Chapter 20
It was her, Olivia!
Nathan stopped in his tracks. Some unpleasant memories he thought he had forgotten surged back into his mind.
How could she appear here?
The moment Olivia saw Nathan appear, all her attention was drawn to him. She couldn’t help but walk towards him, leaning on her crutch.
But a small gesture from Nathan made Olivia’s face instantly turn pale.
That boy in the ill–fitting suit who had walked up at their wedding.
That man who had loved her and taken care of her for three years, had actually taken a few steps back.
With her three years of military training, she immediately recognized this as an instinctive defensive move against an enemy.
She? He saw her as an enemy.
At this moment, Olivia’s heart felt as if it had been pierced by a huge hole. The pain made it hard to breathe, and tears instantly
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Did he now hate her so much that he didn’t even want to see her?
Olivia reached out, wanting to touch Nathan.
Her crutch fell to the ground. Nathan just glanced at Olivia’s right leg in a cast, shocked but stepping back again.
“Nathan… I-”
Before Olivia could speak, Nathan coldly interrupted, “Miss Su, you’ve mistaken me for someone else. My name is Shen Yanshi,
not Nathan.”
Shock flashed across Olivia’s eyes. To avoid her, he had even changed his name?
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She suddenly recalled how Nathan had been hurt by her again and again, how he had tried to explain each time, and what she
had said then.
She had said he was just sulking, throwing a tantrum.
Olivia’s heart ached, and she finally understood how Nathan must have felt back then, being hurt by the person he loved.
Pain flashed in her eyes.
Olivia took a deep breath, but her voice still trembled: “Nathan, you left without a word. Do you really want to completely sever
ties with me? Didn’t we agree? I said I would explain things to you.”
Hearing this, Nathan’s expression was calm, even somewhat amused.
But he didn’t speak. This indifferent attitude pierced Olivia’s heart even more painfully.
She understood Nathan’s meaning.
Her actions, her words not matching her deeds – if it were her, Olivia, and the person she loved most had done such things, would she still believe them?
No!! She would be devastated.
Only by erasing his identity, changing his name and never wanting contact again,
Was a choice worthy of himself.
Just thinking about it made Olivia’s heart ache. How did she have the face to ask such things?
If Nathan hadn’t quietly left, what else could he have done?
Olivia looked up, really wanting to embrace Nathan. But with her arm suspended in mid–air, faced with his cold gaze, she still
lowered her hand.
“I’m sorry!
A thousand words condensed into one apology. Olivia didn’t know what else to say.
For three years, she had begged her parents. After returning, she cried every day in the bedroom they once shared.
A thousand words condensed into one apology. Olivia didn’t know what else to say.
For three years, she had begged her parents. After returning, she cried every day in the bedroom they once shared.
In the end, Mrs. Sullivan couldn’t bear it and broke her promise to Nathan, telling her daughter his whereabouts.
The moment she found out, without thinking, she immediately rushed over with her injured leg.
Dozens of hours of flights, various transfers – she didn’t eat a single bite or drink a single drop of water.
She just wanted to find Nathan as soon as possible, the husband she had lost.
To bring him back home.
And enlisting in the military, going on peacekeeping missions, was the only way someone of her military family background could go abroad.
On the way, she had fallen countless times because of her leg.
She didn’t know how many more injuries she had sustained, but she only knew that compared to how much she had missed Nathan these three years, none of that mattered.
But Nathan didn’t need to know, nor did he want to know.
Because…
This belated deep affection, he, Nathan Xu, did not want.
