Beyond the Divorce

His incredibly handsome features were right before my eyes. I felt guilty, wondering if I could match his confidence.

However, I was sure that if I lost him, I could find my way back to him.

His presence, his voice, the unique coldness in his gaze-I would sense it all.

Seeing that I was staring at him intently, he softly asked, "What are you thinking about?"

I leaned in, kissing him on the lips. "Thank you for never giving up on finding me."

He kissed me back gently. "Silly girl. Destiny has marked you mine. No matter what happens, my heart will remain unchanged."

As he spoke, he gently stroked my eyebrows. "There's no mole between your eyebrows..."

He enlarged the photo and pointed at the corner of Kylie's eyebrows in the picture. "Right here, you see...

"With just this detail, I concluded that she wasn't you."

I also zoomed in on the photo. The tiny dot above the eyebrows was nearly indiscernible to someone unfamiliar with the details.

After he pointed it out, there was indeed a tiny flaw. If seen in person, this imperfection wouldn't be very noticeable.

"When I saw this photo, I also had this thought, but I couldn't be sure. Now that you've said it, it confirms that Kylie is alive."

An uneasiness crept into my heart. I didn't know if this was a good or bad thing.

I looked at Atlas with some concern. "So, the news back then might not be true. It was probably fabricated to mislead. What was Celine's purpose in doing this? As we analyzed it the last time, was it to provide a plausible excuse for the fake Stella? But that seems too elaborate, doesn't it?"

Atlas was silent for a moment. Then he said regretfully, "I should have looked into this. My bad."

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"But my negligence almost cost you your life! It's terrifying when you think about it."

"Why do you say that? Where do you think you went wrong?" I asked, looking at him.

"My mistake was that I didn't show up when the news of Kylie dying came out. After all, she died under the name Annalise. I should have confirmed it," he murmured.

"But Stella said you saw it and were devastated!" I recalled the fake Stella's expression when she mentioned this.

"She's trying to confuse you," Atlas said coldly. "That's Stella messing with your head."

I sneered and said, "She's indeed a good actress. What a waste of talent."

"They probably used this news to set a trap for me, but I didn't show up," Atlas said, looking at me regretfully, "Celine then concluded that what Kylie said was true because she always insisted she wasn't Annalise!"

With Atlas's explanation, I suddenly understood get it now! You're right. If that were Annalise, you would have rushed out regardless How could you have stayed in the shadows? So, she's not Annaţise. That's why she intensified her efforts to track you down

"That's right." Atlas nodded seriously. "How could I have overlooked this? If I hadn't, you wouldn't have been injured, and I wouldn't have lost you."

I looked at Atlas and gently touched

his face. "Stop blaming yourself. Haven't already returned to you? If you had shown up back then and she had targeted you, we would still be in danger. Maybe this is destiny."

"But I missed 18 years of your life and left you suffering." He buried his head in my neck.

Atlas was right. I was luckier than him because I forgot everything, freeing myself from the pain of yearning.

Even though I felt resentful and helpless at this moment, he had endured the torment of losing me every day, as if it were a slow execution. This was something an ordinary person couldn't bear.

I couldn't imagine what kind of torment it was.

An indescribable pain surged into my heart when I thought of this. 18 years was a long time to be missing from someone's life. It was the best years of a person's life as well.

"From now on, let's never be apart," I whispered to him and myself.

"Yes, never again." He hugged me tightly, showering me with endless kisses.