Daniel maintained his silence.

Linda stole a quick glance at him and couldn’t help but feel he was even more intimidating when he stayed quiet. However, his silence now carried a touch of sadness.

After a while, he spoke softly. “Is he… treating her well?”

“Whether it’s good or bad, it’s not your concern anymore,” she replied.

“It is my concern!” Daniel’s voice trembled slightly. “If he treats her well, I promise I won’t disturb her anymore. But if he mistreats her, I’ll do anything to bring her back to me.”

“Why did you act like you did in the first place, knowing all this?” Linda asked with a bitter smile. “Where were you when she wanted to be with you the most, have children with you, and live a happy life together?”

Linda’s words rendered Daniel speechless.

“Reflect on it yourself,” Linda said calmly before leaving the room. “Think about what she meant to you in the past. Did you truly see her as a woman, or did you treat her as a means to alleviate your loneliness?”

Daniel slowly rose and ventured into the courtyard. The night was draped in fog, casting a veil over the sky. He shivered, lighting a cigarette.

The history between him and Maisie was straightforward.

Daniel and Maisie met at a dinner party.

was a struggling student from a modest background who had been

favor

no stranger to such situations and knew the businessman intended to offer Maisie to him, Daniel couldn’t help

event and didn’t know when to raise her glass or speak. She resembled a lost rabbit in a forest, anxiously scanning her surroundings

Maisie couldn’t handle alcohol, and

few questions and had his secretary

his surprise, Maisie came to see him

me for?”

confessed, “Thank you for not letting me stay there last night. I was

off, advising her not to take it to heart. “In the future, when you take on

nodded earnestly.

Daniel learned that she was truly struggling financially. She was raised in a family

to an unemployed and abusive man, but her mother refused

elder brother was seriously ill and

of sending her to university. Only after Maisie vowed never to accept a single penny from her family did her mother reluctantly

college, she worked diligently to support herself, eating the cheapest food and taking on the most grueling jobs to get through

of her brother’s

relationship. At the time, he had just

fulfilled

had never anticipated Daniel becoming a relentless presence

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