"Vanessa..."
"Stop talking! I beg you to just stop talking," Vanessa didn't want to listen anymore. She couldn't accept it all! She couldn't believe that the man she loved for so many years was the man who had hurt her for so long.
If only he knew that because he left without saying goodbye that night, she had lived in misery for all these years. Every night, she would dream of the night where her whole life started to be turned upside down.
Her never-ending nightmare made it feel like she had been living in hell.
How could Julien be the person who brought this devastation upon her?
How could it be him?
It could be anyone but him!
"Julien, take back what you just said. Pretend that you never said it, and I will pretend that I never heard it. You are still the president of Rovio, and I am still Vanessa Love. We have nothing to do with each other, and Lawrie will have nothing to do with you either," Evading was the only way Vanessa could cope with things at the moment.
"Vanessa, listen to me. The man from that night was really me. Lawrie is our child, we're his biological parents," Julien didn't want to escape from the truth anymore. He had to bear the responsibility for what he had done. He didn't want Vanessa to continue suffering alone.
"No. I won't believe it..." Vanessa clenched her fists and punched him on the chest again and again. She was crying, "I beg you, please just stop. I don't want to listen... I don't want to know anything."
"Vanessa..." Julien allowed her to beat him up and vent her anger. He did not dodge or resist until Vanessa was exhausted from crying and punching him. She collapsed in his arms, weak and limp. He held her in his arms carefully and said hoarsely, "I'm sorry!"
His apology was useless, but Julien still wanted to say it to her. This would be the last time he would be saying this to her. From now on, he would never again say these useless words in front of her again.
"Julien, how can it be you? Why is it you?" Vanessa had no more tears and her voice had gone hoarse. However, that didn't stop her from repeating herself. She still didn't want to believe it was him, but the facts had been laid out in the open. The man from that night was indeed Julien.
"Vanessa, tomorrow is the day of Lawrie's surgery. Let's go and get ourselves cleaned up. You also need to rest early," Julien wanted to stay by Vanessa's side, but he had to perform a surgery as well during Lawrie's operation tomorrow. He was supposed to leave so that the doctors could monitor his condition closely.
"Yes, I know," Vanessa nodded heavily. No matter how many emotions she was feeling and how helpless, scared and uncertain she was... She forced herself to suppress everything in her heart. For her, Lawrie's surgery was the most important thing right now. She could put everything else aside.
When they came out of the hospital, it was already getting dark. Looking at the bright city lights, Levi couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, "Alas, the most torturous thing in the world is love. I really don't understand why a person would hide their feelings. What's wrong with saying them out loud?"
Larry stood beside him. He looked up and replied, "Uncle Levi, let me tell you a secret."
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