All Chapters of When I'm Not Loving You: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

48 Chapters

The Blooming of the Phoenix Flower

"Alright, I know. Let them wait. There's no rush," Aria said calmly, still standing outside the villa wall.She gazed at the place once so familiar, and once again, a sharp pain pierced her chest like a knife.Her daughter—she would never be able to see her again in this lifetime.Let Isabella and Ruby wait.The longer they waited, the more tormented they would feel.Those who do evil should suffer.Letting them roam free for two extra months had already been an act of mercy on her part.But now, she wasn't in a hurry to kill them.She wanted to slowly play them to death.Philip had long found out the truth—Ruby was Isabella’s real daughter.Looking at the deserted villa, Aria had the sudden urge to sneak inside. But the wall was too high, and the gates tightly locked, so she could only stand from afar, watching the desolate garden within.He didn’t live there anymore.Of course—why would he?He hated her that much. Hated her for killing the old man.With a bitter smile, she picked a b

The Spray

“I wasn’t feeling well, so I came late,” Aria said calmly, stepping up to the stone bench.However, she didn’t sit beside Isabella. Instead, she looked down at her from above. “Mom, what happened to your leg?”“Sigh, I got hit by a car. The driver ran off, and now one of my legs is crippled. Aria, I thought I’d never see you again in this life. I can’t believe you’re really alive. I’m so happy,” Isabella said, raising a hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, looking genuinely emotional.“Mom, I’ve kept a low profile these past two months, didn’t meet anyone. I’ve been focusing on investigating Ruby. I found evidence that she framed me back then. If I show this to Micheal, I think he’ll believe me.”“Aria, Micheal killed my little grandson. You can’t…”“Mom, how could there possibly be anything between us anymore? I hate him—hate him so much. But right now, I need to use him to get rid of Ruby. That Ruby might look like a kind, healing nurse, but the truth is she joined th

Caught

"Ah…" Aria had been caught off guard.It was pepper spray.It burned like fire.Her eyes hurt terribly."Mom, what are you doing?!""What am I doing? You're trying to harm Ruby—do you even know who Ruby is?""R... Ruby? Who is she?" Aria asked weakly, shocked, struggling to keep her eyes open."Aria, you can't blame me for being cruel.""Mom, what… what do you mean?" Aria clutched her eyes, utterly confused.Isabella took a step back and looked at Aria coldly before speaking in a flat voice, "Aria, if you want to blame someone, blame the doctor back then. It was that doctor who made the mistake and switched you and Ruby at birth. Ruby is my real daughter. Ruby has always loved Micheal.""Yes, I’ve always loved Micheal!" Ruby appeared suddenly, grabbing Aria by the collar and glaring at her with hatred. "That night, I almost succeeded. Micheal had already drunk the wine I spiked, but when I got to the room, I couldn’t even get in. You had already taken it over, Aria! Why should all my e

Goodbye

The sky was brightening.Aria hadn’t slept all night, her hands gripping the videos and audio recordings—concrete evidence.She could finally prove her innocence.Thinking back, the old man's will must have been signed while Isabella held his hand during his confused state. And that night at the crematorium—it must have been Isabella who followed her in secret.Then, just before Aria entered the mortuary to see her grandfather, Isabella poured a bucket of filth over his corpse to frame her. Moments later, Ruby "just happened" to arrive with Micheal.“Aria, what are you planning to do to Micheal?” Philip asked, alarmed by how she kept fiddling with the little bottle in her hand.Aria ripped off her face mask, unfastened a button on her shirt, and exposed her neck—covered in burn scars. “He deserves to die. I should kill him. Kill him to avenge my daughter. And if I can’t kill him, I’ll pour this on his face. He ruined mine, so I’ll ruin everything of his.”“Aria…” Philip hesitated.“Don

– The Deserved Punishment

"Let go." Aria barked coldly. She didn’t want Micheal to touch her—she hated it. No matter how handsome he still was, he had nothing to do with her anymore.All she felt for him now was hatred.At her command, Micheal’s heart trembled, and in the end, he let go of her waist.Her waist was so slender, barely a handful. She had lost so much weight.The burns must have been severe. "Aria, let me take you to—""I don’t want to hear you speak. Shut up," Aria cut him off directly. Then she threw the USB drive in her hand at him. "Take it and watch. See how you falsely accused me, Micheal. I told you before—one day, you’d regret it. I want you dead."As she spoke, the dagger in her hand suddenly slashed toward Micheal.He saw it.In that moment, he could’ve easily stepped back to avoid her attack.But when the sharp blade flashed before his eyes, he stood still, as if frozen, just waiting for Aria to stab him.He had been wrong.And since he was wrong, he’d accept whatever she did to him.Thi

