She Chose Him Now She Wants Me Back novel Chapter 550

Elias telt a flicker of embarrassment and stammered for a moment before saying, “We’ll say it eventually anyway. We might as well get used to it now.”

They had been together for almost five years, yet they still had not married.

On the other end of the line, Sophia said nothing. They listened to each other breathe. After a long pause, she hung up.

It did not take long for Elias to grow uneasy. He realized Sophia had changed. She rarely replied to his messages, and even when she did, her tone was cold and distant.

One day, Elias could not endure it any longer. He asked, “Soph, when are you coming back? I… miss you…”

Silence stretched on the other end. He could even hear his own heartbeat.

After a while, Sophia said, “Don’t wait for me. I don’t want to return to Eastmere.”

She spoke with such calm that Elias could hardly believe what he heard.

“Why?” he asked, disbelief in his voice.

“Since you asked, I’ll be honest.”

Elias tightened his grip on the phone. Panic spread across his face.

“My relatives don’t approve of me being with you. They think you’re too poor.”

Elias’s fingers trembled, and the phone slipped from his hands onto the floor. He scrambled to pick it up. “Soph, I don’t have money… but we can work hard together. I can earn it. I don’t mind hardship. I—”

“50,000,” Sophia cut him off before he could finish.

Instinctively, Elias asked, “50,000 what?”

“50,000 dollars for a dowry. No borrowing. I don’t want to get married and still have to help you pay it off. If you can come up with 50,000 at once, my family will agree to let me marry you.” Her tone remained cold, as if the matter had nothing to do with

her.

Elias’s voice shook. “Soph, don’t do this. You know my family’s situation… Even if I sold the house back home, I still couldn’t come up with 50,000 dollars. I really don’t have the money.”

Sophia gave a light laugh. “No money, no wedding. I’ve been seeing a few other guys lately, around your age. One car alone costs tens of thousands. What do you have?”

That sentence crushed Elias completely. He gripped the phone, his knuckles turning white, but he could not say a word.

“Fine, that’s it. If you have nothing, don’t call again.”

Sophia hung up.

Elias was devastated. He did not go to work for the next few days. He could not understand why the gentle, caring Sophia had become like this.

After days of brooding in his apartment, he took a deep breath and made up his mind. No matter what, he would not give up on Sophia.

He called her again. “Soph, can you wait for me? I’ll make 50,000 dollars and come marry you.”

Sophia paused, then sniffed softly. “How much do you have now?”

“Just over 12,000 dollars.”

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“Okay. Transfer it to me.” Her voice remained calm and detached.

Elias did not hesitate. He kept only 300 dollars for living expenses and transferred the rest to her. After that, he began working day and night, juggling several jobs at once.

But at the height of his struggle, a call from the hospital stunned him.

Sophia had gone in for a checkup, and the records listed Elias‘ phone number. The hospital called to ask why she had not returned for a follow–up.

Elias was shocked. After confirming the details again and again, he realized that Sophia really did have cancer, and it was already in a late stage.

His eyes reddened at once. Without hesitation, he booked a flight to her hometown.

When he stood outside her hospital room and saw her, thin and surrounded by tubes, he could not hold back any longer. Tears

streamed down his face.

He took out his phone and called her.

Sophia saw the incoming call and felt a flicker of joy, but when she answered, her tone turned distant, as though she meant to keep him at arm’s length. “What do you want?”

Elias choked back his tears. “Where are you?”

“Talready told you I’m home. Aren’t you tired of this?”

Elias could not bear it any longer. He rushed into the hospital room and cried out, “You liar!”

Sophia froze when she saw him. After a long moment, she gritted her teeth. “Why are you here?”

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Elias‘ eyes were red as he walked over and took her hand. “If I didn’t come, how long were you going to keep lying to me?”

Sophia fell silent for a few seconds, then let out a sudden laugh. “Since you’ve already seen it, I won’t hide it anymore. I asked you for the dowry to pay for treatment. You know how expensive cancer treatment is.”

“We’ll treat it. No matter how much it costs,” Elias said without hesitation.

From then on, he worked even harder, day and night. He borrowed money from relatives and friends wherever he could.

Almost every day, Sophia received a transfer from him.

Sometimes, it was a few hundred dollars. Sometimes, it was tens of thousands.

In just one month, the total he sent had already exceeded 50,000 dollars.

He visited her again at the hospital. He could not understand why she kept growing thinner despite receiving treatment every day, but he did not give up.

With tears in his eyes, he said, “Soph, we agreed to get married on December 3rd. Do you remember?”

“December 3rd…” Sophia murmured it several times, then suddenly smiled. “Okay.”

That answer filled Elias with renewed determination.

But in the end, Sophia did not keep that promise. In mid–November, Elias received devastating news. Sophia had passed away.

When he rushed to her hometown, all he saw was her cold memorial photo. That day, he cried until he nearly fainted.

He did not even know how he made it back to Eastmere.

He quit his job. The life seemed to drain out of him. He became numb and empty. Only when he saw something connected to Sophia did even the faintest spark return to his eyes.

Today was December 3rd, the day they had promised to marry.

Early that morning, Elias received a package. Inside were a USB drive and a bank card.

He inserted the USB drive into his computer, and Sophia’s voice filled the room. “Eli! Hearing my voice must be a surprise, right? Hehe, I’m sorry. I didn’t keep our promise.

“Ah, today should be December 3rd, right? You definitely know what day this is. It’s the day you looked forward to the most. Of course… it’s also the day I looked forward to the most! So, do you miss me very much?

“I was so excited. I wanted to hold your hand, wear a wedding dress, get married, then go into the bridal room and do some embarrassing things together, and then have a little baby, hahaha!

“But I’m quite unlucky. It’s such a pity. It makes me so sad…”

Her voice sounded playful, but at that point it faltered. She went quiet for a long moment before continuing.

“Let’s talk about something important. There’s more than 60,000 dollars in this bank card. Besides the 50,000 you gave me, there’s also more than 10,000 I saved myself since I was little! Ain’t I amazing?

“What? You’re asking why I didn’t get treatment? Oh, come on, stop that. My illness couldn’t be cured anyway. You worked so hard to earn that money to marry me. How could I bear to waste it like that?

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