Second Marriage The Billionaire's Planned Love (Quinn and Julian) novel Chapter 410

Chapter 410 Pain That Never Fades

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“Reach out anytime if you need any help here in Lakeshore City,” Juhan said. “I’m free to sign the contract whenever you’re ready.”

After ending the call, Mark turned to look at his wife Xenia. Her face held a sickly pale shade, yet her features stayed delicate, and her eyes held the innocent light of someone sheltered from the harsh world.

“You can go to social events if you need to,” she said softly. “I can stay by myself just fine.”

“I can’t,” Mark pulled her into his arms right after hanging up. “I won’t feel at ease letting you eat alone.”

Xenia let out a gentle laugh. “I’m not a little kid anymore.”

Her meals were specially prepared by a professional nutritionist, with plenty of food she had to avoid. She also ate very little each day. She would even skip meals entirely if no one kept an eye on her.

During one of Mark’s business trips years ago, she had not eaten a single bite the whole day, leaving all the household staff extremely worried. When Mark came back, he asked her angrily why she had gone without food, and she simply said she was not hungry.

From that day on, Mark barely went away on work trips again. He made sure to stay close just to watch her eat properly. He never blamed her for her odd moods, for even she herself could not understand why she acted that way.

She suffered from severe depression. Ever since their daughter went missing, she had been trapped in endless self-blame and guilt. Over the years, she had tried to end her own life many times, and she would not have pulled through without Mark staying by her side.

The worst incident happened when she locked herself in the bathroom for ages. Worried sick, Mark broke the door down and found she had tried to drown herself. He broke down in tears that day.

“You lost our child and feel like giving up on life, but have you ever thought about me?” he had cried out “What am I supposed to do without you? If life has to end, we will face it together.”

Xenia could not bear to see Mark hurt himself, so she forced herself to carry on living. Still, life held little joy for her apart from staying beside him. She had tried hard to cast away suicidal thoughts after that terrible day, yet she still paid no mind to trivial things like regular meals. That was why Mark stayed so anxious and kept close watch over her daily life.

Doctors found no physical illness in her body, yet constant low spirits messed up all her bodily functions, a problem no amount of wealth could fix.

On this trip, he took her to wander along old narrow alleys. They had visited this place together more than twenty years ago, back when they were young mad lovers not yet married. They had never come back here ever since their daughter disappeared, for sorrow had long wiped away all their old sweet moods.

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