When Hatred Is Lifted

“Aria... Aria…” Micheal was dreaming. In the dream, there was a blazing fire, and Aria leapt into it—never coming out again.“Young master, wake up.” James anxiously nudged Micheal’s shoulder. Micheal was seriously injured—Aria's stab had only narrowly missed his heart. Looking at him now, James couldn’t help but feel sorry for the two of them.Micheal slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw James, he immediately looked around. “Where’s Aria?” He thought she was dead.He thought he had burned her to death.These past days, he had carried Biscuit everywhere, but all he could think about was Aria. Before, all he knew was hatred.But now that the hatred had faded, he finally realized how deeply he had cared for her.Her gentleness, her soft smiles, the way she looked at him—she had once loved him so much.So when he saw Aria alive, Micheal had been overjoyed. Even if it cost him his life to win back a piece of her heart, he was willing.“Young master, the security said you were the one wh

– A Heart Without a Home

The Maybach cruised down the road.Micheal was frantically searching for Aria’s silhouette, like a man possessed.The car’s Bluetooth wouldn’t stop ringing—calls urging him to return to the hospital. If he didn’t need updates from his men about Aria’s whereabouts, he would have turned his phone off altogether.Blood dripped steadily from his chest, but he barely felt it.What pain he felt now was nothing compared to the agony Aria must’ve endured when he shoved her into that cremation chamber and she was engulfed in flames.He had only seen the burns on her face. Her body—surely it had suffered far worse.His heart ached. This was all his fault.From morning till noon.From noon to sunset.Night fell.The Maybach wandered aimlessly through the bustling city streets, but Aria was nowhere to be found.The car slowed to a crawl, his vision blurred more and more—until Micheal could no longer see clearly at all.Thinking of Biscuit, he slowly pulled the car over to the side of the road.Tha

– Such a Beautiful Dream

There were countless beautiful girls in the world—fair-skinned, lovely-faced. Aria’s body, however, was covered in burn scars. No man would love that. They’d only feel disgusted.This world was just that cruel.Love was built on money and beauty.That so-called Platonic love? Total bullshit. After everything she had been through, Aria had already seen through it all.“But Aria, I want to marry him.”“Marry?”“I want a wedding. I want to adopt a child. Just the three of us—we could still be happy.” Philip’s face lit up with hope.The picture he painted was heartbreakingly beautiful.Once upon a time, that was her dream too. But now, it was forever out of reach.After getting out of the car and settling her luggage, Aria changed clothes and headed out again.She hadn’t come back in a long time.This city—once full of promise—was also the place that had crushed her hopes.“Philip, what did he do to them?” For three years, she hadn’t asked. Not once did she question how Micheal had dealt w

– Ashes Everywhere

She never would have thought that under the phoenix tree that night, she and Isabella had fallen into Aria’s trap, which led to Micheal discovering everything they had done.It was Aria. All of it was Aria.But after that, she hadn’t seen Micheal again—nor had she ever seen Aria again.Aria had disappeared from this city.In the past three years, at first, strange and inexplicable things kept happening to her. She was constantly being falsely accused and plagued with terrible luck.She got sued for plagiarism over a paper she wrote. Her promotion at the hospital was canceled.Even the down payment for the apartment she bought got swindled away by a corrupt developer.And now, she was practically Micheal’s prisoner.She appeared to have freedom, but in truth, she had none. Aside from eating and sleeping, she spent every moment at the hospital cleaning toilets—day and night, without rest.Yes, every single toilet in the hospital was her responsibility.And occasionally, she was still for

Mommy, Let’s Play Together

On the road, a pink RV quietly pulled over.The door opened.A little girl hopped out of the car cheerfully, then turned back and urged the man still sitting in the driver’s seat, “Daddy, hurry up!”But Micheal’s gaze froze the moment he turned his head.It landed on the woman standing at the ticket counter of the amusement park.That back—so familiar.Even though he couldn’t see her face, just from that one glimpse of her back, he knew it was Aria.Three years.He thought she would never return to his world. Thought he would never see her again.But now, they were reunited.And yet, for the first time, he hesitated.Not because he didn’t want to see her, but because he was afraid to.She hated him. He had always known that.“Daddy, come on down!” the little girl called again, impatient, climbing back into the car and tugging on Micheal’s sleeve to pull him out.The sweet, soft voice of the child finally broke Micheal out of his trance. He smiled gently, “Biscuit, how about you go play

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