The Moment I Realized I Can't Lose You novel Chapter 99

Joaquin bent down and picked up the photograph.

It was a family portrait. The parents in the photo were smiling brightly, and the little girl standing between them looked like the happiest kid in the world. She was wearing a white pleated dress, her hair tied into twin pigtails, her eyes crinkling into bright crescents.

Looking at the girl, Joaquin's brow furrowed.

Why did this young Audrey look so much like Rainey? When Rainey was little, she used to wear the exact same style of dress and wear her hair in identical pigtails. She would follow him around all day, constantly calling his name, begging him to play. The day she fell into the pond when he was nine, she was wearing a white pleated dress just like this.

Suddenly, Rainey's words from the very first time she mentioned Audrey echoed in his mind—

"When we were kids, my cousin loved to copy me. She would steal my dresses and copy my hairstyles!"

Because of that one sentence, he had formed a terrible impression of Audrey before he even met her. It was why he had treated her so coldly when they first got married.

Over the past year, he had slowly realized that the Audrey he knew didn't seem to match Rainey's description. But now, looking at this photo of a five-year-old Audrey, he fell into deep thought.

Rainey hadn't lied. Audrey really did copy her when they were young.

Combined with her recent, stubborn insistence on entering the entertainment industry despite having no experience...

He frowned, his gaze shifting back to the woman sleeping peacefully on the sofa.

She was right. He had truly never made an effort to understand her.

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