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Chapter 1481
Jenna felt confused and brought the fruit platter and tea upstairs again, when she saw
Ian and Edward coming out of the study, she stopped on the spot and asked, “Have the
both of you been in the study room all this while?”
Ian nodded.
Edward stared at her. “I was chatting with Ian in the study. What’s wrong?”
“I just asked Elaine to bring you a fruit platter and some tea, but she told me she didn’t
see you two in the study...”
Edward’s expression changed instantly, and he exchanged gazes with Ian.
‘It seems that she’s heard.’
On the other end of the mansion...
Elaine was sitting alone by the pond in the backyard.
Ian followed a servant to the backyard. The servant said something to him and left, and
Ian walked toward Elaine.
Elaine threw the pebble in her hand into the pond, and no ripple could be seen due to
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtthe darkness.
She heard footsteps, stopped what she was doing, but did not lookback. “I know what you want to say, but it
doesn’t matter. I don’t care.”
Ian stopped behind her. “You heard it all.”
“If I didn’t hear that, would you and my father continue to hide the truth from me?” Elaine stood up slowly, turned
around, and looked at him. “Ian Saldana, you don’t owe me anything. Our marriage has always been one of
convenience.”
Ian glanced at her and said nothing.
Elaine lowered her gaze. “I did push you away and saved you, but I did so willingly. And don’t forget that you
protected me too, didn’t you?”
Ian pursed his lips.
“We’re now even. We don’t owe each other anything, so you don’t have to blame yourself for this, let alone...”
Elaine lowered her head. “You don’t have to do so.”
“What don’t I have to do?”
She looked up at him. “You don’t have to make up for me.”
Ian frowned. “Do you think I’m making up for you?”
“Aren’t you?” Elaine smiled. “Just because I can no longer get pregnant, you plan to sacrifice your happiness to stay
with me and compensate me?
That's not necessary.”
He approached her. “I don’t think so.”
“Ian, we’re different individuals.”
“What’s the difference that you see between US?”
She took a deep breath. “I know it’s not easy for you to get to where you are today. You need a genuine marriage
more than I do. You need a complete family and a home, and these are things that I can’t provide you with.
“You should know I have no confidence in marriage, and I’ve never thought about getting married. Even if I can’t
have children in the future, it’s still acceptable to me. However, I don’t want you to sacrifice your whole life just to
compensate me.
“You’ve taken down Mr. Saldana, and we’re only engaged at this moment. I’ll even give up the shares that you
offered me.”
Ian’s cheeks bulged, and his eyes were fixed on her. “ So, are you saying you want to
terminate the engagement?”
Elaine felt heavy and complicated deep down.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm‘I have to admit that I want to cancel the engagement. Perhaps I’ve been regretting my
decision ever since we got engaged.
‘I’m afraid that I’ll fall for him during such a form of marriage as I’m too deeply
immersed in this relationship. It’s getting harder and harder to forget the memories
I’ve accumulated throughout this period.
‘If this were to continue, we would surely suffer in this relationship.
‘I don’t want him to make up for it, and I don’t have the confidence that I’ll really be
able not to care about anything after marrying him. Not to mention that I might not
even be able to conceive a child, so how can I provide him with a complete family?’
After a long while, she replied calmly, “Yes, let’s terminate the engagement.”
Ian stopped just a stone’s throw away from her. “ Then have you asked me what I think
about US?”
She froze in place and looked up at him suspiciously.
Ian had his back to the light. The shadow covered his facial features, so all Elaine saw
at this moment was his silhouette, not his expression, “what if I were to tell you that
I’m serious?”
Elaine was stunned, and her gaze betrayed she was in a daze.
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