I Want a Divorce by Nadia Gordon

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?”

no answer for

Indeed. Why?

love for their children to a one-way stream that

often used this analogy to describe the

would always be greater than the children’s love for

at Scarlett and

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overthink it. I’m just expressing my

overthinking anything,” she

long

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

She simply nodded.

Pearsons now was too much and too soon, so he didn’t say anything more about Old Mr. Pearson’s

at the hospital has been taken care of now. Go rest. I’ll have the family

stay in my

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

“O-Okay.” Lawrence felt disappointed.

ignored him and left

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

already back. I have the rest of

overly protective of Kelly, nothing about

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

has you,” Lawrence

Sean’s mood brightened. After bidding farewell to Lawrence, he left to catch up with

long time. When Sean walked out of the