Breaking Free, Loving Again -The Flash Marriage with Mr. CEO novel Chapter 279

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At the cemetery, Ryan stood behind Delyth, holding her wheelchair. Although Dr. Walters had frowned at the idea of letting her step out before the surgery like that, explaining a little had made him agree. Hence, he had brought her out to meet Zeke.

He thought it was another one of her facades to guilt trap him and he had been cautious around her, but now seeing her frail figure sitting silently without a word, he felt maybe he was being biased against her. He blamed her for what she did, and she deserved it too. But he was wrong to blame it all on her.

After all, even though she pretended to be the victim every time while blaming it on Arwen, it was him, who believed her. How could he blame her for his blindness?

After all, not believing Arwen had always been his choice. It was his ego that kept him away from accepting the things that were obvious.

"Delyth, we —"

Before he could say it, Delyth interjected him. "Ryan, few more minutes. I want to be alone with Zeke. Can you please give me some time alone with him?"

Ryan looked at her before nodding. Then stepping back, he walked away to a distance. His gaze remained on her as he watched her sitting silently before the polished headstone, her posture slightly slumped.

Delyth’s forlorn expression revealed the weight of the grief. She stared at the stone as if searching for solace in its silent presence, her lips trembling with unspoken words.

"Zeke, I have gotten all alone now with you gone. I really miss you,"

She whispered, her voice barely audible over the gentle rustling of the wind. Her fingers lingered on the letters etched into the stone. "Do you miss me too? I am sorry I have forgotten you, but now that I am so lonely, I cannot help but crave you. Would it have been different if you had been here with me? Or would I still be so unlikeable?"

"Maybe I might not be," she mumbled slowly, a sorrowly smile curving her lips slightly. "After all, you would have been the only one for whose love and attention I would have to scheme. You would have given it to me without me asking, right?"

Ryan felt weird. He might not be able to hear what Delyth was speaking, given the distance between them, but the more Ryan stared at her like that the more he felt guilty.

Not able to bear it any longer, he walked to her and said, his voice cold and firm as Delyth has brought herself to remember. "Delyth, you can’t stay here for long. We should leave you so that you reach back in time."

He said, and was about to wheel her back in the direction where he had parked the car when Delyth spoke finally, her voice as weak and frail as she, herself, looked. "Ryan, today in front of Zeke, I promise you that I won’t cause you any trouble from hereon. I know I was wrong and I have finally realized it."