Chapter 94
The grace of saving lives, repaid with a gushing spring.
If she had known the truth at the time, she would have been extremely grateful to Gianna.
But now she only feels ironic.
There is no doubt that Gabriel loved his two sons.
As long as he thought about it, he could agree to three things to save Joshua for Gianna, but he was always cold and indifferent to his wife who was on the verge of life and death in the delivery room, giving birth to twins for him.
Hazel felt her past self was so pathetic.
Seeing the tears in her eyes, Gabriel’s heart clenched, and he quickly reached out to wipe them away, accompanied by a barely noticeable panic in his voice.
“Hazel, I’m sorry, please don’t cry…”
She avoided Gabriel’s hand, stubbornly raised her head, and refused to let the tears fall.
“What about me?”
Hazel gritted her teeth and asked him,“Gabriel, what about me?”
“You only saw her desperate rescue effort, but what about the four hours I was on life and death when giving birth?”
“Those five years, you were clearly my husband…”
The held back tears eventually slid down.
the verge of
She turned her face away, unwilling to show weakness in front of him, but her choked voice carried the pain that had accumulated over the years.
“You fulfilled the three things you promised her, so what about the things you promised me?
Every word turned into a sword, fiercely piercing into Gabriel’s body.
He couldn’t even remember to grab the tissues on the coffee table, and in his desperation, he frantically wiped away the unstoppable tears on her face with his fingertips.
Each one was an accusation against his five years, causing his heart to ache and throb painfully.
“I’m sorry, Hazel. I didn’t know it would bring you so much pain. I haven’t experienced such profound emotions before. If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have done it.”
He held
held Hazel’s face in his hands and said, “I was wrong, terribly wrong.” Gabriel was gradually engulfed by the guilt–ridden tidal waves surging in his deep, profound eyes, dragging him deeper into the abyss of the sea.
Hazel suddenly broke free from his grasp and pushed him directly.
* Gabriel bumped into the coffee table with his lower back, causing the plate of exquisite pastries on the table to make a clattering sound, breaking the oppressive atmosphere between the two.
Hazel wiped away the tears from the corner of her eyes with the back of her hand. She closed her eyes and took several deep breaths before finally suppressing the uncontrollable urge to cry. She looked at Gabriel and sneered, “How could the head of the Campbell family, the mighty
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family, be wrong?”
Knowing that he helped Gianna because of his son, Hazel’s heart, however, had no joy. The voice of subtle mockery lingered in Gabriel’s ears, but he could only see the sadness in her
eyes.
He didn’t know how things had developed into this way, and his inner expectation of reconciliation was shattered like a bubble in a fairy tale.
“Do you think that even if you don’t tell me, just based on the fact that I am the child’s mother, I would definitely appreciate and help her, right?”
Those beautiful eyes were filled with sadness.
“Gabriel, oh Gabriel, I have been married to you for five years, not five days, and you still don’t understand me.”
“I was a mother, not a saint!”
Hazel’s eyes welled
up with
with pain and
and sorrow,
and she stood up to leave.
Her wrist was once again held by the man, with a gentle force that wouldn’t hurt her but also prevented her from leaving.
Gabriel’s deep gaze never left her.
He lowered his gaze, concealing the gloom in his eyes.
The protection that Hazel thought was self–righteous was
never what she wanted.
But is it also not too late to make up for it now?
He lowered his voice and said, “I’m sorry for the harm those five years caused you.”
Every time she thought about those nights when she licked her wounds alone, tears soaked her pillowcase over and over again, and the suppressed tears of Hazel would resurface. “Gianna saved Joshua, and I am grateful no matter the reason.”
“I could give her money, resources, and any other help within my capacity, but I wouldn’t cross the line of assistance, knowing well that I am already married.”
Gabriel remained in a kneeling position, with his hand clenched into a fist by his side, and asked her, “Did you divorce me because of Gianna?”
turned cold as she lowered her eyes to look at him. In fact, this was the first time in
Hazel’s
seven
gaze
years
that
she
looked had
“In fact, she
was
just the fuse,
at Gabriel from a superior perspective.
but the ultimate
lies with you.”
reason
Gabriel opened his mouth and then held back.
Since the topic has already been brought up, Hazel decided to be frank with him and address the issues between the two of them.
“Gabriel, since birth, you stood at the top of the pyramid, enjoying the best resources in the world. Your family obeyed, servants complied, and there should be no one who would defy your decisions.”
Gabriel remained silent, and indeed, that was the case.
Even his brothers and friends used to call him “brother” when they were young. In the past, his life was too smooth.
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“So even though you were already married, you still preferred to make decisions on your own. “You were excellent, so excellent that you believed every decision you made was the right one. You felt like you could achieve the optimal solution in everything.”
Hazel’s words seemed to be praising him, but Gabriel felt increasingly anxious, with a sense of impending loss of something precious.
“Gabriel, human emotions cannot be erased by simply having the right outcome.”
“If you had told me right at the moment when Gianna saved the child, and discussed it with me, perhaps all these things wouldn’t have happened afterwards.”
Gabriel tightened his grip on her hand and hoarsely said, “Hazel, Gianna was just an insignificant person.”
“The help I gave her was just a repayment.”
Those resources didn’t even give Gabriel a chance to stop.
Hazel shook her head and shifted her focus away from Gianna, instead leaning slightly forward and gazing into his ink–black eyes with a radiant smile.
“The first time I saw you, I knew you were someone inherently indifferent, but I thought it was okay.”
“After all, you didn’t love me, and I didn’t love
you either.”
The heart felt a dense and throbbing pain, Gabriel wanted to say something, but didn’t know where to start.
“When we just got married, I wanted to live a good life with you. You were cold, so I tried to be a little more enthusiastic. But afterwards, I probably won’t anymore.”
Upon hearing these words, a glimmer of hope arose in Gabriel’s ink–black eyes. He never expected to hear her say that she liked him today!
The flames of joy had not even ignited when Hazel poured a bucket of water on them. extinguishing them completely.
She seemed to be trapped in past memories.
With slender and delicate fingertips, she gently caressed the handsome face of the man, from the deep corners of his eyes to the straight bridge of his nose, and finally lightly brushed against his cool and thin lips.
Hazel sighed softly and said, “Gabriel, how nice it would have been if I had never fallen for after we got married.”
