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 answer

Indeed. Why?

for their children to a one-way stream that rarely flowed in

used this analogy to describe the love parents felt for their

for their children would always be greater

and wondered if that was

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I’m just expressing my

not overthinking anything,” she calmly

long before Lawrence

so it’ll be a while before he wakes up,” he informed

She simply nodded.

knew that asking her to accept the Pearsons now was too much and too soon, so he didn’t say anything more about Old Mr.

hospital has been taken care of now. Go rest. I’ll

stay in my

still strangers to her. Moreover, Kelly might have lived in the room she would be assigned

“O-Okay.” Lawrence felt disappointed.

him and left the

for her to walk out the door before muttering to Lawrence, “You’ve endured over

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

of Kelly, nothing about

person they trusted the most would be

glad she has you,”

to

a long time. When Sean walked out of the hospital doors, she turned to

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