“I didn’t mean to hide it from you. I don’t have any feelings for Jenny at all. I just pitied her because her parents wanted to force her to marry a mentally disabled man. I only agreed to pretend to marry her just to help her.
“Trust me, Vicky. There’s nothing going on between Jenny and me. You and I both rescued her from the human traffickers. We even sponsored her education. She treats me like a brother, so I wanted to help her out because of that. You’re the only person I’ve ever loved.”
I wanted to laugh.
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Chapter 3
“If it’s true that you just wanted to help her, why didn’t you tell me the truth? Why did you lie to me? You claim to love me, Isaac, but have you shown me any respect?”
That’s not the case, Vicky!” Isaac hastily exclaimed. “I admit that it was wrong of me to hide it from you, but you
sake. have to believe me. I was just doing it for your
“I was afraid you’d overthink things. I was worried you’d get upset and fight with me because of it. That’s why I kept it from you.”
I could no longer tell which of his sentences contained the truth and which were lies, but it no longer mattered. I didn’t care anymore. Exhaling, I declared, “It’s not important anymore, Isaac. Things are over between us. You don’t have to explain anything to me.”
Isaac shot to his feet in agitation, but the pain that came from his injured leg made him gasp. Once again, he started sweating profusely. Gritting his teeth through the pain, he tried to do what he could to salvage our relationship.
“Vicky, I know I made a mistake. I know I hurt you deeply. You have no idea how scared I was to lose you when I realized it was you in the car. It felt as if the sky came crashing down on me. Perhaps fate decided to punish me by letting me get into a car accident when I was trying to come after you.
“I got what I deserved, Vicky. I know I made a terrible mistake, but I love you, Vicky. Let’s start over,
shall we?”
