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.

modest background who had been deceived into attending by a

favor to

intended to offer Maisie to him, Daniel couldn’t

to such an event and didn’t know when to raise her glass or speak.

clinked glasses with her. However, Maisie couldn’t handle alcohol, and her eyes welled up with

questions and

his surprise, Maisie came to see him the next day to express

for?” Daniel asked with

stay there last night. I was

and waved it off, advising her not to take it to heart. “In the future, when you take on part-time jobs, be cautious. There’s no such thing as a

nodded

raised in a family that favored sons over daughters, and Maisie’s father had passed

abusive man, but her mother refused

brother was seriously ill and desperately needed money

Maisie’s mother had no intention of sending her to university. Only after Maisie vowed never to accept a single penny from her family did her

support herself, eating the cheapest food and taking on the most grueling jobs to

burden of her brother’s

the time, he

each fulfilled their own

anticipated Daniel becoming a relentless presence in her

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