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In response, Tina leaned on Chandler as they walked out of the restaurant.
“By the way, you’ve also been drinking. How are we going back later? Shall we take a taxi?” Tina asked.
“I arranged for the restaurant to provide a driver,” Chandler said.
Tina was surprised. “You can have the restaurant find a driver for you?”
“This restaurant is partly owned by the Hunter family,” he explained.
That’s how it was. Suddenly, she came to a halt and looked up at him seriously. “Chandler, the things I used to like, I can like them again. Not just the drink and the food we have today, but also the people around us.”
“What?” he froze, only hearing her say, “I like you, Chandler!”
His body stiffened suddenly, his gaze fixed on her. After a while, he finally spoke. “You’re drunk.”
“I’m not drunk, I’m very clear-headed!” Tina said. “I drank because I was afraid that if I didn’t, there are some things I wouldn’t be able to say smoothly!”
She reached out and hugged him. “Chandler, I don’t want us to end like this. Since I once deeply loved you, I will still fall in love with you, right? I knew all your kindness before had a purpose, and I was angry, so I decided to divorce you, but now I regret it a little.”
She regretted being so impulsive in asking for a divorce.
She regretted not thinking more at that time.
Although he had a purpose, he never harmed her, always just cared for her, protected her, and even loved her!
His gradually intensifying love for her can be seen in those preserved video recordings!
That kind of love cannot be pretended!
But at that time, she was blinded by anger and never thought about whether his love for her was real or fake.
“Chandler, let’s get back together, okay?” Tina mustered up the courage to say.
He pursed his thin lips tightly, his deep black eyes fixed on her for a long time before he said, “Why are you suddenly saying these things to me?”
“Huh?” She paused for a moment, “Because I realized that I like you, maybe even love you. Even if I forgot our past memories, it’s only natural for me to fall in love with you again, just like how I loved you so much before.”
“Because you love me, you want to have a second child with me, right?” Chandler said softly.
Tina blinked, “If that’s what you’re saying, then yes, I do want to have another child with you.” It’s only natural that it would be best for the child if they loved each other.
She wanted to help him lift the curse sooner. Seeing him in excruciating pain during the curse attacks shocked and pained her.
There were even times when she dreamt of him in that state.
She wanted to approach him, to make him feel less pain, but she couldn’t even get close to him, she could only watch him suffer helplessly.
That feeling of powerlessness, even after waking up from the dream, still deeply imprinted itself in her body, causing her extreme discomfort.
Chandler looked at Tina in front of him and suddenly smiled faintly, “Tina, you’re truly kind.”
“What?” Tina’s eyes flickered with confusion.
“Is it because you want to save me? You don’t want me to use dangerous methods like summoning the curse, so you’re willing to have another child in this way? Do you think that if you say you love me, I will agree to have this child? But Tina…”
Chandler slowly pulled Tina’s hand away from his body, “I don’t want your sympathy or pity, and I don’t need you to say you love me like this, so I won’t be with you. I reject your proposal.”
After saying this, the car arranged by the restaurant had already arrived in front of them.
Chandler opened the car door, let Tina get in, and then sat beside her before giving the driver the address of the Stephenson family mansion.
Tina sat in the car blankly, her expression filled with disbelief.
Was she rejected again?
Has Chandler rejected her twice?
Didn’t he love her very much? But when she said she loved him, he didn’t believe her?!
“Chandler, I’m not sympathizing or pitying you!” Tina turned to him and said.
“If that’s not the case, then why did you go from not loving me to loving me in such a short time?”
Chandler said calmly, “Tina, you’re not good at lying, so when you said you didn’t love me, it was true, right?”
Tina couldn’t argue.
At that time, she really thought that way, but it wasn’t actually true.
“Then why isn’t it the truth when I say I love you now?” Tina asked back.
“Sometimes, people have illusions. Illusions that make you think or love. Just like what you said before, even though you lost your memories, you still like the things you used to like. You used beverages, dishes, and cocktails to prove it. So naturally, you would think that you loved me before and would still love me now.”
Chandler paused, his gaze meeting Tina’s, “But people are not objects. People are different. Objects are fixed, like the taste of the food you’ve eaten before, it’s still the same taste when you eat it again.
But people change, and feelings change. So someone you loved before may not be loved in the future.
