Christine Quinn gently pushed away Skyler Jones’s hand resting on her shoulder, and calmly said, "Oversky, you’ve already said these words to me before, do you remember?"

Yes, similar words were said during his last visit to France... and afterward, it was proven that these words were taught by someone else.

The pain from that moment still lingered in her heart, but at this moment, the pain had become numb.

Facing her distant action, Skyler Jones was momentarily stunned.

Christine Quinn continued to smile as she said to Skyler Jones, "Oversky, no one said you must be responsible to me for your life... you actually know very well that I’ve always been someone who loves strongly and hates clearly. If you had told me earlier that your feelings for me have changed, I wouldn’t resent you at all, because everything I did for you in the past was done willingly, and I never asked for anything in return..."

Skyler Jones eagerly uttered in a hoarse voice, "Christine, no responsibility, no past... we only have the present."

Christine Quinn looked at Skyler Jones, not understanding.

Skyler Jones sincerely met Christine Quinn’s gaze, "Please forgive me for still being an immature child in love..." Lowering his head, his voice was hoarse, yet it was the first time he showed such vulnerability before her. "Before I met you, I had many women, but none of them ever moved my heart. It was you... your appearance changed my life, made me know what it is to like someone, and also let me let go of hatred, made me understand the beauty of this world... But just when I was sketching a beautiful future with you, I suffered the most severe blow... you will never understand how much I hated you then, but I just couldn’t be heartless toward you, because you already occupied the softest spot in my heart. Hurting you only made my heartache more... this kind of love took me more than ten years toiled against you, every time seeing you hurt yet pretending to be strong, although I was satisfied, you simply didn’t know my heart actually hurt more than yours..."

Christine Quinn slowly reached out and touched Skyler Jones’s handsome face, trembling slightly due to emotional agitation.

"Don’t say it, I understand..." she said softly.

Skyler Jones covered Christine Quinn’s hand with his large palm, his voice growing more raspy, "Christine, the time you left after the surgery was the lowest point in my life, I was living like a walking corpse. Losing you, I felt my world had lost its meaning... but heaven truly favored me, it brought you back to my side, so I vowed to devote my lifetime to providing you with warm care, but... when I won you back, when we truly lived together as husband and wife, I realized that after fifteen years of separation, it’s really not as simple as saying we reconciled... many things, we lost our tacit understanding, many choices, we held differences, and sometimes I even felt you were no longer the Christine Quinn I once loved..."

Christine Quinn gently stroked Skyler Jones’s handsome face, looking at the moisture in his eyes, she choked and couldn’t speak, "I know, I understand..."

Skyler Jones tightly held Christine Quinn, "To ease such a stalemate between us, and to see more clearly the relationship between us, I decided to secretly arrange our wedding in France... I wanted to surprise you, I hoped this wedding could elevate the feelings between us, but..."

"I’m sorry, Oversky, I failed you and the wedding you prepared for me." Christine Quinn said, her eyes turning red with apology. 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

Skyler Jones shook his head, a raspy reply, "Actually, this whole matter has nothing to do with you, it’s entirely my fault... in fact, long before I went to France to prepare the wedding, I already noticed your abnormality, I asked Becca and mom for some clues, I even discovered you secretly sent someone to investigate the bracelet matter... back then I could have explained everything clearly to you, but I didn’t want to, because I didn’t want to explain anything to you, I thought trust was most important between a couple, so I went to France in a fit of anger..."

What Skyler Jones said left Christine Quinn stunned on the spot.

Turns out he had long known she misunderstood the matter between him and Jennifer Douglas...

Christine Quinn shook her head in disbelief. Thinking back now, his roughness that night, with that kind of angry possession, really was out of anger...