He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 174

But she probably didn't realize that her eyes gave everything away. They held an innocence that easily made a person's heart soften.

After school, she would run up the mountain to pick wild herbs. She had heard that someone came to the village every month to buy them dried.

So, every evening as the sun began to set, she would carry a burlap sack up the mountain, stubbornly refusing to ask her parents for money.

Her mother didn't even know she had lost that week's allowance.

Nelson had stayed right by her side, lounging on a nearby rock and watching her diligently pick the herbs. He hadn't realized she was desperate for cash; he just assumed her family needed them for something.

That was Juniper. She was an expert at swallowing her own bitterness and suffering in absolute silence, never breathing a word of it to anyone.

The truth was, he would have accepted all of her flaws—if only she hadn't lied to him back then.

He would have accepted every single one of her twisted insecurities.

Nelson's thoughts were a tangled mess when his phone suddenly rang. It was Julian Sterling.

Julian had just gotten married, and Zara Zimmer had reportedly moved into his mansion. Now, he was calling Nelson out for drinks.

Having nothing better to do, Nelson headed to the club.

"That woman is a spectacular actress. Claiming she doesn't want anything from me."

Julian let out a mocking laugh. "She expects me to believe she wants absolutely nothing? That she just genuinely wants to marry a guy with a reputation as trashed as mine? Just so she can eventually be known as a divorcée? Do any of you buy that?"

The VIP booth was packed with their usual social circle.

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