WantNovelChapter 1356: Throughout their relationship, Corrine had always tried to prove her worth, to show that she could stand by him through both triumphs and trials.
She didn't want to be sheltered or be a passive bystander in their lives. She needed to be more than that. And she couldn't accept his secrecy, especially when his excuse was to spare her from worry.
After a long pause, Corrine sighed softly, the weight of her words heavy. "Nate, did you never trustfrom the beginning? Was I never a part of your future?" Perhaps, from the start, she had been nothing more than an expendable figure in his grand plan.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtPanic flashed in Nate's eyes, his lips draining of color. His Adam's apple moved as he spoke, his voice hoarse and strained. "Corrine, you can be angry, you can hit me, you can curse me-but you can't unfairly say-" Corrine cut him off with a bitter laugh, her expression void of emotion as she met his gaze. "I'm simply telling you how I feel. How is that unfair?" Her calmness struck like a blade, leaving Nate reeling, feeling as if an insurmountable chasm had opened between them.
"Do you really think I'm only here to hide behind you, that I'm not worthy of standing beside you?" she asked, her words cutting deep.
"No-" "You do!" she interrupted sharply. "If you truly trusted me, you wouldn't have kept this from me. You wouldn't have asked Mandy to lie for you. You orchestrated everything, moving the..." conference to Riverveille, changing the date-sendingaway to keepin the dark. You thought I wouldn't notice? You didn't need to go to all that trouble to protectfrom worrying. Don't you realize that my strength lies in knowing my limits? As long as you toldthe truth, I would have respected it. I wouldn't have pushed you for details." With a final, exasperated sigh, she added, “Nate, I'm so tired." And she was. So, so tired.
Though they had promised to share everything, Nate continually made choices for her, keeping her on the outside, leaving her feeling small and helpless.
☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐☐ galnov☐☐☐Corrine knew that his intentions were kind, but this kind of "protection" was a weight she no longer wished to carry.
Corrine's words, though measured, carried the weight of Bryant's earlier remarks.
Though she understood Bryant's dubious intentions, Nate's actions had deeply disappointed her.
After finishing her words with calm resolve, she was ready to turn and leave.
As she passed Nate, he grabbed her wrist. "Corrine, I've never doubted your abilities nor considered you unworthy to stand beside me,” he said earnestly.
"Is that so?" Corrine's response was frosty, her gaze unnervingly calm, like by wind. The a serene sea calm, like content is on novelenglish.net!
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