Chapter 841
Chapter 841:
Brandon’s grip tightened around her fingers with desperate intensity.
Millie allowed her gaze to return to Brandon’s upturned face.
She had never before witnessed him stripped of his armor, reduced to something resembling a wounded animal begging for the smallest morsel of kindness—a transformation that rendered the proud Brandon of her memories completely unrecognizable.
“Brandon, suspended between us like an eternal barrier stands the precious life of our lost child.” She spoke with gentle firmness, her eyes dropping to observe his hand imprisoning hers. “Release your hold on what can never be. Ages ago, our story reached its inevitable end p>
But Brandon’s head moved in frantic denial, his mind scrambling to locate words that had never before eluded his tongue.
Though sincerity now poured from every fiber of his being, language itself seemed to conspire against his last desperate attempt to reclaim what he had carelessly destroyed.
The haunting image of her drenched in crimson, broken and bleeding—the precious life they had lost together—seared through his mind.
She had spoken the truth; between them stretched the ghost of that vanished child.
Brandon’s voice cracked after an endless silence, each word scraping raw against his throat. “Millie, we can heal what’s broken between us. Let’s bring another child into this world, shall we p>
Millie’s nose burned with unshed tears, her eyes transforming into pools of liquid fire.
Brandon pressed forward, desperation bleeding into every syllable. “Let’s wipe the slate clean and begin again. This time, I’ll cherish you the way you deserve. I swear on everything sacred that I’ll pour my heart into loving you and our child p>
The afternoon breeze whispered through the open window, carrying with it the promise of change.
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It danced through Millie’s dark locks, betraying the silver strands that Myron had carefully concealed beneath the ebony cascade.
Those few white hairs caught the light, floating like delicate feathers in the gentle current.
“Your hair… how—” Brandon’s breath caught in his throat as he witnessed those premature threads of silver, his heart shattering into a thousand fragments. He extended his trembling fingers, yearning to touch those telltale signs of her suffering.
“Brandon, I won’t bear your children anymore.” Her palm pressed against his wrist, stopping him cold.
“Millie…” His voice shattered into fragments.
“Please don’t torment yourself with impossible dreams,” Millie whispered, her tone soft with genuine care. “Can’t you offer me and Myron your blessing instead? Just as I once released my grip and wished joy upon you and Vivian. Brandon, if my heart found the strength to let go, yours can discover that same courage p>
“I’m powerless to do such a thing!” Brandon’s anguished cry tore through the air, tears cascading down his cheeks like a waterfall of regret. “Millie, I lack that strength entirely p>