her body had frozen solid. She returned to the living room, sat on the sofa

welry box on the coffee table in front of him and pushed it towards him. She

dawned on him. There was no panic on his face as if caught in the act; instead, he

It was a statement

one, typing slowly, l

on the sofa, rubbing his temples. "K

s, his gaze colder and more ru

nd you?" He suddenly leaned closer to Kyla, his voice suppressing a surge of emotion. "For the past five years, what have I come home to? A silent house with a silent wif

tually blamin

es she had made for him a

that moment. She was in such pain that she

ied her trembling hands to type on the

guilt flashed in his eyes but was qu

ave I told you not to mention it again?" Gerald's tone contained no g

o avoid hers, as if he

e past five years, I've tried my best to make it up to you, to take care of you. Isn't that enough? I'm a

finally said

deep affection and sacrifices were nothing but an exhausting o

s finally broke free, falling in lar

on. He averted his gaze, his voice softening, yet it cut like a

ly unwilling to look at her aga

She curled up on the sofa in despair,

aside vibrated with a few messages f

ve thought about it for a long time and decided to tell you. It's about the case five

engths, even using overseas connections to falsely accuse a penniless, yet-to-graduate PhD stu