The Masterpiece of Leaving：Prepared A Perfect Stand-In For Him novel Chapter 113

"Do you remember nothing? In Evercrest Town, I was the one who stayed by your side during the most difficult times! I was the one who advised you to cooperate with the doctors, encouraged you to seek treatment for your eyes, and pulled you out of the abyss!" Cathy shouted, her voice full of emotion.

"If it weren't for me, you would still be abandoned by the Spencer family, still blind!" She continued, her words like whips lashing at his heart.

"So many years of staying by your side, is it not enough to outweigh a pair of corneas?"

"Now, I'm forced to pretend to donate my corneas to beg for your love. I have become the person I despise the most. Isn't that enough?"

"Do you only feel satisfied when you've pushed me to the point of death?"

After venting her feelings, she embarrassingly covered her face, tears streaming down relentlessly. It was not sadness, but embarrassment.

Cathy had fallen to such a state that she was willing to snatch the most abhorred person's credit just to keep a man.

Aubrey stood silently, looking at her. Although he didn't say anything, the coldness in his eyes gradually dissipated.

Cathy's words felt like lashes on his heart. Indeed, she had done many things he couldn't accept.

However, she was also the one who accompanied him through his most difficult times. They had promised to be together for the rest of their lives and to keep this matter a secret in their hearts.

Now she was willing to break their promise for him...

Guilt washed over him, and he slowly reached out his finger to gently touch her head before pulling her into his embrace, saying, "I'm sorry."

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Navier couldn't stop missing Iris and her biological father, so she soon set off back to Evercrest Town.

As she was driving, her phone pinged with a notification. She glanced at it when she stopped at a service area to refuel.

It was a notification of a deposit into her bank account, with a long string of zeros.

Navier's lips curved slightly as she dialed William's number. "Mr. Ripley, didn't we agree that what I did for Mr. Anderson was to repay you? Why did you transfer such a large sum of money?"

William's voice sounded helpless from the other end of the line. "This is something Aubrey insisted I do. You know his temper. If I hadn't done it properly, he would've been furious and might have even canceled the project."

Aubrey's intention?

Navier's lips slightly tightened. It seemed that he wanted to settle things with her and didn't want to owe her anything.

"But what should I do? I did what I did because of you, and I have no connection with him at all. By transferring this money, is he trying to humiliate me?" Navier half-jokingly said.

William: "..."

He couldn't help but wipe his forehead. How could he handle this situation? One person insisted on giving, while the other insisted on not accepting. What should he do?

"Keep it. What I did before was just a small favor, nothing worth mentioning." Navier spoke sincerely, her eyes dimming. "If it weren't for you, I would no longer be Navier, and Iris wouldn't exist either."

William was taken aback by her words. His heart suddenly clenched, followed by a sharp pain.

He couldn't help but recall the scene when she was lying in the snow, barely breathing. Her face was paler than the snow, and her lips were cracked. At that time, she was extremely disheveled and on the brink of death.

And in the hospital, she was covered in blood, yet she was crying and begging the doctor to take her blood.

The more he thought about it, the more his heart ached.

"How about... you marry me?" The words almost slipped out of his mouth without thinking.

"Don't joke, Mr. Ripley," Navier didn't take it seriously, her tone light. "You've been so kind to me. How could I repay you by disgracing you? How about this, I'll give you half of the money. Consider it as accepting Aubrey's gratitude."

William really wanted to say that he wasn't joking. He also wanted to tell her that if she was with him, it wouldn't be a disgrace but a blessing.