Such a handsome and outstanding man should have belonged to her, belonged to her!
Her heart clenched with pain, and the tears flowed unchecked.
Du Ruoxin suddenly stood up and rushed towards him, tightly embracing his body.
"Shaoze, do you still want me? I’ve awakened, I’m back, I’ve returned to your side, do you still want me?" she cried, asking humbly.
As she inhaled his unique scent, she wished to stay intoxicated and never wake up.
"Ruoxin." Rong Shaoze pushed at her body, but instead of letting go, she held him even tighter.
"Shaoze, tell me, do you still want me? You promised my parents that if I woke up, you would divorce your wife and marry me. Do your words still count?"
She asked urgently, desperate to know the answer, yet frightened to learn it.
"Let go of me. I came here today to make things clear to you," the man said indifferently, his voice normal and devoid of any tenderness.
Du Ruoxin’s heart jolted, fear gripping her heart, leaving her so scared she could hardly breathe.
"No, I won’t listen! If you’re going to say you don’t want me, I’d rather die than hear it!"
The man finally ran out of patience, forcefully pushing her away, his dark eyes glaring at her as he said sternly, "You must listen!"
Du Ruoxin stared at him in shock, feeling as though she had plummeted into hell, waiting for the devil’s verdict.
Rong Shaoze was not in the mood for further useless talk, saying flatly, "Ruoxin, I cannot marry you. In this lifetime, besides Xinlan, I will not marry any other woman. I will compensate you; you can find a man who loves you and get married. Anyway, I’m not the right one for you. The reason I never told you this was because you hadn’t fully recovered. Now that you’re fine, I’d rather be straightforward and not hold you back."
Every word he spoke seemed to be for her own good.
Yet every sentence pierced her heart like a knife, spasms of pain wracking her body.
Du Ruoxin widened her eyes in disbelief, her voice trembling with tears, "Do you like her, is that it?"
"No, it’s love," the man answered very firmly.
In an instant, she felt as though she was shattered, stripped of even her last shred of hope.
When had Rong Shaoze ever loved.
He had actually fallen in love with that woman, he loved her!
The love she never dared to ask for from him had been given to another woman in just a few months.
Whereas she, who had stayed by his side for twenty years, had never received even a sliver of his love.
She thought he would never fall in love with any woman, but she was wrong. Everyone has love, how could he not?
His love was simply too stingy to be bestowed upon her, but he gave it away easily to another woman.
"Did you ever love me?" Du Ruoxin asked through her tears, heartbroken.
Rong Shaoze pressed his lips together lightly, responding coolly, "No."
Indeed, he had never loved her.
"Ruoxin, I’ve made everything clear now, and you should stop coming to me. Although I promised you and your parents that I would marry you, I can only break my promise now. Name your terms, and no matter what you ask, I will fulfill it," he said.
Du Ruoxin asked with a bitter smile, "If I want you to divorce her and marry me, will you fulfill that?"
Rong Shaoze frowned slightly, "I only intend to compensate you, but you should know, I will never agree to a demand that is too excessive!"