Chapter 2029
Denise took a moment, then said, “I had no choice. I’m my parents’ only child. If I don’t look after them, who will?”
If I could, I’d be irresponsible-let them fend for themselves, and spare myself all this fatigue. Being unfilial would at least mean I could rest.
Yet she couldn’t cross that line, and the real reason she kept paying for their treatment was simple.
I just can’t live without them. If they truly left this world, I wouldn’t have a reason to keep living either.
“I understand,” Magnus murmured, nodding.
Denise was about to step inside when she realized he was still holding her hand.
She slipped free, cheeks warm, and asked with a teasing lift of her brow, “Magnus, why the sudden present? Don’t tell me you’ve fallen for me?”
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