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On the day Melody was taken away, Quinn visited my grave.The photo on the tombstone was one of a 25-year-old me. I was wearing a white dress and beaming at the camera.It was taken the same year we got married. Back then, I was still able to smile.Quinn stood before the grave all night.Nobody else knew what he said.The old man working as the graveyard keeper there later told others that Quinn had just stood there from dusk till dawn, staring at the photo on the tombstone without uttering a single word.The next morning, the old man found him lying against the tombstone as if asleep.There was a piece of paper clutched tightly in his hand with only one line of text on it. "I was wrong, Ariel, so could you… look at me again?"At that moment, I was sitting in the system space, looking through these follow-up events.A system prompt appeared on the screen next to the image of Quinn."Favorability rating of capture target Quinn Langley: 100/100""Status of capture target: Term
My 99th Failed Strategy: I'm Done Trying Chapter 10
Quinn gritted his teeth. "Why did I let her go to her prenatal checkup alone? Why didn't I wait outside the delivery room while she gave birth? Why did I take her daughter away from her? Why did I remain silent while she kneeled and begged me? Why did I do all that for your sake?"Melody's tears streamed down her face. She had never seen this side of Quinn before."I didn't drug you. You did everything willingly," she defended shakily. "You told me yourself that I needed protection while Ariel was resilient. You said she could overcome anything on her own and didn't need you."You said that just seeing her made you feel pressured, and it was only when you were with me that you felt relaxed. You were the one who said you regretted marrying her and lamented that you didn't meet me first. I'm only repeating your own words back to you!"Quinn froze. He let go of Melody's wrist, stood up, and took a step back.He had indeed said all of that.He remembered standing in front of his floo
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The hospital room's door was opened, and Melody was brought in by two bodyguards.Her wrists were red from the bodyguards' grip. The moment she passed through the door, she broke away from them and staggered over to Quinn."Quinny… Hear me out. I really didn't mean to refuse to come."She looked up with tears in her eyes. "You know as well as I do about my illness. I've been coughing up blood since I woke up this morning. I kept it from you because I didn't want you to worry. Look, I'm still coughing even now."As she spoke, she took a handkerchief stained with red liquid from her pocket, covered her mouth, and started coughing violently again.Her shoulders shook, and she coughed so hard that it looked like she might collapse at any moment.Quinn gazed at her. He didn't steady her anxiously like he would have before.The look he gave Melody now made her hair stand on end.He used to always look at her with tenderness and heartache. Every time her brows so much as scrunched up,
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My records read, "Attempt No. 1. Today, I made him his favorite grilled steak, but he told me to have dinner without him. Melody fell sick, so he needed to take care of her at the hospital. The steak went cold. I reheated it three times but eventually threw it away."Attempt No. 7. He told me he'd bought me a necklace as a gift for our wedding anniversary. I was so happy I wore it for an entire day. Later that night, Melody came over to our house for dinner and said that my necklace looked really nice."After some thought, he took the necklace off my neck. He said that since Melody liked it, he'd give it to her. He explained that I had a lot of accessories anyway, so I didn't need that one."Attempt No. 12. I went to the hospital for a prenatal checkup alone. When the nurse asked me why my husband wasn't with me, I answered that he was busy. In truth, he was helping Melody take care of her dog, who'd just given birth to puppies. The dog was at a vet, and he stayed there the entire a
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After Quinn's bodyguards left to carry out his orders, he stood up and laid my body gently back on the hospital bed.He pulled out the blankets and tucked my body in carefully. When his fingers brushed against my cheek, he paused for an instant.In the past, my cheek had always been warm and painted with a faint blush, but now, it was cold.In the first two years of our marriage, I'd always wake up before him every morning. I'd then lay my head against his chest and rub my warm cheek against his jaw."Wake up already, Quinn! I made today's breakfast myself, so you have to give me praise!" I'd say with a smile.He would always pretend to turn over impatiently and reply with his back turned, "Okay, okay."There were only a few occasions where he was willing to take a few bites and praise me with a smile. I would be over the moon for the entire day and cook an entire feast for dinner.After Melody came into the picture, he never ate my cooking again."Ariel," he said softly.He r
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"Daddy, why are you crying?" Atlas asked softly, confusion in his voice. "Melody said you'll truly be together with her soon, and then I can actually start calling her 'Mommy.' She said that this is a good thing, so you should be happy. Why are you crying instead?"Quinn turned to look at him as if he were seeing a stranger for the first time. "Who taught you to say these things?"Atlas pouted and replied matter-of-factly, "Melody did. She said that Mommy's a bad woman who occupied our home and refused to leave, preventing us from living together."Also, she said that Mommy clearly knew she didn't have long to live but purposely kept us to herself so that Melody wouldn't be able to rest in peace. Melody told me how pitiful she felt, because her biggest wish was to be family with us, but Mommy wouldn't agree.""So?" Quinn asked with frightening calm.Atlas continued obliviously, "So, Mommy just needed to be gone. As long as Mommy wasn't around, Melody would be able to move in with
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