Chapter 2893

The more she thought about it, however, the more she realized that Zayne had… changed. Sure, he was nowhere as great as Zivon was, but… compared to before, Zayne was no longer the carefree man that she used to know. At the end of the day, she was the only one who had barely improved after all this time… Since she wasn’t replying, Zayne couldn’t help but smile helplessly as he added, “…What? Have you given up on loving me…?” Upon hearing that, Dolly simply shook her head. After all, that wasn’t the case at all… She simply felt like that was a slowly increasing distance between them, but… She didn’t know how to put it into words. Even if she could, she felt that saying it would only make it seem like she was overreacting… At the end of the day, weren’t all lovers meant to slowly drift away like this? Well, almost all… Zivon and Xavia had the real deal. Since she still wasn’t replying, Zayne eventually muttered, “…Look, I don’t know if you think that I’ve been ignoring you on purpose, but doctors work for longer hours since there are lives on the line… Whenever I get a call, I have to leave, but… I admit that doing so has caused me to neglect both you and the kids throughout the years… However, I want you to know that I’m only doing all this for you…” “Remember how I used to leave work whenever I felt like it? All carefree and such? I had to change that since… Well… I needed to provide you with a stable life. To prove that I was responsible… I just… I didn’t expect you to perceive things so differently…” concluded Zayne, leaving Dolly too startled to even reply. That had been his thought process? It took her a while, but she eventually muttered, “…I… admit that I assumed that you no longer cared about me… It’s the reason why I made myself so busy… So that I could do my best to ignore you back…” Zayne knew this, of course, and though he thought that he was fine with letting things slide after hearing what she had to say that night, he eventually realized just how… empty it all felt. How wrong things were… and in the end, it led to this heart-to-heart talk. Patting her head, Zayne replied, “Silly girl… By your logic, doesn’t that mean that the men in the army have completely given up on their wives…?” …He had a point. Pursing her lips, Dolly then said, “…That’s not the only issue… I… I don’t know, I just feel like I don’t have a right to be with you with how far ahead you are compared to me…” “Hey, aren’t you super into chick flicks? Since that’s the case, you should already know the trope of guys falling for ditzy girls, right…?” “…Did you just call me ditzy-” “What I meant was that you don’t need to push yourself to be someone you don’t want to be. You could remain the same forever, and I’d still love you all the same… With that said, just leave the big stuff to me, alright…?” “…You better remember what you said, alright…?” “I will, though… Naturally, I expect something a bit more… sensual in return…” replied Zayne, leaving Dolly speechless…