Regrt 263

Chapter 263

The air seemed to have thickened.

Jack reached out and gently rubbed my head, his voice calm and steady.

“The person I wanted to invite to the concert that time was you…”

“And the person I was waiting to be divorced was also you.”

“The person I’ve liked for 20 years is you.”

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His voice was composed and firm, carrying an unwavering resolve. His dark eyes sparkled with intensity.” Charlotte, it’s always been you, and no one else.”

My heart felt as if it were being tugged forcefully.

Then it became anxious, feeling lost and unsure.

It turned out that when someone truly cared for and loved me, my first reaction was to feel unworthy.

I was overwhelmed with mixed emotions and instinctively wanted to deny it. “How could it be me? Haven’t you known each other for so many years? And you and I…”

“Do you remember I told you I returned to the Renolds family only after I was eight?”

Jack explained slowly, lifting his luminous wrist to show me the red string, “Before I was brought back to the Renolds family, I was in Nesax. Do you remember this red string?”

“I don’t…” I shook my head in confusion.

Before being taken to my aunt’s house, I only recalled fragments of my parents and experiences of being chased for debts.

My aunt, even though she barely fed me, had to endure many reprimands from Bob, and could not possibly take me to the hospital.

Later, when I started working, I consulted a doctor who said it was amnesia syndrome caused by a significant trauma.

Moreover, the time span was so long that it was highly likely that the memories wouldn’t be recovered.

“This was the birthday gift you gave me back then.”

Jack, who didn’t know the full story, seemed unfazed and like a brother. “It’s okay. We still have a long time ahead of us. I remember the past well enough.”

“You…” I hesitated. “When did you recognize me?”

“It was that time you fainted from low blood sugar levels.”

Jack’s gaze was tender. “I heard someone call your name.”

He smiled lightly. “At that time, I wondered if it was just a coincidence of the same name. Later, I noticed that many of your habits were the same as they were when you were little, and hadn’t changed.”

I blinked. “What habits?”

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“Your love for spicy and sweet food, the way you fidget when you’re nervous, and your fear of all soft, floppy animals…”

As Jack spoke, he looked at me. “So, they match, right?”

Each habit he mentioned confirmed it a bit more, and I had to admit. “Yes, they match.”

It really was me.

It was indeed me.

But…

I squeezed my hands. “Jack, I might…”

‘Not be able to reciprocate your feelings right now,‘ I continued inwardly.

Loving someone isn’t easy, and accepting someone new before clearing your own heart was irresponsible to both yourself and the other person.

“I’m not demanding a response from you.”

Jack, who understood me well, spoke in a warm tone, “Charlotte, you don’t need to feel guilty or pressured because of this. Whether it’s my liking for you or helping you back then, were all because, when we were children, you protected me so many times.”

“As an ‘illegitimate child‘ whose father was absent and whose mother had passed away, every time I was mocked or bullied, you would swing your little fists and protect me like a little heroine.”

“Is it really like that?” I asked, a bit wistfully.

Was I really like that in his eyes as a child? Bright, brave, fearless, living like a sunflower.

How did I end up like this now…

“Of course it’s true.”