Will You Marry Me, My Ex-Wife? novel Chapter 2088

"Alright, I'll do it."

Theo let out a sigh and reached out to hug Roanne.

"Roanne." Theo's voice was as soft as a feather. "I don't know what would've happened to you if you hadn't met me, but all I know is that if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have ended up like this, and you wouldn't have gone through this suffering."

Theo's voice began to choke as he held Roanne’s limp body close to him. "Roanne, I never thought things would end up like this..."

He had simply agreed to Joshua's request when he asked him to bring Roanne over to meet Joshua.

He had just tried to help Joshua and Luna convince Roanne to wash her hands of Charlotte before it was too late.

Theo never thought that his small actions would have had such a huge impact and even ended up costing Roanne her life!

The memory of how Charlotte stabbed Roanne in her abdomen repeatedly haunted him like a vivid ghost.

Theo let out an exhale and cupped Roanne’s face in his hands as tears slid down his cheeks. "It's all my fault, Roanne."

"Don't blame yourself." Roanne let out a bitter smile and said, with a hint of relief in her blank, almost lifeless stare, "Theo, I... had done plenty of bad things in the past, even though I knew it was the wrong thing to do.

"That was because before knowing you, I thought that I owed my life to Charlotte, and therefore I had to do everything she said.

"In Charlotte’s words, I was nothing but a timid little runt.

"Because she had given me the best thing anyone could ever have—freedom—I had to repay my gratitude by obeying her every command and hanging onto her every word, but Theo..."

She reached out to gently stroke Theo’s pale face. "After knowing you, it was the first time I had ever wanted to live my own life.

"I wanted to survive and find a way to escape so that we could be together and that I could finally experience something that a normal girl my age would...”