Closing his eyes, Dante said steely, “Don’t even think about using the baby to get to me,
Isobel.”
On that day itself, he personally arranged for the surgery and had the hospital abort the baby. It was done under the excuse of Isobel being in too poor health to carry a baby.
Isobel wailed her heart out, but Dante was determined. All he wanted to do was find me, once everything was over. I didn’t leave anything behind before I left, and even when he asked Linda, she refused to speak to him.
He camped out at her place for three days. Frustrated, Linda finally relented and said, “She left to don’t ask me where. I don’t know either.”
continue her medical research work, but
Dante swiftly made full use of his connections, and through an old college friend, he managed to obtain my on a plane to Laran. At last, he’d found me.
whereabouts. He immediately got
I was still in my lab coat when I stepped out of the building and saw Dante standing at the entrance. The moment our eyes met, his eyes turned completely red.
He rushed forward and grabbed my wrist, asking, “Why did you leave? Why didn’t you say a single word? Do you know I nearly went mad trying to find you?”
My gaze was cold as I flung his hand off me and questioned, “Why did you come here?”
“I came to apologize, Nina. I-
“I don’t want to hear it,” interrupted him to say. In a calm but firm tone, I informed him, “All I want to do right now is focus on my research. Don’t bother me. Isobel is still waiting for you, isn’t she?”
Stiffening, Dante said in a trembling voice, “Nothing is going on between Isobel and me. You’re the one I truly love…”
It sounded as though he was desperately trying to convey his sincerity about loving me.
You actually said that word? Doesn’t it sound like a joke to you?” I retorted before heading right back into the research lab, leaving Dante frozen where he was.
He didn’t leave. Instead, he stayed at the inn outside the research building and waited day after day, hoping to see me.
Three days passed, and then four more. Even after a week, I didn’t show up again.
Dante asked one of the security guards, “Where is that researcher, Nina Ford? Is she still inside?”
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The security guard calmly replied, “The research project is now under lockdown. Its completion date is about a year and a half from now.”
Dante stood in the breeze, feeling as though he had plunged into an icy lake.
That night, after returning to Manhorne, he lay in an empty house and dreamed about us. He dreamed that our wedding ceremony had gone off without a hitch; that we’d gone on honeymoon to Aerona and took photos at all the most renowned tourist destinations…
When he woke up, his pillow was wet. He opened his eyes and was greeted by an empty room.
I was truly gone.
This time, it was his turn to try to win me over. I’d spent many years waiting for him. From this moment onward, he was going to wait until I came back to him, even if it meant spending the rest of his life waiting for me.
