I Want a Divorce by Nadia Gordon

Chapter 554

Chapter 554 Is That All?

Sean chuckled softly as he sat down beside Abigail and gazed at Scarlett’s sleeping face. He gently spoke, “When I was young, my parents passed away and my grandparents raised me. The year they died, I was struck by a grave illness that affected both my physical and mental

health.”

Abigail remained silent, gnawing at her straw.

“People say that men don’t cry easily, but I couldn’t help but sob my heart out every day,” he confessed, having already forgotten the trauma of losing his parents.

He believed that he would never recover from the pain, but time proved to be cruel. Gradually, all the pain and sorrow he felt faded away.

She looked at him intently. “What happened next?”

“A month later, I didn’t cry as often as before. A year later, I stopped crying altogether. Now, I have almost forgotten the agonizing pain I felt back then. At most, I just miss them,” Sean replied, placing a strawberry in his mouth.

“Are

you telling me to cherish the present?” Abigail’s eyes sparkled with clarity.

“Abigail.” He spoke her name solemnly for the first time.

“Just get to the point. There’s no need to be like this,” she said, furrowing her brow.

He gently stroked her hair. “I find it strange. You’ve been away from them for over 20 years, yet time hasn’t worn away their love for you. Is it because I am naturally cold-hearted? Is that why time can erode my love for my parents?”

had no

Indeed. Why?

had heard someone compare a parent’s love for their children to

elders she knew often used this analogy to describe the love

love for their children would always be greater than the children’s love for

at Scarlett and wondered if that was

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I’m just expressing my confusion,” Sean said,

not overthinking anything,” she

wasn’t long before Lawrence

in the ICU, so it’ll be a while before he

She simply nodded.

now was too much and too soon, so he didn’t say

haven’t rested at all since you arrived here. Everything at the hospital has been taken care of now. Go rest. I’ll have the family driver

in my office,”

might have

“O-Okay.” Lawrence felt disappointed.

ignored him and left the

Lawrence, “You’ve

took a deep breath and suddenly felt uplifted. “She’s already back. I have the rest

Kelly, nothing about the circumstances can

the most would be greater than if it were done by anyone else. Still, Sean was

has you,”

mood brightened. After bidding farewell to Lawrence, he left to catch up

Sean walked out of

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