Chapter 4

So Vivian had understood their conversation that day!

She already knew he had married Serena and that they were planning to keep it from her.

Julian’s heart raced wildly.

He had thought he could hide it well, that he could juggle both Serena and Vivian.

He thought he was being cautious. Serena, for him, was merely a past obsession. He was furious that she had left him for another man and had become almost manic, wanting to keep her by his side forever.

But she was just the one he hid, he didn’t deliberately let Vivian know about their relationship, because the one he truly loved, ever since he lost his sight that year, would only be Vivian.

But he never imagined she had learned Italian. She understood that conversation, she discovered everything!

But how could she be so cruel? He had only been obsessed with the past, and only felt pity for Serena. How could she deactivate all her information and disappear from his world entirely?

His vision blurred, gradually obscured by overflowing tears.

He remembered those years Vivian had spent by his side, in the complete darkness, only Vivian’s voice was steadfast and warm.

“Don’t be scared, Julian. I’ll be with you forever.”

“Forever?”

“As long as you don’t do anything to betray me, then of course, it’ll be forever.”

At that time, Julian held the young girl in his arms, his voice choked.

“I would never betray you, Vivian. So it’s settled, you’ll stay with me forever.”

But when did things change?

Was it Serena’s repeated pleas, or Serena’s crying, wronged face?

Gradually, he began to think that Vivian being by his side was a given. He started to remember the person who had abandoned him, and that person, by chance, was now down on her luck, waiting for him to save her.

He confidently believed he could keep everything firmly in his grasp.

But he forgot that even though Vivian had only him, she was never one to swallow her pride and compromise.

Rather than suffer internal torment, she would rather leave him completely.

Vivian understood him too well. She clearly knew that if Julian found out she was leaving, he would definitely stop her, using every means to keep her by his side.

So, she abandoned everything—including every way he could find her—and utterly vanished from Julian’s world.

Understanding all this, Julian suppressed the bitterness in his heart.

“Vivian, no way. I can’t let you go!”

He murmured Vivian’s name over and over, his eyes filled with longing for her.

“Vivian, it’s my fault. I shouldn’t have treated you like that for another woman.”

“You can do whatever you want to me, hit me, curse me, it’s all fine, but please, don’t leave my side?”

He apologized countless times, his voice growing hoarse.

But the person who should have heard him was no longer by his side.

Saying anything more was futile.

“Vivian, I will find you. To the ends of the earth, we will meet again!”

Julian’s eyes hardened, and he declared resolutely.

He would never let go. Vivian would always be his.

He would admit his mistakes, he would kneel and apologize, he would find a way to make her forgive him, but he would absolutely not allow Vivian to leave him.

Julian’s eyes were filled with determination. He tremblingly opened his phone’s photo album, and piously kissed her photo on the screen.

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