After arriving in the same city, Isla Linton took the initiative to often visit Henry Sullivan.
Sometimes she would just stay outside their military base for a while just to catch a glimpse of him.
Sometimes when he was not busy, he would also take her out for a meal.
Originally, their relationship was very pure, and gradually, she became a familiar face in his military unit.
Many people started asking Henry if she was his girlfriend.
When asked once or twice, Henry would explain, but over time, it seemed to become a matter of fact.
He had a good feeling towards Isla Linton; this girl was not so materialistic, nor did she have many spoiled habits.
Having spent a lot of time together, he could always see her virtues and could not find any faults in her. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel•fire.net
Initially, he had no intention of developing that kind of relationship with her.
He just felt that since this girl was here alone and they knew each other, he should take extra care of her.
Until that day, she suddenly called him, her voice somber.
Sensing something was wrong, he took leave to go see her.
That day, she had a high fever, lying alone in the rented flat, looking like a helpless child.
He took her to the hospital for IV therapy, and she was delirious for two consecutive days.
Always holding his hand and crying out, "Everett, don’t go."
He knew who Everett was: Everett Linton, her younger brother.
Had her brother visited her these past few days? She had never mentioned that.
It was only on the third day that her fever finally began to subside a little.
Her face was pale, and when he asked her what had happened, her face was full of tears, choking up: "Everett is gone, he will never come back.
It’s my fault, I didn’t take good care of him.
He was still so young; he never got to see how beautiful this world could be.
I had promised him that this year during New Year’s, I would take him to Hainan.
He said he wanted to know what ’the ends of the earth’ really looked like.
But even this small wish, I couldn’t fulfill.
I’m a bad sister, I regret it so much, why didn’t I take him out to see the world."
Her voice was very faint, and her painful look made him feel very distressed.
He knew what this feeling meant.
That day, he held her in his arms to comfort her, thinking silently in his heart that he must make her happy in the future.
Two months after Everett’s departure, he confessed to her, and the two of them naturally came together.
For four whole years, they never quarrelled.
Even when there was a moment that seemed to be on the verge of a fight, one of them would always back down first.
People say that a love where both are equals is the best kind of love.
Henry Sullivan has always believed that this is true.
In this relationship, he has always enjoyed it.
However, the only thing that made him uncomfortable was that he always said she no longer needed to repay the money.
But she wouldn’t listen and insisted on returning fifty percent of her salary each month, without fail.
She said, "Even if I borrowed it from someone else, I still need to pay it back, that’s integrity."
He couldn’t be more stubborn than her, after all, as long as their relationship was good, these were minor issues.
In the sixth year of their relationship, they finally decided to get married.
He remembered it very clearly, it was July that year, the weather was hot, and he took her home to meet his parents.
As expected, their relationship faced extreme opposition from his mother.
There was no other reason, just because her mother thought her family background wasn’t good enough for him.