Thus Began Your Regret (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 84

The car sped down the road as dozens of streetlamps swept past overhead.

Their dim glow vanished behind her, and sleet fell from the sky, leaving tiny marks on the window.

She recalled a certain rainy night.

[Louisa. I’m so exhausted right now. So please, don’t make me worry—just tell me everything at once if you have something to say.]

[I’ve told you so many times, even just a few days ago—stop wasting time like this.]

It had been a harsh thing to say. Back then, hearing those words had truly felt like a sharp blade slicing through her lungs.

Yet today, for the first time, she found herself thinking:

What had been on his mind as he drove down this very road that late hour, heading to where she waited, despite his overwhelming exhaustion?

‘Maybe… maybe he was just as worried as I was—so much so that he needed to see my face, even just once…’

Louisa leaned her head against the cold window.

She remembered her husband’s frowning face as he voiced his grievances to her back in Tanasen.

[I begged you so many times not to bother with such trivial matters. Don’t you know how much it hurt me each time I saw you doing that…?]

Edward, who had borne her wounds while carrying an unshakable guilt in his heart.

Like a hedgehog raising its spines to protect itself, he never revealed his own pain—instead, he shielded her from it with sharp words.

Now that she understood him, the man she had seen throughout their past looked slightly different to her.

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