Chapter 1864:


    If he had recognized his own feelings when they first met, would it be his hand she was holding now? He already knew there would never be an answer to that. Time didn’t move backward, and life rarely offered a second chance at the right moment.


    Even so, beneath the sting, Robin found that he genuinely hoped they would be happy.


    He fixed Dn with a sharp look, that contented expression irritating him beyond reason. He dropped his voice. “Just remember — if you ever hurt her, you answer to me.”


    “You don’t need to worry,” Dn replied, his tone turning serious. “That will never happen.”


    He had no intention of ever letting Christina suffer. Nor would he give another man the opportunity to take her from him. Robin might hold onto the hope that things would fall apart eventually, but Dn knew better. That was simply not how this would end.


    “She’s like family to me,” Robin said, his voice carrying a quiet edge of warning. “If you ever disappoint her, you’ll have me to deal with.”


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    Dn raised an eyebrow, a faint, unhurried smile forming. “Like family, is she? Then that would make me your family too, wouldn’t it?”


    Robin let out a dismissive scoff and turned away. “Keep dreaming. You’ll need my approval before anything like that happens.” He told himself to be patient. All he had to do was wait for Dn to make a mistake.


    Dn tightened his hold on Christina’s hand and leaned in, resting his forehead softly against hers. Their smiles met — quiet and unguarded — and for a moment the world seemed to narrow until only the two of them existed within it.


    Robin nced back just in time to catch it. The sight hit harder than he expected.


    An invisible weight pressed down on his chest, making each breath feelbored. Waves of heartache moved through him, one after another, slow and insistent.


    He forced himself to stayposed. Christina could never know how deeply this had cut him. As long as he kept those feelings buried, he could remain by her side. If the truth came out, even that fragile closeness might disappear — reced by nothing but distance and awkwardness.


    He turned away and fixed his gaze on the view outside the car window, letting it blur past.


    How had he ended up so far behind Dn? If he had gone after Christina without hesitation from the very beginning, perhaps things would look different now. Regret gnawed at him quietly, persistent and sharp. He almost wanted to me himself for taking so long to understand what she meant to him.


    Robin trailed behind Christina and Dn as they made their way back to Cloudcrest Estate.


    Watching them together — the easy affection, the held hands — sent a dull, repeating ache through his chest. He was furious with himself. He couldn’t believe he had moved so slowly while Dn had already found his way into Christina’s heart.


    The regret was pointless, and he knew it. His only real hope now was to wait and trust that Dn would eventually do something foolish enough to cost him her trust.


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