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Chapter 686 Shards Of Forgotten Love Chapter 686 Shards Of Forgotten Love According to Rowan , Julius had looked like an empty shell back then. Alive , yes , but moving with the vacancy of the dead . 47 +10 Free Coins His journey to Celosia felt less like charity and more like the fulfillment of a final wish . After she had washed and changed , Rowan greeted her outside the room . " Soon after he got back to Azania , " he told her , " Julius attempted to take his own life . It was a near miss ." Those words slammed into her ; shock widened her eyes before she could hide it .

" What - he tried to kill himself ? " " Yes . Fortunately , he failed . Afterward , he underwent hypnosis therapy . Honestly , I supported it . Without it , he would never have survived this long ." He tried to do that ? Quinn's gaze drifted to Julius ' left wrist . A watch lay over the skin , but beneath the metal band she thought she saw the faint ridge of a scar . Rowan had said Julius slit his wrists that night ; only swift rescue had stolen him back from death . Julius ' voice pulled her from the memory . " I'd like to know ," he said quietly , " just what it is about you that I loved .

" Quinn lifted her eyes , holding his gaze . " Then spend time with me ," she suggested , calm and clear . " Maybe , in the days ahead , you'll discover exactly why . " He glanced at her with lazy indifference . " I never thought I could love anyone . If , after a while , I find the present you holds no attraction for me - what then ? " " You're not going to undo the hypnosis ? " Julius let out a low chuckle . " Lift the hypnosis ? Perhaps . I only agreed to it because losing you was killing me . Now that you stand alive before me , it makes sense to undo it - but ...

" His voice trailed off , expression cooling to winter stone . " Removing it entails risk - memory could splinter , even spiral into madness , however small the odds . " 1/3 17:01 Fri , Jan 9 ... 47 Chapter 686 Shards Of Forgotten Love " And the second reason ? " she prompted , sensing there was more . +10 Free Coins " I have no intention of placing my life in any woman's hands . If the hypnosis is lifted , I might love you again - desperately , destructively . Would that give you dominion over my life and future ? " Quinn felt her heart creeping toward the floor .

Seeing him like this again - untouched by warmth , armored in polite distance - catapulted her straight to the day they first met . In that memory , as in this room , it felt as if nothing in this world could reach him , much less matter to him . " So you have no intention of undoing the hypnosis ? " she asked , voice soft yet unmistakably steady . " If you cannot make me fall in love with you again , then , no , I have no reason to undo it . Still , we do share a child . Your title as Mrs. Whitethorn can remain .

Every thread , every meal , every comfort - the Whitethorn family will shoulder them all ." Grief stung her eyes as she stared at him , discovering how cruel it felt when.the man she loved addressed her with a stranger's eyes and winter in his voice . " Julius , if you truly cannot love me , then I will not cling to the title of Mrs. Whitethorn . We can raise Dawn together . Even if we divorce , we will still be Dawn's father and mother - always ." " Enough . Not another word ! " Julius barked . The chill in his voice shattered , replaced by a crackling storm of impatience .

He lurched to his feet , closing the distance until he loomed over her wheelchair , palms braced on the handles . " Listen well ," he said , his dark eyes drilling into hers . " In the Whitethorn family , there is no divorce . Only death do we part . Do not utter that word to me again . " " Even without love , you still refuse divorce ? " Quinn met his stare unflinching . " Yes . " The single syllable hit like a gavel . Quinn let out a bitter chuckle , lifting her hand to graze his cheek . His spine jerked taut ; every sensible impulse screamed for him to move away .

Instead , before thought could intervene , he leaned the slightest bit forward , as though savoring the warmth of her touch . 2/3 17:01 Fri , Jan 9 Chapter 686 Shards Of Forgotten Love 47 +10 Free Coins " Julius , do you know I never wished to be trapped in a marriage without love ? I divorced once before because that union lacked it . If the day comes when I am certain you will never love me again , I will choose divorce . There might be no divorce in the Whitethorn family , but I will gladly become the first ." A hard crease carved itself between his brows ; pain flared behind his sternum .

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