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y mouth before I co
owly lowered her hands from
er cheeks, and for a moment, she looked almost embarr
happened insid
meant t
ant to meet, when the man's voice caught my attention. At first, I
e said to he
en them without
il
fore wiping her cheeks with the back
tly. "I wasn't
laugh. "Then what
oked away, clearly embarrassed by t
me," she continued, "
eyebrow. "Wh
ere was something almost dari
red a
d of taking them back, she continued. "If you really feel sorry fo
eechless. This woman had gone from crying in her c
wasn't f
children." Her voice became quieter. "I can't give you a child
ed starin
my silence f
ng bitter. "You can't solve it eithe
given her earlier and wiped her cheeks
dn't h
le esca
rowed immedi
g to suppress another
rse I'm
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s if she had forgotten it was there. Her expressi
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been crying moments ago, she certain
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who had been abandoned at the altar six years ago. The woman people
l to
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asn't
was
as a di
efore finally speaking. "I don't th
sion chang
ld get m
blin
onfusion spreadin
away. Instead, I was standing there seriously consi
n it,"
rying to figure out whether I had lo
ow en
you d
not looking for someone to rescue you. You were angr
slightly, but
w you can't have children. B
htened. She looked
lie. I couldn't h
to arrange dates for me. They knew about my condition and
. Marriage had never interes
il
children eithe
yes w
econds, neith
sible to miss. She blinked, almost
the remaining tears from her cheeks
ed for th
she wanted the c
herself, but I caught it
at my hand,
er. "If you're willing to marry
ched mine. "Y
"I was looking fo
aid n
ecting from this day, I w
against the
leas
. A second later, I h
ok at me again.
parking space, watching her c
was because I had seen the humiliation in her
e had spoken to me without knowing who I
I was sim
in. Tired of hearing that I needed a wife. Tired of
in my pocket. I gl
d calls fro
igh
cou
whether I had met the wom
phone back i
ad no intention of
ly had
decided that I needed to meet her. They had made it clear
had
pected t
ress me. Questions about my we
le fli
me expectation that I
atience fo
lready more than thirty minutes
eave, I heard hurried
Callo
top
. She was dressed elegantly, carrying a sm
e. There was traffic,
er without sa
Perhaps she finally
e said quickly. "But I thought yo
cou
woman I expected. The type who believed her be
ase after her simply because sh
her for an
't ever appear in
ll. "Mr. Ca
n explanation. I got into my car, clo
urant, my mind returned to the
a Qu
to marry her beca
dn't fully understand yet, the idea di
en searching for had just
t time, I wasn't looking
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