Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan)
Chapter 223 Unwilling To Marry Me

Chapter 223 Unwilling to Marry Me

Jane wiped the man's hair gently. She gazed at him carefully. They were close to each other now. He put down his guard and let her take care of him

Jane felt extremely satisfied.

She was preoccupied with something when the man in her arms opened his eyes.

They were so close that he could smell Jane's fragrance. Her movements were gentle and soft. It seemed that he could feel the tenderness from her weak little hands.

The next second, he grasped the delicate arm beside his face. As soon as he pulled, Jane fell into his arms all of a sudden.

When she looked up, she saw his eyes.

Jane held her breath in fear and said nothing in his arms. She just blinked and looked at the man in front of her with a bewildered expression.

He lowered his head and kissed her...

The next day, Martha and Rhys stood face to face in the open space in the back garden of the hospital.

Early this morning, Rhys came to visit Martha and Jimmy in the ward. Jimmy was still asleep, and Martha led him downstairs to the back garden. She asked Melissa to look after Jimmy. Before Martha left, Melissa winked at her with a curious expression on her face. Martha only found it absurd and dismissed the gossipy woman.

Martha said to break the ice, "Thank you very much, Rhys."

Martha said very sincerely and she was truly grateful to him.

Without him, Jimmy would not have been able to survive.

Regardless of previous conflicts or tricks, Rhys was willing to put aside these issues and promised to save Jimmy. Martha was grateful to him from the bottom of her heart.

"Don't say that so early. You owe me a life. I have a bargaining chip now. Someday, I might ask you to pay for it with your life," Rhys said jokingly. He looked at Martha triumphantly, trying to see how she reacted.

Martha nodded and agreed without hesitation. "Okay."

Rhys' smile faded away. He frowned unhappily. Martha's resolute attitude made him feel very uncomfortable.

He asked, "Do you hate me so much that you would rather owe me your life than marry me?"

Martha looked at him and smiled helplessly.

He barely behaved like that. She shook her head and whispered, "I don't hate you."

"Then you are still in love with Stefan?" Rhys asked forcefully.

Martha shook her head again. And this time she became a bit colder. She said slowly, "It has nothing to do with him." Rhys could tell that Martha refused to answer the question, but he was also quite dissatisfied with that.

He pursed his lips and asked, "Why on earth is that?"

He pressed her to give a reason.

Martha took a breath and raised her head again, looking Rhys in his eyes.

She hesitated for a while and asked seriously, "Rhys, do you love me?"

Rhys was stunned as he didn't expect her to ask him this question.

He frowned and remained silent.

Martha, who read his mind, felt it funny.

Regardless of his silence, Martha said, "You don't love me at all. You just want to use me to retaliate against Stefan."

Martha hit the nail on the head and spoke frankly about what Rhys was thinking.

It was not a secret. He had given her such a feeling early on, but he didn't tell her why he hated Stefan.

"But have you ever thought that marriage is a lifetime matter for the couple?"

She smiled and said softly, "One day, your revenge will be over, and the conflicts between you and the Harrison family will be over. By then... what are we? How can two people who don't love each other continue with their marriage? Because of revenge, you tend to sacrifice the happiness of the rest of your life and stay with a person who you don't love for a lifetime. Isn't it stupid?"

A loveless marriage was too painful.

Martha would rather stay single than make the same mistake again.

However, it was obvious that Rhys disagreed.

"Does it really matter? Love doesn't make a difference." He didn't take it seriously, and his remark wasn't surprising.

He was... a person who was not loved by other people, and naturally, he didn't know how to love others.

"You think love is unimportant. It's because... you haven't met the person who touches your heart."

Martha smiled and said, "When you meet that person, but then you discover that you have married me... you will definitely regret it."

The wicked smile faded from Rhys' face. He raised his eyebrows, and his intense eyes showed that he was uncertain about Martha's words. When Martha said these words to him solemnly, Rhys couldn't help but ask himself if he had a crush on the woman in front of him. He pursed his lips, and his eyes darkened.

Martha saw his reaction. She guessed whether he was thinking or trying to refute.

Actually, Rhys had never fallen in love with anyone.

When Stefan came to visit Martha, he saw what happened in the garden from a distance.

At that moment, Martha was quite relaxed, and she smiled at Rhys.

He had never seen her behave in that way when she confronted him.

Stefan felt uneasy and envious, and he held his breath and tried to ignore it.

But he couldn't make it.

During this period of time, Martha behaved aggressively or indifferently in his presence as if he was a stranger to her.

He hadn't seen her smile for a long time.