Chapter 1828


    Chapter 1828


    She remembered how she often quipped, “Hadwin Stephenson, do you think we’ll still kiss like this


    when we’re


    in our 70s and 80s? Would we be tired of each other and no longer kiss?”


    Each time, he would say gently, “We won’t get tired of each other. Lina, I will still kiss you when you’re


    old. I will always kiss until I close my eyes and leave this world.”


    However… she and he would never have that. Not five years ago, not now.


    Lina did not resist or struggle but let Hadwin Stephenson deepen the kiss.


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    It was like a farewell to her-a farewell to the rtionship.


    When the kiss finally ended, Lina heard Hadwin Stephenson’s hoarse voice say, “Lina, you still love


    me, don’t you? Do you know how badly I’ve been wanting to kiss you like how I just


    did?”


    After five years, he could finally touch her like this again without the pain of the blood curse.


    2/4 “Lina, do you know that I chose to break up with you not only because I wanted to regain control of


    the Stephenson family and have what it takes to protect you in the future, but also because-”


    However, before he could finish, Lina interrupted him. “If your idea of protecting me is dating another


    woman, then I would rather not have such protection.”


    He stiffened and stared at her. There seemed to be a sense of imploring in his beautiful, deep, and


    dark eyes. “Lina, would you forgive me if I told you I did that to save your life and let you live?”


    Lina looked at Hadwin Stephenson calmly. “You’re not the one who protected my life but Grace. If it


    hadn’t been for Grace, my family would have had to sell our house to pay for my surgery, not to


    mention the expensive fee from staying in the ICU!”


    She still remembered how worried her parents were when they told her this story after she recovered. If


    it had not been


    for Grace, she might have died!


    Hadwin Stephenson instantly turned pale. “Don’t you… believe


    me?”


    Lina asked, “How do you expect me to believe you? You keep


    saying you love me and you want to marry me, that you’ve


    rever loved Katherine Jackson. But why can she still enter your mansion if you’ve broken up with her?


    It’s been happening


    frequently too. Hadwin Stephenson, is this how you love someone? You’re a liar!”


    Hadwin Stephenson frowned. “It’s not what you think. She came to my mansion because-”


    “What do you mean it’s not what I think? No one told me about this. I saw it with my own eyes. I saw


    her go into your mansionst night and leave this morning.” Linaughed bitterly and said, “Are you still


    going to tell me you have nothing to do with her? Are you going to say that although she stayed in your


    mansion the entire night, nothing happened between you two?”


    “What if I say yes? I have nothing to do with her. She did spend the night at the mansion, but nothing


    happened between us! Lina, don’t you believe me?” he said.


    However, her answer disappointed him.


    “How am I supposed to believe you? Hadwin Stephenson, do


    you think I’m gullible? When we were dating, you told me we


    would never break up. I believed you, but then you broke up


    with me! Now, you want me to believe you again. You want me to believe that you and Katherine


    Jackson have nothing to do


    with each other and that you broke up with me so I could live?


    What a shame that I won’t believe a word of it!”