A Journey from Bitterness to Truth (Matilda and Yvan) novel Chapter 680

Yvan's fuse blew right then and there. His fierce gaze pinned down on Matilda's face, his voice thick with a rasp, "Can you even see who I am anymore?"

Through a blurry vision, Matilda saw the face that haunted her midnight dreams.

That face had once been her nightmare, but over time, it had become the deepest wound in her heart.

Love and hate had already reached a dead end. The balance between life and death had been shattered six months ago. Who was there left to hate? Who could she still love?

Tears streamed down Matilda's face as she shakily covered her eyes, "I hate you... I truly hate you for a lifetime... Yvan..."

She hated his heartlessness and the pain he caused, his decisiveness and coldness, hated how he left everything on her shoulders, only to leap into the abyss himself.

Hate... She hated that despite all the suffering she endured for him, losing a finger, losing her brother, enduring kidnappings, feeling dead inside over and over, yet she was the one to stand alone when the Boyd family faced disaster, all for a man who would never return.

Hearing the word "hate" from her mouth stirred a storm within him...

Yvan gave a helpless smile, "Was it your ex-husband who did terrible things to you? Alright, I understand, but I'm not his substitute."

As he said this, a sharp, inexplicable pain squeezed his heart.

When Matilda covered her face, Yvan's keen eyes noticed the tip of her little finger was missing, and the deep, indelible scars on her slender wrists.

He questioned himself, had the woman before him once been driven to self-harm over her past husband?