Lahat ng Kabanata ng The Man Who Loved Me All Along: Kabanata 31 - Kabanata 40

When Beckett regained consciousness, he found himself lying in a hospital bed.But he barely gave his own condition a thought.The moment he heard that Theodore had woken up and Tess was with him, he went straight to Theodore's room. He'd been waiting outside ever since.No one could convince him to leave.He knew Tess wanted to stay with Theodore.And all he wanted was to stay with her.His face was deathly pale, and cold sweat kept breaking out on his forehead as he waited.Finally, a familiar figure appeared.Tess stood before him, holding cotton swabs and a bottle of antiseptic."You still haven't had your hand treated?" she asked. "Let me take care of it."His hand had been hurting so badly that he'd decided to just ignore the pain. Yet somehow, her simple offer seemed to make it hurt a little less.Every part of him, even his injured hand, had missed her.They sat together on a bench in the hospital hallway.Tess set the antiseptic and cotton swabs beside her, then gently rolled

"But he lied to you!" Beckett protested. "He told you your name was Tess, but never told you your full name was Tessa Wrenford! And he lied about being your fiancé!"Even as the words left his mouth, Beckett knew how childish he sounded. But he was too desperate to stop himself."What did I have left for anyone to take?" Tess asked calmly. "I'd already lost everything a year ago. You say he lied to me, but the way I see it, he saved me. He gave me a home."I really like him. I want us to keep living together as a family."Those few words tore through Beckett, leaving him utterly shattered."But you used to love me." It took every ounce of strength he had just to get those words out.Yet Tess's voice remained calm, as though she'd already experienced every extreme of joy and heartbreak, and nothing could make her happy or hurt her anymore."You said it yourself. That was in the past."She continued, "Maybe it was fate. I wanted so badly to forget everything terrible I'd been through, an

"Tess." Theodore pulled her into his arms, holding her as though she were something precious he'd lost and finally found again."Where would you like to move? I know you've always loved mountains and lakes, but Willowmere already has plenty of both. Is there somewhere else you've always wanted to live?""Anywhere is fine, as long as you, Ollie, and I can stay together forever." Tess paused. "Theodore, I'm not going to lose anything else, am I?"She couldn't bear to lose another person she loved."No, you won't. You're going to have the happiest life anyone could wish for."Because no one deserved it more than she did.As they prepared to leave Willowmere, Beckett showed up almost every day, lingering outside Tess's noodle shop.Tess had no idea what he actually wanted. To avoid running into him, she barely left the house and didn't even open the shop.Then one day, she received a call from Theodore's assistant. Theodore had suddenly developed a stomachache, and his assistant wanted to

Back in the private dining room, Theodore stared coldly at the man lying on the floor, still bleeding."If I remember correctly, you're from the Prescott family, aren't you? You'd better watch your mouth. You have no right to talk about my woman that way.""Dr. Westcott, I was wrong! I'm so sorry!"The man clutched Theodore's pant leg, desperately begging for mercy. He'd never imagined that a woman like her could have two men as powerful as Beckett and Theodore standing up for her."I never accept apologies," Theodore said coldly. "Besides, I'm not the one you owe an apology to."He turned to the others. "Someone, deal with him."Theodore pulled his leg free, ignoring the man's desperate pleas. Then he wrapped an arm around Tess and led her out of the room.Tess was his. If anyone was going to teach that bastard a lesson, it should've been him. Why should he let Beckett do it?What a joke.After all the pain Beckett had caused her, what right did he have to come back now and try to ste

Rosalie continued, "You once said your biggest dream was to travel the world with the person you loved most. So for the past year, Mr. Lockridge put aside all his responsibilities at the Lockridge Group and traveled around the world with your urn, as if you were still alive."Miss Wrenford, he really does love you. I once overheard him talking to your body. He said he'd never loved Josephine. He'd mistaken her for you. He'd loved you, and only you, all along."Everyone knew how deeply Tessa had loved Beckett.But only Beckett knew how much he'd loved her.For ten long years, he'd kept it hidden in his heart like a secret.Tess had always believed Beckett had never loved her. Yet Rosalie claimed she'd been the only woman he'd ever loved.She'd always thought he'd be glad she was dead. But according to Rosalie, he'd nearly lost his mind and spent an entire year clutching her urn."Miss Wrenford, he really loves you. Ever since he found out you were leaving Willowmere, he's been drinking