Obedience No More He's the One I Deserved novel Chapter 529

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Ethan didn’t say anything else. His tall figure was wrapped in light and shadow. Handsome and restrained, like he was holding something back… No one knew what it was.

They stayed like that for a long while.

Then he said hoarsely, “I’ve given you everything you wanted. Why isn’t it enough?”

Why isn’t it enough?

Pain stabbed Dawn’s chest without warning, almost stealing her breath. But she hid it well. Her expression turned even colder than before. “Why isn’t it enough? You really don’t know?

“Ethan, some things change, and once they do, that’s it. I’ve tried so hard to pretend nothing ever happened… but I can’t. I can’t forget.”

She smiled. It looked worse than crying.

“Let’s just leave it at this. We’ll live our own lives.

The words were deliberately vague.

They both knew what she meant, but saying it outright would’ve been too cruel. Framing it this way made it sound gentler.

Ethan’s eyes reddened. His pupils were dark and deep, like they could swallow her whole.

“Hah.”

He ground out the words. “You’re unbelievable!”

After that, he turned and walked away in long strides.

Dawn stared at his back for a long time, forcing the tears in her eyes not to fall.

She didn’t know how much time had passed. It felt like her legs had gone numb.

Her phone rang.

She took it out, waited until the ringtone was about to end, then answered.

On the other end, Vincent let out a breath of relief. After steadying himself for a while, he said in a restrained voice, “Dawn, you found your brother, didn’t you?”

Dawn stood where she could see the hospital room. She answered hoarsely, “I did.”

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He’s me. He’s doing well

“That’s good… That’s really good!”

Vincent’s tone shifted from worry to excitement “I never imagined your mother would leave me such a huge surprise, Once I finish things here, I’ll come back right away. Our family will finally be together again!”

Dawn didn’t move. Light poured down over her half–bright and half–dark, hiding her expression,

She didn’t speak,

“Dawn, I’m really happy”

Vincent didn’t notice anything wrong. He said with emotion, “If I’d known your mother left you both behind, I wouldn’t have gone abroad 20 years ago… And maybe she wouldn’t have

had that accident,

“But it’s a blessing you found him. Your mother would be relieved. Take a couple of days off and stay with him, okay?”

“Okay, I will”

“Did he tell you how he lived before?”

Dawn’s hand at her side tightened. Her voice stayed flat. “He did. But he had an accident when he was a little over eight. He doesn’t remember anything from before.”

“Oh… He doesn’t remember.”

Vincent murmured, “Not remembering might be for the best.

“Then our family can start over. All the memories will be good ones. Take good care of him.”

“I will,” Dawn took a steadying breath. “I’m hanging up. I’m heading back.”

After hanging up, she gripped her phone tightly and stood there for a long time before going upstairs.

Micah was still asleep.

In the quiet hospital room, the occasional beeping of machines sounded.

Dawn stood by the bed. The slight frown between her brows hadn’t eased since earlier.

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She looked at him for a very long time. In the end, she took out her phone and sent a message to the number she’d just called. “Now that I have found my brother, Mom probably wouldn’t want us trapped by the past forever. I don’t want to keep investigating it anymore.”

There was no reply.

This was Dawn’s decision alone. No response was needed.

She sat in the chair beside him all night and barely slept. The second the door clicked open in the morning, her eyes snapped awake.

A nurse came in, ran basic checks on Micah, recorded the numbers, and left after confirming everything was fine.

“Why are you here alone? Where’s Ethan?”

Dawn paused, lifted a hand, and pinched the bridge of her nose. “Work’s been busy.”

“You two fought?”

There was silence.

It didn’t really count as a fight.

It was more like … a one–sided breakup.

Micah looked much better than yesterday. His voice was strong. “I don’t know what you talked about, but you know very well some things have nothing to do with him. Why can’t you stay together?”

Dawn was very calm. At least on the surface.

“If you fell in love one day and later found out your girlfriend had a grudge against me, could you still stay with her?”

“That’s not the same thing at all.”

“How is it not?”

At its core, there was no difference.

Dawn ordered food on her phone and said coldly, “I’m done digging into what happened back then. You should be happy.”

“What…” Micah opened his mouth to say something, but when he saw her pale, exhausted face, he couldn’t get the words out. His sister had already endured too much. Letting go might not be a bad thing.

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He glanced at her and muttered softly. “If you’ve already decided not to pursue it, shouldn’t you cherish what you have even more? Do you think everyone’s lucky enough to meet a man as good as Ethan?