Chapter 0407
“Nick!” Claudia said angrily. “Stop talking like that!”
She shook Nicholas, but he remained unmoved. Back when I first married Nicholas, I was still a girl who dreamt of love, imagining we would grow old together,
Occasionally, when we slept together, I would sneak into his arms. When my attempts to feign sleep were too obvious and failed, I would end up cuddling him and acting cute.
I would ask him, “Honey, who do you think will die first between the two of us?”
He would turn over and call me “boring“. Nevertheless, I would cling to him firmly.
I would wrap my arms around his waist from behind and pout. “Given our age gap, it’s more likely you’ll go first. If you do, I won’t live long after. I’ll die with you. Otherwise, I would be very sad living in this world without you.
Nicholas’s gaze kept staying on me. I wondered if he wanted to hear the same answer again. But he probably didn’t remember what he once said.
He replied, “If that day ever comes, it’s just fate. There’s no need to cling to it.”
At that time, he always wore a string of rosary beads, making his words seem profound. I admired him, believing he had deep insight. Looking back, I realized that he didn’t invest much emotion in me, so he didn’t need to cling to anything
I stared at him firmly and said, “No.”
Nicholas slumped back onto the bed as if he was falling into an abyss. He closed his eyes in despair.
Claudia crouched in front of him, her tone filled with sibling affection. “Nick, you still have me. I’ll never leave you or let you die. Get better soon.”
She glared at me with anger. “Ariana, you don’t need to come to the hospital anymore. Do you even know
“Claudia!” Nicholas interrupted her, not wanting her to continue.
The medical reports were right there on the table. Seeing me rather use them as a coaster for the thermos than glance at them, he didn’t want to show his weakness in front of me anymore. He was exhausted.
“Get her out!” he ordered.
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