Chapter 1156: Chapter 1156: Would You Still Want Someone Like Me?
"Do you know this feeling? You try desperately to be someone’s support, but that person always gives you the cold shoulder, never even glancing your way. This feeling of powerlessness really makes me feel defeated."
"I don’t know what you’ve been through that makes you distrust people so much. We’ve known each other for two years now. In these two years, you’ve merely considered me a friend, haven’t you? You never really saw me as your boyfriend."
"The marriage between the Seys and Cooper families has been scheduled twice, but ultimately, I’ve put a stop to it. Because I know that even if you marry me now, it’s only because you’ve obeyed your parents’ wishes. But I don’t want that."
"Nicole, I am willing to wait until you open up your heart, and I’m willing to wait until you see me. I can wait, wait until you look back."
"I’m saying these words today just to tell you not to let our engagement become your burden and weight. If you don’t want this marriage, let me. I’ll explain everything to the elders of the Seys and Cooper families. I’ll take it all on myself."
"Brother Cooper..." Nicole’s voice was somewhat heavy, "I never knew you were this eager and willing for this marriage. I always thought you were also marrying me just because of our parents and the idea that it’s time to settle down. You never shared any expectations or thoughts regarding this marriage with me, nor did you ever reveal your true feelings."
Nicole’s low and soft voice echoed within the car, carrying a vague sadness.
"Brother Cooper, there are some things I want to tell you, clarify them for you. After knowing these, if you wish to call off the engagement, I accept. Because I never told you these things..."
"Brother Cooper, I’ve been pregnant before, it was an ectopic pregnancy, the child was lost... That time I had a massive hemorrhage and almost got into serious trouble."
"I’m not the spotless person you have in mind, I have a past... I was a man’s need for five years..."
Nicole’s voice sounded, as Steven Cooper’s fingers tightened bit by bit around the steering wheel, using all his strength. His eyes were deep and somber, staring straight ahead, without responding.
Nicole looked at Steven’s silhouette, "For someone as impure as me, Brother Cooper, facing your gentle care, I really feel undeserving. I’ve been delaying this marriage just to find an opportunity to tell you all of this. This filthy me, even I despise myself, do you still want me?"
Steven did not reply, his entire body tense, only after a long time did he slowly turn to look at the person in the passenger seat.
"Given your status, why would you choose to be someone’s need?"
Nicole gave a bitter smile, "I wasn’t born a Seys Family lady, I returned to the Seys only two years ago. Before that, I never met anyone from the Seys, didn’t know the family I have now. My mother, my brother, and I lived in a small town in Southriver Town. Those days were hard, but I was happy. And now, I’ve gained these relatives in the Seys Family, but I’ve also lost the close kin I had from childhood. The entanglement between the man and me, it’s a lifelong grudge that can never be resolved."
"Was the ectopic pregnancy caused by that man?" Steven’s voice was deep, with a hint of huskiness and sadness.
Nicole gently nodded, opened the car door, and got out.
Standing by the car door, Nicole didn’t turn back, "Brother Cooper, someone like me isn’t worthy of you. With the conditions of the Cooper Family and your own, you can find someone better, someone who truly deserves you."
Nicole’s figure departed, so frail and lonely that Steven, sitting in the driver’s seat, was overwhelmed with pain...
