Chapter <b>394 </b>
Finally, when she <b>was </b>almost out of breath<b>, </b>Eugene let her go<b>. </b>
However, she only had <b>a </b>moment’s reprieve before he held her in his arms and kissed her again.
Eugene went wild that night. He almost wanted to do it in the car until Mnie stopped him.
After his disy <b>of </b>passion, Mnie’s eyes were red, and her lips were swollen. As he pressed her into his arms, she asked him quietly, “Eugene, what happened?”
Eugene said nothing.
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Mnie frowned and looked up at him, but all she could <b>see </b>was Eugene’s clenched jawline.
In the dark night, his <b>voice </b>was unspeakably cold. “Milly, I wasn’t ruthless enough with myself. That’s why I ended up walking down this path<b>.</b>”
He closed his eyes, his Adam’s apple bobbing<b>. </b>“Milly<b>, </b>can <b>you </b>give me a little more time?”
At that time, Mnie did not understand what Eugene meant. Even <b>so</b><b>, </b>she believed him.
Eventer<b>, </b><b>when </b>he had more people by his side, she had held onto his words. She just had to give
him a little more time.
When she woke up, there was a thin sheen <b>of </b>sweat on Mnie’s forehead. She propped herself up on the headboard and felt her heart palpitate.
She did not know why she had dreamed of that time. It was probably because Eugene had mentioned it again that afternoon that she had remembered that conversation.
However, Mnie <b>felt </b>suffocated whenever Eugene shouted the name <b>“</b>Milly<b>” </b>in her dream.
It had been a long time since someone had called her that. Rather, there had only been two people
who had called her all her life.
Milly was Mnie’s childhood pet name. When she was learning how to spell as a kid, she hadined that her name was way too long and had too many sybles. She asked <b>her </b>parents why they had not called her Milly instead. That would be so much <b>easier </b><b>to </b>spell and say.
Howard was <b>still </b><b>a </b>good father back then. He hugged her and said, “Alright, then Daddy will <b>call </b>Milly from now on. You’re my only treasure, little <b>Milly</b>.”
Later on, Howard and Dn got divorced, and <b>no </b>one mentioned that little incident again.
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One <b>day</b><b>, </b>though, Eugene went with her to visit <b>her </b>grandfather, and Albert identally brought up that childhood memory.
After that, Eugene kept calling her Milly for a long time.
The memories were all jumbled and confusing. Mnie <b>sat </b>on her bed for a long moment before she
heard a knock on <b>the </b>door.
Rubbing her temples, she opened the door and saw Xander standing outside with a ss of juice,
His expression was the same as ever. “You’re awake.”
Mnie’s temple still hurt a little. “Is something the matter?”
“Oliver and the others picked some fruits from the orchard a few days ago. They’re still quite fresh, so
I squeezed some into juice for you.” Xander saw that she did not look too good. Her forehead was covered in a cold sweat. He reached out and pushed her messy hair behind her ear.
He pressed his lips together and asked slowly, “Did you have a nightmare?”
Mnie was taken aback for a moment before she realized what Xander was doing. She subconsciously moved back.
Her reaction was quite evident, and Mnie was embarrassed by it. She frowned and looked at Xander, who had retracted his hand calmly.
He chuckled. “Do you think I’m being presumptuous? I’m sorry.”
Mnie took the juice from him. “Sorry<b>,</b>” she said in a low voice. “I’m just not used to people suddenly touching me.”
Xander wanted to say more, but Mnie’s cell phone suddenly rang from inside her room<b>. </b>She
nodded at Xander and turned back <b>to </b>her room <b>to </b>answer the <b>call </b>in relief<b>. </b>
Xander watched her go<b>, </b>lowered his gaze, and turned to leave.
However, before he could go <b>too </b>far, he heard the sound of something crashing to <b>the </b>floor. It came from inside the room.