Chapter 568 The Truth
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Oriana was surprised. “You just learned about it and achieved so much? I thought you really liked it.”
Micah thought for a moment, then replied, “Actually, strictly speaking, I don’t like IT.”
He whispered softly, “I only like you.”
Oriana pretended not to hear, but a small smile tugged at the corner of her mouth.
“But I’m stubborn. I thought if he could do it, I could do even better. That’s how I ended up with so many unexpected achievements.”
Oriana nodded.
Genius is genius after all!
Grant was so full of himself and grudges–how would he feel if he knew this truth?
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Micah went on, “And focusing on these things helps me control myself. It keeps me from thinking about you too much.”
Oriana blurted out, “Why would you want to think about me less?”
His voice suddenly quivered. Instinctively, he tightened his arms around her waist.
“I’m afraid I won’t be able to control myself. I’ll snatch you away from him, lock you up, and keep you by my side.”
Oriana’s heart skipped a beat. She quickly steered back to the original topic. “You still haven’t told me what’s really wrong with your eyes.”
Micah hesitated.
“My mental and physical functions deteriorate faster than those of normal people. If used normally, my optic nerves should still last at least ten years. But—”
Oriana interrupted before he could finish, already guessing the cause. “But you overworked yourself!
“In such a short time, you developed so many product patents for the Research Center. Micah, were you treating yourself like a robot?”
She punched him lightly, angry,
Micah felt guilty but had promised to be honest, so despite her anger, he confessed. “Within three years, I nearly used up ten years‘ worth of capacity.”
Oriana flipped up to sit, her eyes red with anger.
Micah was startled by her reaction, awkwardly trying to sit up and fumble for her hand.
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Chapter 568 The Truth
Oriana was furious and wanted to harden her heart and ignore him.
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But he looked so fragile and pitiful, like a pet abandoned once, now finally returned, insecure and helpless.
She couldn’t bring herself to leave him alone.
She couldn’t even bring herself to scold him. “Micah, do you hate living so much?
“At first, you said we’d have a quick marriage, end it in two years. What, you think you can only tolerate me for two years?”
“I just thought two years was the absolute limit you could stand me,” he said timidly.
“Since we’d separate after two years, you wouldn’t see what I’d become, so it didn’t matter.”
“Should I thank you for having some self–awareness at least?”
“Honey, don’t be mad.”
He fumbled for a while until he found the hem of her clothes and pulled it up, finally grasping her hands tightly in his palm.
The warmth between them calmed him down. He pressed his lips together and took the initiative to explain. “Actually, after we decided to stay together, I was secretly getting treatment. But—”
His voice dropped even lower. “The injections have to be given on a strict schedule, and the medicine is extremely difficult to preserve. It has to be administered here, and I accidentally missed a dose, which sped up the progression.”
Oriana suddenly felt an unnamed dread rising. “Was it when I was on that business trip? And later, when we went on vacation?”
Feeling her burning gaze on him, Micah nodded weakly. “Yes.”
Oriana’s lips trembled uncontrollably,
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