Chapter 509

Nara had just finished writing a sentence and was about to show it to Gary’s mother when the latter knocked the notebook out of her hand and pointed at her, cursing angrily. “You can’t even speak. What makes you think you’re good enough for my son?”

Nara looked at her in astonishment.

She waved her hands frantically, her mouth opening and closing as if she wanted to say something but couldn’t manage to speak.

Gary’s mother immediately stepped forward and slapped Nara across the face with a swing of her hand!

Nara toppled to the ground. She was already frail, and now, she could taste blood in her mouth once again…

This taste was all too familiar to Nara lately.

Jackson and Austin had abused her. When she jumped off the rooftop, her mouth was filled with this very

taste…

Clutching her face, Nara looked at Gary’s mother in

shock.

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Gary’s mother continued to glare at her. “Let me tell you, stop messing with my son! Stay away from him!”

Nara was utterly dumbfounded.

She looked helplessly at Gary’s mother, wanting to say it wasn’t like that…

Between her and Gary, Gary had always been the one

who took the initiative.

Being mute, she always felt inferior and had been struggling for life since she was young, fighting to escape poverty. How would she have the time to fall in

love?

Gary courted her at university, helping her…

She remembered that Gary looked down on her at first, thinking she didn’t deserve to be the top student. Since she was mute, he wondered how she could

succeed in medicine if she couldn’t communicate with

patients.

dissected mouse and vomited until he

day, Gary started following her

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academic questions to

alone in the library… but somehow, a boy would suddenly appear across from her and talk

is this seat taken? May

reading alone? There’s no one next to you.

was holding many books and carrying a water bottle, the boy with a bright smile

him at

was like an indestructible cockroach, always showing up around her when she felt sleepy from studying or wanted to stretch during a

weariness…

heart wasn’t made of stone.

he minded that she

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“I’ve always hated those chatty girls; I find them so annoying. When I’m with you, I always find a sense of

didn’t know how

she tried to pull away, he didn’t let go. “Nara, give me a chance and give yourself one too. Isn’t it worth a try, at least while

for

had been talking about taking her home to meet his parents.

very nervous, always afraid that Gary’s family would disapprove… Gary said they wouldn’t and even mentioned that

his sake as well…

Gary returned home,

to school.

how she was doing and telling her that his mother was sick and that he was taking care of her

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his parents had any

reply was straightforward. “My dad listens to my mom, and my mom listens to me. I told

and she doesn’t mind.”

mother really didn’t mind and was looking

want to burden Gary. She would lie to him, saying everything was fine

swallowing all the bitterness alone.

through

regretted two things: one was that she hadn’t seen her brother Matias get married and bring home a

sister–in–law for her.

she hadn’t met

yet…

family, longed

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