Substitute Bride: Utterly Pampered by Her Billionaire Husband-Chapter 1049: Liking Is Indulgence, Love Is Restraint
Justin Xavier didn’t move or make a sound, just let Leah Thorne bite him.
As long as she didn’t harm herself, he would do anything.
Leah Thorne bit for a long time before letting go, her emotions found an outlet, she slowly awoke from the nightmare, opening her eyes.
Leah Thorne was awake.
"You’re hurt! I bit you and made you bleed!" Leah Thorne looked at the wound on his arm, her teeth marks encircling it deeply, blood already oozing out, and her heart clenched instantly.
Leah Thorne quickly threw off the quilt and got out of bed, "I’ll get the first aid kit to treat it for you."
Leah Thorne brought the first aid kit and carefully treated the wound with an alcohol swab, "Husband, does it hurt?"
She looked up at him with a soft, tender expression, asking.
Justin Xavier raised his hand and patted her head, gently shaking his head, "It doesn’t hurt, not at all."
What he said was true, it didn’t hurt at all, he couldn’t feel the pain.
"I’ll blow on it for you." Leah Thorne gently blew on his wound.
Justin Xavier reached out, pulling her into his embrace, holding her tightly.
"Hey, your wound hasn’t been treated yet..." Leah Thorne exclaimed.
Justin Xavier buried his handsome face in her long hair, gently closing his eyes, "Wife, don’t move, let me hold you."
Leah Thorne obediently stopped moving.
After a long while, the man’s hoarse voice came to her ear, "Wife, just now... you really scared me to death..."
Leah Thorne’s eyes turned red, "Husband, I’m sorry~"
I’m truly sorry.
...
Justin Xavier was on the phone with Serena Sterling, Serena said, "President Xavier, Leah has already remembered you, right?"
"Yes," Justin Xavier sat in the study chair smoking, frowning tightly amidst the swirling smoke, "I used to think the worst situation was Leah forgetting me, but now I realize her remembering me is the worst, she’s already started... self-harming, I’m afraid to close my eyes now, I’m afraid to leave her for even a second, I’m afraid the moment I walk away she’ll do something to harm herself or the child."
"President Xavier, I once warned you over the phone, forgetting you might not be unfortunate, remembering you might not be fortunate either."
"Forgetting you gave Leah a chance to breathe, once she remembers you, the memories of her brother and the entire Thorne family also resurface, the things you’ve added onto Leah over the years are deeply ingrained."
"You all are the root of Leah’s suffering."
Justin Xavier tapped the cigarette in the ashtray, unable to speak for a long time, a sense of despair and helplessness flooding his heart.
When Leah remembered him, called him husband, he was so ecstatically happy, he thought everything was over.
But now he realized this was just the beginning.
In Leah’s psychological battle, he felt like he was on a roller coaster, first thrown up into the air, and now pushed deeper into the abyss and chasm.
Perhaps, this was his punishment.
"What should I do now?" Justin Xavier murmured hoarsely.
Serena Sterling was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "President Xavier, I gave you two vials, you’ve used one, I suppose you know by now, these two vials are named... Amnesia Potion, once used, she’ll forget you."
"You used the first vial on Leah, she forgot you, and she was getting better, but you forcibly awakened her memory."
"The second vial depends on President Xavier’s choice, you are now at a crossroads of decision."
"Actually, can I save Leah? Of course, I can, these two vials are my prescription, but with you around, she will never be well."
"President Xavier, I know it’s very hard for you to give up on Leah, once the second vial is used, even if you and Leah are the closest, it will be like the farthest distance, I cannot give you any advice as a friend, I can only hand over the option to you as a doctor."
"President Xavier, have you heard the saying, ’To like is to be unrestrained, to love is to restrain oneself’? Perhaps this long journey of love with Leah is teaching you how to learn restraint in your unrestrained world. Heaven and Hell are a line apart, letting go may not be an abyss, it may be your last redemption for yourself."
"There are thousands of faces to love in this world, only one kind can lead us to eternity, and that is learning to love oneself in love, and then loving others."
"This psychological illness is not just Leah’s, it includes you too, you are not less than severely ill, riddled with holes, the first thing you need to do is attempt to heal yourself, because Leah deserves a better you, only a better you can walk with Leah onwards."
Justin Xavier hung up the phone, he smoked a lot, unconsciously finishing a pack of cigarettes.
It’s said that as wise as Serena Sterling, she had long seen through him, this psychological illness is mutual, both he and Leah are sick.
A pathological self has pathologically trapped her, still using a pathological way to heal a pathological her, all of this seems ridiculous and laughable.
On such a night, Justin Xavier felt his entire strength seem to be drained in an instant, drowned by the waves of helplessness and despair.
His belated punishment.
Then from the next room came the sudden scream of a maid, "Ah, madam!"
What happened to Leah?
Justin Xavier’s hand trembled, the red flame falling and burning his fingertip, but he didn’t notice at all, he rushed out.
Upon entering the master bedroom, Justin Xavier immediately saw Leah, his dark pupils contracted severely, forgetting to breathe for a moment.
Because now Leah was sitting on the windowsill, her two slender legs dangling in the air, perhaps in the next second, she might fall from the balcony.
The window was open, and the cold wind was blowing in, Leah’s white dress was fluttering in the wind, her whole person like a kite about to break, teetering.
"Madam, come back quickly! It’s dangerous there, it’s easy to fall!" The maid watching this scene was trembling with weak legs.
But Leah seemed not to hear, she sat there without turning back.
Justin Xavier quickly stepped forward, he didn’t expect that after just leaving for a phone call, she had gone to sit on the balcony.
When he left, she was still sound asleep.
Justin Xavier suppressed the turbulent emotions within himself, softening his voice as much as possible, as if afraid to wake the sleeping treasure, "Leah... Leah..."
Leah in front didn’t turn back.
"Leah... Leah..." Justin Xavier called a few more times.
At this time, Leah turned around, her eyes stained with drowsiness, as if she had just woken up, she looked at him confusedly, "Husband~"
"Wife, come over, it’s dangerous there." Justin Xavier tried to extend his hand to her.
"Oh." Leah responded, turned and came over.
The next second, Leah’s body directly fell off the balcony.
Ah!
The maid screamed.
