Chapter 71

“Lydia, don't you dare think of returning to that bastard for my sake,” Carson said with firmness in his tone. He forgot that his arm was injured and tried reaching for her face.

“Ah” Carson groaned in pain and his hand was forced back to the bed.

“You see, all I have been causing you are problems and now pain. He almost had you killed, if you had died, what would happen to Gary and the rest of us? I would live my entire life in guilt while Gary would completely be alone” Lydia cried, her delicate face red.

“Carson, you don't deserve all this, you are a good man, and I'm not the right person for you. I've done nothing for you, but you've done so many favors for me that I can never repay” Lydia cried softly.

Carson was touched by her words, he could feel his pain becoming deeper than it was.

“That's what you believe, but I know that you've brought so much light into my life. You've made me feel this warmth that others have been unable to stir in me” Carson muttered, though his mou