Do You Still Love Me When We Meet Again? (Aubrey and Damon) novel Chapter 133

The TCM doctor calmly explained, “Many ailments can affect the heart, particularly those linked to mental and emotional distress, encompassing what Western medicine terms depression, bipolar disorder, and post–traumatic stress disorder…”

Understood, thank you.” Damon thanked the doctor and hung up, his face grim as he stared at the piles of books and documents on his desk. His heart ›lunged into a cold, dark abyss, leaving him feeling hollow and gripped by a fear he had never known before.

He wheeled himself out of the room.

le didn’t go to Aubrey’s room, but to Sierra’s door.

le knocked.

Sierra opened the door, surprised to see him. “Damon? What’s wrong? It’s late.”

lis tone was forceful, his voice cold and hard. “What’s wrong with Aubrey?”

ierra froze, her eyes darting around, her hands nervously twisting the hem of her shirt, hesitating, unable to speak.

Jamon was growing desperate, his fists clenched, his deep voice laced with fury. “What illness is she hiding from me?“.

That’s Aubrey’s private information, it’s not for me to disclose. You should ask her yourself,” Sierra said, glancing down, visibly uneasy.

Ask her?” Damon scoffed, a sudden redness rimming his eyes. His fist clenched so tight his knuckles turned white, his chest heaving as if stabbed with a nife. “She only ever tells me the good news, hides any… any bad news from me. She always lies to me. I won’t believe a single word she says anymore.”

ierra’s face darkened, clearly feeling defensive of Aubrey. She raised her voice, indignation lacing her tone. “It’s because she loves you so much.”

Jamon gave a bitter laugh, his eyes still red with anger. “What kind of love is this? I’ve never seen a love that tortures someone like this. What has she ver taken me for? A stranger? Everyone else knows about her condition, except for me.”

ierra spoke earnestly, carefully choosing her words. “Damon, Aubrey’s grandparents and her parents were all very… very heavily favored boys over irls. Even though her parents loved her, that love paled in comparison to the attention given to her brother. She’s lived in his shadow her whole life. he’s a girl who desperately craves love, and because she never felt loved as a child, she struggles to truly accept or give love in return.”

knew she had a boyfriend for four years in college, but I was in Crestview City back then. I didn’t know her boyfriend was you, and before we could en meet, you guys broke up.”

When she came back from New Haven City after graduation, she fell ill. She cried every single day, locking herself in her room, refusing to eat, drink, I see the sun. She was like a ghost of herself, so worn–down and broken. I was doing an internship then, and work kept me busy, so I didn’t have much me to be with her. Ethan Sterling stayed with her for a while before going abroad. She lost over thirty pounds in a month, and her eyes were erpetually red and swollen from crying.”

yelled at her, saying, ‘It’s just a guy, what’s so heartbreaking about it? It’s just a breakup, is it worth dying over? Are you really going to throw your life way? •

ierra, recalling Aubrey’s dark past, teared up and surreptitiously wiped her eyes before continuing, “She wouldn’t listen to anyone and ran berself gged. She ended up in the hospital and was there for a long time. By the time she was diagnosed with depression, it was already moderate.”

got to the bridge just in time. She didn’t jump, thank God, but I was so relieved and pissed that I slapped her across the face. Then we just stood there y the bridge, hugging and bawling our eyes out.”

Then, she suddenly changed. Her depression seemed to lift, and she spent every day, from dawn till dusk, buried in law books, studying like crazy,

hile also working part–time to earn money. I never thought she’d pass the bar exam in just one year, but she did, becoming a public interest lawyer he’s been trying to overturn her father’s case ever since, submitting appeals every year, but each one was rejected. She persisted for five whole years. ht

asn’t until you showed up that I realized you were her ex boyfriend”

ierra wiped away more tears, glancing down at Damon

Damon’s eyes were bloodshot, his cheeks soaked with tears. His fists were clenched so tightly they trembled, veins bulging, his face erched with sorrow, ut he listened intently.

Damon, I never understood why Aubrey was in so much pain before, but now I do. She’s like a vulnerable soul who’s never krawn love, abandoned in corner, suddenly receiving intense, profound love. It was like going from hell to heaven, from despair to happiness, experiencing the feeling of being herished and carefully protected. And this deep love didn’t last just a day or two, it lasted four whole years. That’s why it was so hard for her to go

ack to where she started.”

Her second breakdown happened when you were about to return to New Haven City, and her father’s appeal was rejected again. She suffered sa

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much, and after breaking up with you once more, her depression relapsed, escalating directly into a severe episode. She didn’t dare tell because she was afraid you’d know she wa

was suicidal.”

you, probably

“She overdosed on pills, tried to drown herself in the bathtub, climbed to the top of buildings… these are just the times I know about. There might have been many, many more times I’m unaware of, where she was struggling on the edge of death. She wanted to live through sheer willpower, but the disease wanted to take her life. She loves you so much, how could she dare tell you about these things?”

“She craved her parents‘ love since she was a child, but they always favored her younger brother. Finally, her mom saw through her brother’s heartless nature, understood her goodness, and started loving her, slowly treating her better. But then, so tragically, her mom passed away. I felt like she was shattering at that moment, but she told me she was okay. Even now, she still tells me that after getting back with you, her illness has improved a lot and hat she’s fine.”

‘But, can severe depression really be cured so easily? Is she really okay? I don’t know, only she knows…”

Damon’s heart felt like it had been crushed, leaving him bleeding and gasping for air.

He buried his face in his soaked hands, his broad shoulders slumped as if under the weight of a mountain. Bent over, his powerful frame trembled as he Irew in ragged breaths.

He had never felt pain like this before. The agony of his breakup with Aubrey paled in comparison. This was a soul–crushing, heart–wrenching pain, nowing that Aubrey had wanted to end her life countless times, and he had been completely oblivious.

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