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Nathan remembered how he climbed over the wall alongside Audrey to skip class, and how they were caught by the head of the disciplinary office.
He also remembered how Audrey had promised to improve his grades by 50 places in the next exam before they were released from the teacher’s office unscathed.
He had taken Audrey to the horse farm later on and intended to show off his riding skills to her. However, he ended up falling off a spirited horse.
In the end, he could only watch as Audrey, dressed in riding gear, effortlessly tamed the fiery horse with one hand on the reins.
At that moment, Audrey shone brighter than the sun, and he remembered feeling as if his heart was about to burst from his chest.
He remembered how he beat up the person who confessed to Audrey.
He had panicked when he saw that Audrey noticed him, but she simply grabbed his hand and used a disinfectant wipe to clean his wound. She had also told him not to act so recklessly in
the future.
Since then, Nathan knew clearly that Audrey only had eyes for him. Her debate team members and clubmates were less important to Audrey than he was.
He remembered how he would sneak out during class to buy Audrey delicious snacks.
When they were supposed to have different classes, he would threaten Audrey’s deskmates and drive them away just to switch seats with them.
He would sit beside Audrey, observe her in class, and secretly feed her snacks when the teacher wasn’t looking. Seeing Audrey with her cheeks puffed up, he felt happy.
But he ended up getting kicked out by the English teacher of the class.
Later, Audrey came to Nathan’s class with her books and made his deskmate give up his seat. She had sat right next to him to make sure that he didn’t skip class.
That was when he found out that Audrey had approached the principal and requested to be transferred to the regular class.
He knew that Audrey did it for him, and he was so happy that he couldn’t sleep for days.
Some people were jealous of Audrey’s consistent top performance in exams, so they criticized her behind her back and said that she was becoming too proud and arrogant.
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They had said that if Nathan married Audrey in the future, he would have to do all the housework and take care of the children. Nathan beat those guys up and said, “She will be my wife. Only I can marry her!”
Then, he also remembered how he climbed the trees to knock on Audrey’s dormitory window, only to be chased away by the dormitory manager with a broom.
He recalled Audrey bringing him to that tree and telling him about the incident while pointing at the branches. Yet, he had someone cut down that tree later on.
He watched as Audrey struggled to hold back her emotions–she was stunned and devastated. He had mockingly whistled at her. “Tsk… The tree’s gone.”
These overlapping images kept flashing in Nathan’s mind.
They showed him how kind Audrey had been to him in the past, and they made him realize how much he had loved Audrey.
He was willing to give up his life for Audrey. He couldn’t control his jealousy if Audrey took a glance at someone else. He would end up beating them up.
He recalled how he forced Audrey to register their marriage on his birthday that year. He had threatened to die if she didn’t comply.
He remembered Audrey’s firm and resolute gaze as she threw herself on him during the accident to shield him from harm.
Nathan then recalled how he pushed the emaciated Audrey, who was wearing the same dress she wore on the day they registered for marriage, into the swimming pool. At that time, he had held Amelia tightly and didn’t allow anyone to rescue Audrey.
He saw how Audrey’s friends, who had befriended Amelia, stood up for Audrey after she woke up. They had urged her to give up on Nathan and let him be with Amelia.
Like a bystander, he could only watch on as Audrey’s so–called friends surrounded her and grumbled. They complained about why Audrey had to wake up and told her that Nathan loved Amelia more than he had loved Audrey
Back then, Nathan and Audrey used to argue all the time, but with Amelia, Nathan turned into a clingy puppy and never argued with her.
Nathan wanted to tell Audrey that it wasn’t the truth, but he couldn’t utter a single word. He had wanted to hug the wet and lonely Audrey, who stood alone by the pool, yet he couldn’t
reach her.
He had watched as Audrey straightened her back and stood against all her friends, insisting
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Then, after everyone had left, he saw her huddled under the stairs in the storeroom, crying in pain as she clutched onto her knees.
He saw himself deliberately kissing Amelia before Audrey, getting drunk, and taking Amelia to the room he had prepared for Audrey. Of course, nothing had happened between him and Amelia in the master bedroom.
He had remembered how he saw Audrey sitting in the living room, trembling as she held a glass of wine. He then watched as she swallowed the sleeping pills.
