyes were misty with hidden tears, "Jonathon, please forgive me for making this decision. I know it will inevitably hurt you, but I can’t... I can’t abandon him like this."
Jonathon closed his eyes painfully, taking a deep breath, "Actually, when you just came out, I had a premonition you would make this choice..."
"I was really planning to have a fresh start with you, but..."
"I know, Skyler Jones is your lifelong ordeal," Jonathon said, picking up where Christine left off.
"I’m sorry, Jonathon..."
Jonathon sighed lightly, gently caressing Christine’s guilt-ridden face, "Fool, don’t say that... The fact that you’re giving up on Skyler means you’re a woman who can let go and move on, and now you’re planning to take care of Jonathon because of guilt and responsibility... If you really could disregard paralyzed Skyler right now, then you wouldn’t be the Christine Quinn I admire."
"Jonathon..."
"Alright, do what you want to do..."
Christine choked out, "I’m sorry."
Jonathon smiled gently, coaxing her, "Don’t say that; you’ll start crying again soon, and I can’t bear to see you shed tears..."
"You shouldn’t be so good to me, I don’t deserve this from you at all..."
"Fool, you’ve never forced me to do anything for you; everything I’ve done was willingly. You don’t need to feel guilty..."
