After the Cold Marriage His Crazy Love (Iris and Julian) novel Chapter 189

Chapter 189 Choosing Herself

This was the last piece of dignity and freedom she had fought to keep for herself.

Iris slowly let go, as if she were finally setting down the weight of everything that had come before. Without looking back, she turned away from Julian’s car and started down the street, ach step steady

te, even as it felt like she was walking straight through pain that cut eeper with ev

The street swept pas let fall.

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acro

pty, the kind of quiet that made the wind feel louder than it should. It gusts, tugging at her coat as her vision blurred with tears she refused to

back, staring up at the night and the moon was buried

n the kind of person who to start now. Her life was

I’m living for myself.

she stopped by a groce

ross town to visit on leste had once twis

opened the do

politely. “Ha

ear

tars were faint, scattered thinly y clouds that refused to break.

on a family or a man to survive, and

efully picked out a few gifts before taking rofessors from college, Nolan Brown, the g scandalous in her rumors.

ce lit up instantly. “Iris? Is that really you?”

or Brown.”

warmly, taking the bags from her hands. “Perfect oliday with me.”

Boyd sitting in the living room and greeted him with a or Boyd.”

Well, if it isn’t Iris, the star of the Department of

er, still smiling. “Of course it is. I still remember her wedding

y played matchmaker.”

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“Julian,” Nolan confirmed, pouring her a cup of warm water and handing it over before gi Edmund a pointed look. “You introduced them. Don’t tell me you forgot.”

“Thanks,” Iris said softly, wrapping her hands around the warm cup.

The two professors settled in, their conversation flowing easily.

“He

‘t actually my student,” Edmund explained.

raised a brow. “And you still set him up with my student without really knowing him? s bold.”

dmund chuckled, though his t serious he was. That kid had be enough to stand next to her o and eventually made it into didn’t want to mess with he from overseas and tracked seen that kind of persiste

Iris held her cup tight

Her chest tighten go, the dull ache

She could bar

He had lil

ftened with sincerity. “I’ll admit, I was convinced by how o her since middle school. Said he wanted to be good so he pushed himself like crazy, turned his grades around, d University. For years, he kept his distance because he es. The moment he heard she might start dating, he flew back own. Kept showing up until I finally agreed to help. I’ve never

er hands still trembled.

ething invisible had wrapped around her heart and refused to let until it was hard to breathe.

hat she was hearing.

iddle school?

rson he had quietly loved, the one he had worked so hard for… had been

rst love.

hown her for over a decade, while she had only truly known him for a little

om the cup did nothing to steady her shaking hands.

sense.

sisted on marrying hi

fused to let the

sn’t some

rayed him.

most insignificant, like something small

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and fleeting against something vast and unshakable.

“Why didn’t you bring your husband with you?” Nolan asked casually.

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Iris snapped back to the present, forcing a small, composed smile. “He’s with his family for the holiday. I actually came to talk to you about something work-related.”

“Work?” Nolan looked surprised.

She met his gaze, calm and steady now. “The research project you invited me to join two years ago… I’d like to be part of it.”

For a moment, both professors just stared at her, stunned.

“I’m bringing funding with me,” Iris added, her voice firm, her eyes clear with purpose. “Two hundred million.”

The reaction was immediate.

Nolan stood up, visibly moved, gripping her hand tightly as if afraid she might change her mind. His voice shook with emotion. “Iris, you’re serious? This is… this is the best news I could’ve hoped for this year. We need you on this team.”

Edmund nodded, equally impressed. “With you joining us, our work in rare pediatric disease treatments is going to move forward faster than we ever imagined.”

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His Belated Love for the Abandoned Ex-Wife