Forsaking the Years of Longing novel Chapter 62

Chapter 27

If it was all an act, why bother coming to her after three years, traveling across half the world, to perform again?

Linda lowered her gaze, a soft laugh escaping her lips.

“Ivan, are you here for the company?”

It was the most reasonable explanation she could think of for his dramatic display.

Hearing this, Ivan’s tear–filled eyes widened in shock. He took two steps back, as if the

woman before him was no longer the Linda he knew.

Then, with urgency, he stepped forward again, reaching through the intricate carvings of the gate in an attempt to grasp the hem of her sweatshirt.

But Linda simply shifted slightly, avoiding his touch.

“Linda, I know I was wrong. I know I made so many mistakes before, but I won’t ever do them again. Can you… can you come back to me? Just give me one more chance,” Ivan pleaded, his voice trembling, his tone shattered with desperation.

A soft chuckle escaped Linda’s lips, her smile as cold as a death sentence.

“Ivan, I gave you so many chances, but you chose to deceive me every time.”

“If you had been honest when you stopped loving me and ended things cleanly, we wouldn’t be in this pathetic situation now.”

Her indifferent expression blurred in Ivan’s tear–filled eyes.

He shook his head, fighting the waves of dull pain in his chest as he tried to defend himself.

“No, no… it’s not like that.”

“Linda, I love you… I’ve always loved you. You’re the only one I’ve ever loved…”

“Really?”