"Maisie..."

"I should indeed forgive myself," Maisie uttered, her gaze averted as if looking at something beyond. "And to do so,

I must confront the past."

She enunciated each word deliberately. "Daniel, I did love you. It was a love that gave everything, even risking my

life.

"I initially stayed with you because of money... I constantly reminded myself that I didn't mean anything to you and

that you would leave me sooner or later. But I couldn't control falling for you.

"After recalling those things from the past, I also hated you. But I seem to understand something these days—I

hated you because I still loved you. Yet, the opposite of love isn't hate. It's forgetting. So... I genuinely intend to

forgive myself."

Daniel stood in silence.

A breeze swept by, causing cherry blossom petals from the tree behind Maisie to drift, landing gently on her hair

and shoulders.

Although she stood right in front of him, he felt as though they were worlds apart.

realized there wasn't just sunlight but also

forced a smile, unsure of what

into his eyes. "And you should also forgive yourself. Let's both

start anew in

to completely forget about

lowered her head,

been plunged into it. Eventually, he

he murmured softly. "I won't disturb you anymore.

have to tell

slowly revealing, "I wasn't the

"What?"

thought I sent someone to find you, forced you to terminate the pregnancy, and eventually

off the staircase...

I investigated those people back then, but you were in a critical condition in

that I was busy taking care of you, so I

out everything now." His gaze was resolute. "Maisie, trust

days later, Daniel took swift and decisive action against his fourth uncle, Chace Quimby,

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