Slowly Falling into His Love Trap

"I won’t let you give up!" Julian Keaton exclaimed urgently, "Cece, I know you’re in pain right now, but no matter what happens, you can’t give up! I love you, Cece, I love you!"

"I don’t want it." Cecilia Lynch shook her head while crying, "I don’t want you anymore!"

"No matter what happens, I will stay by your side." Julian Keaton tightened his arms, holding the struggling Cecilia Lynch tightly, "I won’t let you go!"

As he spoke, he added, "Cece, even if you don’t want me, I still want you! I’ve decided on you! In this life, in the next life, in the life after that, I want to be with you forever!"

"Julian..." Cecilia Lynch collapsed in Julian Keaton’s arms, "Aren’t you tired of living like this?"

"Not tired!" Julian Keaton replied with determination, "Not tired at all!"

Cecilia Lynch clenched her fists, unable to stop herself from saying, "I know all about you being kicked out by your family. You don’t have a job or money now, yet you pretend to go to work every day. You’ve gone from being a top-tier man to having nothing. How long can you keep this up?"

"You..." Julian Keaton felt a hollow inside, his face suddenly fell, "You... knew all along?"

"I knew everything." Cecilia Lynch choked, "I don’t want to be the woman who drags you down, even if you say I didn’t, the truth proves otherwise, I really..."

"Yes!" Julian Keaton interrupted Cecilia Lynch’s words, "I don’t have a job, no money, I’ve lost everything! But I kept it from you purely because I was worried about you overthinking like now."

As he said this, Julian Keaton slightly loosened his hold on Cecilia Lynch, meeting her tearful eyes, his heart felt as if it was pricked by needles.

His fingertips kept wiping the tears from her cheeks, and his own eyes reddened.

He had always been prideful, believing he could handle any tough situation.

But now, he faced Cecilia Lynch’s heartbreak and found no way to deal with it.

He saw the woman he loved falling off a cliff, and he seemed only able to follow her descent, unable to land them safely.

This feeling was almost despairing.

"I’ve been afraid to tell you that I don’t have those glittering material conditions now, and because of the pressure from The Keaton Family, I can’t even find a normal job." Julian Keaton said softly, "Since you already know, I can finally breathe a little easier."

"Julian..."

"I don’t feel at all that my life now is lousy." Julian Keaton spoke with assurance, "On the contrary, I find my current life particularly blessed!"

Cecilia Lynch shook her head.

She couldn’t listen to Julian Keaton’s words at all.

How could he be happy?

With her, he couldn’t possibly be happy!

"Every day I go out, I can come back to see you, be with you, living a normal life— you cook, I wash dishes, you wipe the table, I mop the floor, then after finishing housework, we nestle on the sofa together to watch TV. This kind of life, although ordinary, although millions can easily have it, for me, it’s something I’ve just begun to have." Julian Keaton said word by word, his voice filled with intense sincerity.