Forbidden Game: Ruthless CEO, Please Set Me Free-Chapter 859 - 868: Longing (8)
"Zhaoran said... he thought about arranging a check-up for you in a few days, saying that there’s a possibility of curing your condition with the current medical advancements."
Qiao Mo was slightly stunned, not expecting him to say this.
Lowering her gaze, she softly said, "There’s no need, having Chenchen is enough for me." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
"Xiao Mo... even if you don’t want to..."
"What? Does Mr. Fu now mind that I can’t have children?"
Qiao Mo blurted out, like a hedgehog.
Fu Nancheng felt a sharp pain in his chest, wanting to explain, yet he felt she didn’t care at all.
He knew she understood everything, knew he didn’t mean it that way.
But if saying this would make her happy, he would just listen.
Her eyelashes slightly trembled, Qiao Mo tiredly spoke, "Actually, if you mind, I can understand. If you want to find someone else, you really didn’t have to marry me."
A pang of pain spread in his chest, turning her to face him, "Xiao Mo, in this lifetime, only you can be Mrs. Fu."
Qiao Mo looked at him, his dark eyes deep and unfathomable like a bottomless pool.
She avoided his gaze, slowly saying, "Actually... you’ve known for a long time that Chenchen isn’t your child, right."
"The past doesn’t matter anymore, as long as the future is."
Qiao Mo’s eyes brimmed with tears, leaning softly into his embrace, seemingly afraid he would see the tears in her eyes, burying her head in his chest.
"Don’t think that by doing this, I will forgive you. Back then, you were so ruthless, what makes you act all affectionate now?"
Mentioning the past, Qiao Mo’s voice choked.
Three years had passed, yet she understood that some people and some things forever, throughout this life would remain an untouchable pain in her heart.
Thinking of his departing back, countless days and nights longing for his return, recalling back then... the heartless and ruthless message,
it seemed she could no longer truly and peacefully trust him.
Because everything from the past seemed to constantly indicate that one day, he would leave again.
Yet ironically, she still craved his embrace, but the more she craved, the more she hated him.
Seeming to see through her thoughts, he sighed softly and spoke in a low voice, "The message back then, I didn’t send it."
He didn’t explain much more.
No matter what, it was still his fault.
He couldn’t protect his woman and child, no reason or excuse could absolve him of his guilt, in the end, it was his incompetence.
Qiao Mo was slightly startled, tears spilled from the corners of her eyes, and she murmured in his arms, "Don’t think I will forgive you... I will never forgive you in this lifetime..."
He gently held her waist, whispering, "Okay, then you’ll have to stay by my side for life, even if it is to punish me, to torture me."
Xiao Mo, as long as you are by my side, it doesn’t matter love or hate, there’s no greater pain in this world than you leaving me.
As long as you’re willing to stay by my side, even taking my life isn’t too much to ask?
I’m only afraid that then, I could no longer love you.
*
The next morning, Qiao Mo woke up very early.
She moved and realized she had rested on his arm the entire night.
Gently lifting his arm from under her head, she noticed it had lost its circulation, and seeing the fine needle marks on it, her eyes moistened slightly.
Her fingertips gently caressed his arm, a pain spreading from her heart.
Carefully placing his arm back under the blanket, she traced the contours of his face with her gaze, softly saying, "Do you think... is it because I know you’ll always indulge me this way that I dare to hurt you so recklessly?"
