Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 490

Bonnie remained quiet. She desperately didn't want to explain her internal turmoil, because doing so meant exposing every jagged, vulnerable piece of her heart to him.

In the early stages of falling for someone, it was agonizingly hard to present them with your deepest insecurities.

She just wanted to be flawless in his eyes.

She was terrified that if he saw the real, messy anxiety inside her, he would think she was too much work—too difficult to love.

So she stubbornly bit her lip and refused to say a word.

Lawrence was an incredibly patient man. He tried coaxing it out of her with absolute gentleness, but her stubbornness was far more entrenched than he had realized.

No matter what he said, she remained completely mute.

He finally pinched her jaw, forcing her to release her own lip. A neat row of small teeth marks had already dug into her soft, pink mouth.

"How hard were you biting down? Why do you have to be so cruel to yourself, huh?"

She was so busy fighting her own thoughts that she didn't even feel the pain. The more she thought about it, the more she felt like a dramatic, paranoid mess, agonizing over a hypothetical future that hadn't even happened.

But she had zero experience handling these overwhelming emotions. She was tearing herself apart. She wanted to tell him, but feared he'd call her overly sensitive and dramatic. What if he grew disgusted with her? But keeping it buried felt like she was suffocating.

Both options were complete dead ends. Trapped in a mental corner, she let out a broken sob and went right back to chewing on her lip.

He was completely out of his depth. It wasn't like he had any experience either. He had never had to comfort a crying girl in his entire life, let alone navigate emotional fragility like this. All he could do was burn with helpless panic.

Watching her weep and self-mutilate her own lips out of sheer distress stirred up a vicious cocktail of heartbreak and raw, undeniable heat.

It slammed violently against his ribs.

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