The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 784

Chapter 784

Sophia lost her temper. “Then why did you let Irene go around calling herself Mrs. Hunt?”

Arthur sighed. “What was I supposed to do? Tell everyone she was an ex-girlfriend from 30 years ago?”

That only made Sophia angrier. Even her patience had limits. “How thoughtful of you to look after your ex! What about the woman you’re actually with?”

Arthur looked at her without a word.

Tears filled Sophia’s eyes, and she quickly turned away.

No, that wasn’t fair. He did think about her once. They even went to the courthouse to get married, but then his phone rang, and he left without looking back.

All he left her with was the same advice: end things. Forget the wedding. Find a good man and marry him.

Every year or two, he told her the same thing.

But she couldn’t just switch off her feelings, find someone else, and get married.

Sometimes, Arthur frustrated her so much that she tried dating other men. It never took long to realize she couldn’t make herself love someone else.

Arthur’s chest tightened at the sight of her tears, but he didn’t know how to comfort her.

When he accepted the mission, he was ready to give it everything, even his life. No one knew how long the disasters would last. Ten years, fifty, a hundred, or even longer.

But he underestimated how much Sophia loved him. More than a decade later, she still refused to give up on him.

He had nothing left to say. After all these years, he still didn’t know what to do.

He offered her a handkerchief. “Don’t cry. It’s my fault.”

That only made Sophia cry harder.

Arthur’s head began to throb. She was almost 40 and as stubborn as ever.

“Commander Hunt…”

Trevor came through the open door with something to report. As soon as he saw Sophia crying, he backed out

without another word.

With people coming in and out all day, Arthur felt awkward. But he couldn’t give Sophia the relationship she wanted, and he couldn’t make up for the years they lost.

He glanced at the box on the table, looking for a way to change the subject. “What’s this?”

Sophia said nothing.

Arthur pulled the box toward him and found it full of medicine.

He was about to protest that he wasn’t sick enough to need so much of the hospital’s scarce medicine when the labels caught his eye. Each bottle had a handwritten note with dosage instructions and precautions. The handwriting looked familiar.

Arthur picked up a bottle and stared at it. “Nicole made these?”

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Sophia was still too angry to answer.

brushed his thumb over the handwriting, unable to hold back a small smile. He never expected Nicole to do

this for him.

Maybe she cared about him after all.

“Sophia, thank you.”

He meant it for more than just the medicine. She did so much for him over the years.

“Don’t thank me. I was just sticking my nose where it didn’t belong.”

Sophia wasn’t ready to let it go.

“I shouldn’t have told Nicole you were sick, and I certainly shouldn’t have brought you the medicine she made. I should’ve just thrown the whole box away.”

Arthur knew she didn’t mean it, but for a moment, he couldn’t find a response.

He took a slow breath and looked at the woman who stood by him for more than a decade. Taking her gently by the sleeve, he drew her closer.

“You’re the one I owe the most.”

“That’s not on you. I’m the one who wouldn’t let go. Whatever happens, I have no one to blame but myself.”

Arthur studied her face. Somehow, more than ten years slipped by, leaving fine lines at the corners of her eyes.

Her determination to stay with him never changed.

He struggled to find the words. “If these disasters ever end and I’m still alive, I’ll marry you.”

“You’re not gonna die.” Tears spilled down Sophia’s cheeks again. “If you won’t take care of yourself for your own sake or mine, do it for Nicole. You missed her whole childhood. You can’t leave her now.”

Part of him regretted his decision. If he had known Sophia would stand by him all these years, so stubborn and so understanding, maybe he would’ve married her back then.

But he couldn’t change the past. 1

He took her hand and held it for a long time.

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