Year Five The Perfect Goodbye Plan novel Chapter 194

Meanwhile, Kent had already arrived at Nannie’s place.

“Nannie, didn’t I tell you to stay in your room? Why did you run off by yourself?” Kent asked as soon as he saw her.

Nannie was standing by the window, staring at him in silence. After a moment, a strange smile tugged at the corners of her mouth, her eyes flickering with something he couldn’t quite read.

“Kent, I just couldn’t stand being in the hospital anymore,” she said at last. “I’ve spent years stuck in that place, and I hate it.”

“If you had to come home, at least talk to me properly. Don’t just stand there like that,” Kent replied, his tone tinged with impatience.

His gaze was cold, completely devoid of any trace of sympathy as he looked at her.

Nannie pressed her lips together, let out a bitter laugh, and shook her head. “Kent, if I hadn’t gotten sick, would you have chosen me?” Her voice trembled with despair. “You used to be kind to me, you know.”

But ever since her illness, she’d felt Kent growing more and more distant. Now, he’d gone so far as to marry another woman behind her back.

The thought made Nannie draw in a sharp breath. She fixed her eyes on Kent, the pain in her gaze darkening. “All I wanted was you, Kent. Was that really so much to ask?”

As she spoke, she slid down from the windowsill and sat in the corner by the wall, suddenly breaking into tears.

Kent listened to the familiar sound of her crying, but there was no pity left in him. Whatever patience he’d had for Nannie had long since run out.

He walked over and stood before her, looking down with a cool, almost arrogant stare.

After a moment, Kent said flatly, “Nannie, I’m married now.”

She smiled and said, “You never let me drink, so water will have to do. After this glass, I promise—I won’t love you anymore.”

Something in her tone made Kent pause. Finally, he reached out and clinked his glass lightly against hers.

Nannie watched him, and as Kent brought the glass to his lips, she did the same, draining hers in one gulp.

“Kent, the truth is, I can’t live without you,” she whispered.

Suddenly, Kent felt a heat rising inside him, his blood pounding strangely in his veins. A dull ache began to throb in his head. He realized, too late, what was happening and turned to look at Nannie—only to see her watching him with a cryptic smile.

She leaned in close, her breath warm against his cheek. “Kent, why don’t we give Silvia a surprise before I leave?”