To the Love of My Life-Chapter 900 - The One He Loves is Back (Part 14)_1

Chapter 900: Chapter 900 The One He Loves is Back (Part 14)_1

Howard Coleman also stopped in his tracks, and after a little while, he turned his head, looked at Madeleine, and paused even longer before asking, “I just heard you talking with Aunt, are you preparing to go on a blind date, to get married?”

The reason Madeleine could naturally continue the conversation with her mom was only to put her mom at ease. Now, Howard’s sudden question left her, for a moment, somewhat at a loss for words.

To marry… to completely lose the man she loved, whom was she going to marry?

Yet, the first thing he asked her when they were alone was about her marriage, was he worried that she might still cling to him after her return, so he urgently sought to confirm it?

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A sourness spread through Madeleine’s nose, and it took great effort for her to stretch her lips into a smile, forcing out words to put Howard’s mind at ease, “In a few days, I’ll be thirty. At such an age, if I don’t get married soon, in a few years I really might not find anyone suitable.”

When he overheard Madeleine talking with her mom, he felt hazy; now hearing from her mouth that she was considering remarriage, Howard felt a burning pain flare in his chest. He moved his lips but couldn’t utter a word.

Deep down, he had always wanted to apologize to her, to ask her if she could love him again… But as soon as he thought of the cruel things he had done to her, he found himself repulsive, nauseating. Especially during the farewell dinner when she had returned from Oceania, even though what she said was brief, it was easy to understand the hardships she went through in a foreign land. It made him feel even more ashamed, and unworthy of being with her.

Seeing that Howard remained silent for a long time, Madeleine felt uneasy. Straining a smile and pretending to be eager to marry, she said to put Howard completely at ease, “Howard, you know quite a few outstanding men. If there’s someone suitable, remember to introduce him to me.”

No one knew that although the tone of her voice was light, the taste between her lips was utterly bitter.

Madeleine’s last sentence was like a sharp dagger, piercing fiercely into Howard’s heart, making his whole body shiver. After a long while, he managed to stretch his lips into a strained “Hmm.”

After he finished speaking, Howard didn’t give Madeleine a chance to respond. Instead, he quickly said, “Then I’m leaving.”

Madeleine nodded with a smile and said, “Goodbye.”

Howard, however, fled as if in panic, quickly pulling open his car door, sitting down, and without any hesitation, starting the car. He pressed the accelerator and sped away.

Madeleine stood obediently at the door, watching Howard’s car grow smaller in the distance, until it was completely out of sight. Only then did her upturned lips slowly droop.

She no longer had the courage to love as recklessly as a moth to a flame.

Now, she could only pretend she no longer loved, secretly grieving in her heart, secretly continuing to love him, secretly fantasizing about images of them together. And then, secretly crying in the dead of night without a sound.