After a pause, her voice continued, "Even if he’s dead, he still lives in my heart. Kyle, do you know what it means to be together forever? What does it mean to never abandon or forsake? Even if he can’t be by my side, the person I love in this lifetime will only ever be him!"

In her mind, scenes of her once saying she loved him skittered by, when she said she’d be by his side for a lifetime. Everything then seemed so beautiful, but now, she no longer felt that love for him.

"Kyle Kinston, do you know? Even if you’re standing in front of me now, I don’t feel my heart skip a beat." She spoke to him like this.

In that instant, his face turned pale, feeling a sharp pain in his chest. One hand pressed against his chest, his face clouded over.

Was it her words that impacted him so deeply?

Makes him feel so incredibly uncomfortable.

Was she telling him that he could never truly have her in his lifetime?!

...

Kyle Kinston left with a pained expression. It was only then that Mabel Quinn took a deep breath, almost collapsing onto the floor.

Her face was still wet from the tears she had shed.

She sighed, walked to the coffee table, and took a few tissues to wipe her face. No matter why he said those things today, she had no intention of starting over with him.

Since her heart was already deadened then, she wouldn’t feel any stirrings now. Even if he had hugged her body so closely earlier, to her, it was merely some slight panic.

Unlike before, when she would feel excited, confused, shy, and secretly joyful.

Ultimately, she and he were not meant to be.

Mabel Quinn slowly walked into her daughter’s bedroom, and gazed upon the little one lying on the bed holding a plush bear, with her round cheeks, closed eyes, and steady breath indicating she was sound asleep.

Mabel Quinn’s gaze flashed with a hint of helplessness.

If possible, she’d wish her daughter could grow up in a complete family, but since she was pregnant with her, it was already destined not to be.

Kyle Kinston doesn’t know that just now he was only separated from his daughter by one wall.

This child, carrying his bloodline whom he detests, sleeps peacefully, and she only wishes he will never discover.

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Francine Howards hurriedly arranged matters in Falling City, then flew directly to G City. Somehow, since receiving that phone call, she’s had an uneasy feeling, thinking something significant might happen.

How could this be? It’s not like there haven’t been women coveting Kyle before, and some of them were quite attractive with good family backgrounds, but she never minded. Yet this time seemed quite different. Could the woman from G City be the only one Kyle has brought home to stay overnight?

No, before this woman, there was another woman Kyle would voluntarily bring home to stay overnight!

Mabel Quinn!

This name flashed through Francine Howards’ mind.

Fortunately, Mabel Quinn is already dead, if she hadn’t fallen into the sea back then, she’d have had to make much more effort.