You just mistakenly thought that you fell in love with me.”
“I…”
Tina wanted to retort, but Chandler’s finger pressed against her lips, stopping her from continuing.
“Tina, I appreciate you, and I never expected you to plan to save me in this way. But I really don’t need it. Since I signed the divorce agreement, it means I’ve truly decided to let you go. So you don’t need to pity me, you don’t need to sympathize with me, and you definitely don’t need to do these things for me!”
Tina felt her lips burning.
Since losing her memories, this was the first time she clearly understood her own feelings and expressed them!
But then she realized that he no longer believed her!
Even if she argued now, he still wouldn’t believe her, right?
What should she do? If it were the old Tina, the Tina who hadn’t lost her memories, what would she do?
Just as Tina’s mind was in chaos, Chandler’s voice sounded again.
“Alright, we’re here.”.
Where were they? Tina suddenly snapped out of her thoughts and realized that the car had already arrived at the entrance of the Stephenson family mansion.
Chandler opened the car door and let Tina get out.
“I won’t come in. You’ve been drinking today, so get some rest early tonight!” After saying that, he got back in the car, and it slowly drove away from the Stephenson family mansion.
Tina stared at the departing car, suddenly feeling a sense of powerlessness.
Meanwhile, inside the car, Chandler’s gaze fell on the driver in the front seat. “No matter what you heard just now, you must not say a word about it. Otherwise, you won’t have a place to stand in
Emerald City.”
“Yes!” The driver broke out in a cold sweat and quickly responded.
Chandler turned his head and his gaze fell on the scenery outside the window, which was steadily receding. His hand slowly touched his heart.
He knew very well that she was just being sympathetic, so why was his heart still pounding so intensely?!
However, what surprised Chandler was that Tina kept appearing in front of him in the following days.
He was a bit at a loss, but she said seriously, “You think it’s just sympathy, and I want to know too. The best way to verify it is to spend more time together.”
“Tina!” Chandler said, “What’s the point of doing this now?”
“Isn’t there any point?” Tina looked at him intently. “Do you no longer love me?”
“I…” Chandler paused. Faced with the face he still loved, he couldn’t bring himself to say those insincere words. So he could only say, “I will slowly stop loving you. One day, I will be able to let you go.”
Suddenly, Tina felt a pain in her chest!
She didn’t want him to let her go, not at all. The thought of this man in front of her no longer loving her made her deeply uneasy.
Almost instinctively, she grabbed him, pulled down his collar with force, and then stood on her tiptoes to kiss his lips.
Chandler was stunned. He didn’t expect her to suddenly kiss him like this.
KISS ed him with all her focus, feeling the warmth of Chandler’s lips.
This kiss made her feel familiar and attached as if they had kissed like this countless times before!
After who knows how long, Tina finally ended the kiss, gasping for breath.
She looked at Chandler and said, “Even if you want to let me go, I won’t let you. Chandler, do you really think my feelings for you are just sympathy?”
He pursed his lips tightly and pulled her hand, which was holding onto his collar, apart. “Tina, don’t casually say things that you might regret in the future. Do you know what consequences you might face if I don’t let you go?”
The longer he was tormented by the parasite, the less rational he would become.
If the parasite in his body couldn’t be successfully extracted, he might go crazy. Once his rationality diminished, it would mean that he would become increasingly unable to control himself.
At that time, he might do crazy things driven by his instinctual desires.
Looking at Chandler’s serious expression, Tina said, “But I’m not saying these things casually.”
“Whether you’re saying them casually or not, just stop.” He took a step back. “And from now on, don’t come to me actively. We should keep some distance.”
After speaking, Chandler let his secretary into his office and said, “Help me escort Miss Stephenson out.”
The secretary cautiously approached Tina and said, “Miss Stephenson, please.”
Tina let out a long breath. There was no need to rush things anyway. “Then I’ll go back first.” Besides, she could come and find him again tomorrow!
She returned home, where Hadwin and Lina were.
Hadwin looked at his daughter and said, “I heard that you’ve been going to see Chandler frequently recently?”
“Yes,” Tina admitted honestly.
“Since you and Chandler have already separated, then don’t…”
Before Hadwin finished speaking, Tina interrupted, “I want to get back together with Chandler.”
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