He went to the border, and she chose to leave. Suddenly, her mind was filled with thoughts of his parents. Back then, Kyle’s mother also chose to leave, and then gave birth to a child, raising the child alone.

It seems that many times, history is just constantly repeating itself.

However, what was different between her and Kyle’s mother was that their reasons for leaving were not the same, and in the future, she would only give the child in her womb more love.

With double the maternal love, to make up for the father’s love the child lacks.

While Mabel Quinn was folding shirts, Kyle Kinston suddenly embraced her from behind, "Forgive me, will you? I know what I did hurt you, but I will be good to you, I will be good to you for a lifetime."

She didn’t move, quietly allowing him to hold her like this, "If you truly want to be good to me, then promise me, no matter what happens between us in the future, don’t take it out on others, okay?"

"Why say that? Is there going to be something between us in the future that will make me lash out at others?" he asked.

"I... I’m just afraid that if one day something really happens between us, you will vent your anger towards my friends... and family..." Although right now, the only family she really considers is her uncle. 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮

He didn’t know whether her words were a reminder of when he used her uncle’s life as leverage to force her to have an abortion, so he quickly said, "Alright, I promise, no matter what happens, I won’t lash out at your friends and family."

Only then did Mabel Quinn gently say, "Then I forgive you." Forgiveness, but unable to continue walking the same path together.

Suddenly, her body was turned by his hands, and they faced each other. His face was filled with obvious joy, those phoenix eyes bright and full of excitement, "Will you really forgive me?"

"Yes," she responded softly, somewhat entranced as she looked into his eyes. They were still so beautiful, so captivating.

Once, whenever she looked into his eyes, she felt herself falling into them. But now, that feeling seemed to be fading...

She was pulled into his embrace forcefully, enveloped by his breath, and in her ears, she heard his voice saying, "Mabel, I know you love me, and that I am in your heart. When I finish dealing with things at the border, I will apply to be transferred back to Falling City. At that time, once we have our wedding, I will try to spend more time with you."

But Kyle, do you know? There won’t be any wedding for us.

When you return to Falling City, I should already be gone.

All love, hate, resentment, and grudges have no meaning to her anymore, nor does she wish to think about them. The only thing she wants now is to give birth to her child and raise them well.

She is an orphan, and this child is the only person with whom she shares bloodlines.

She stayed quietly in his embrace for a while, and then she reached out her hand to gently embrace him. She felt his body tremble suddenly, then she heard her own voice saying, "Kyle, tonight, I want to be with you."

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Through the night, the two embraced, just holding each other as they fell asleep, without doing anything. To her, this night was like a final farewell, her goodbye with her child and him.