chapter2113

Having finally persuaded her parents to return to the hospital, Denise breathed a sigh of relief. On the way home, she held onto their hands tightly, reluctant to let

go.

"The doctor said your illness was caused by long-term overwork. You'll be able to go home after only one to two more years of treatment."

Denise continued emotionally, "Now there's only about half a year left of the treatment, and we can all be together again. Please don't try to run away secretly anymore."

Gently hugging Denise, Calliope cooed, "Okay, okay. I'm sorry for making you worry, Denise."

Brycen chimed in, "We were wrong this time, and we're sorry."

Denise smiled through her tears. "Don't ever do this again."

"We won't." Brycen nodded repeatedly, his tone gentle.

Magnus, sitting in the passenger seat, turned to look at the happy family and was inexplicably reminded of his own childhood.

He thought of the time when he, Cecilia, and their parents were all together.

He once had a beautiful family, but it slowly fell apart.

Truthfully, he wasn't overly sad when his parents died, but now, seeing another family happily together, he began to miss his parents.

Magnus looked at the heavy snowfall outside the window, and before he knew it, his eyes were a little red. Mom, Dad, I miss you so much.

But no matter how much he missed his parents now, he would never get a response.

All of a sudden, Magnus wanted to punch himself.

When Regas passed away, he was at least by his side, but when Paula passed away, he never went to see her out of resentment, and now he deeply regretted it.

As for Cecilia, she was very nice to him when they were kids, and he liked having an older sister to take care of him. But somehow, everything had changed.

It was only when they arrived at the hospital that Magnus snapped out of his memories.

He helped Brycen and Calliope out of the car one by one and walked them to their ward, while Denise went to pay the medical bills.

Seeing that only Magnus was around, Brycen and Calliope couldn't help but say to him, "Magnus, we want to tell you something."

Magnus tilted his head in puzzlement. "What is it?"

"It's about Denise." Calliope paused before adding, "She had a boyfriend before. They were very much in love, but..."

At that point, her voice trailed off.

Brycen continued the sentence on her behalf, "But they ended up breaking up."

Magnus, thinking it was nothing more than small talk, nodded. "I know Denise had an ex-boyfriend."

"Did Denise ever tell you why that man chose to break up with her?" Brycen asked.

Magnus shook his head. "No, she didn't tell me that."

"It was because of our illness," Brycen replied.

Upon hearing his response, Magnus immediately understood why Brycen and Calliope had left without a word They were afraid that he would break up with Denise because they were sick.

"Mr. and Mrs. Laney, please don't worry. I'm

will

not that kind of persomet

Mke good care of Denise

Said very earnestly

Denise, who had returned after paying the medical bills, heard his promise, which

only made her feel even sorry.

Magnus was truly going out of his way to pretend to be her boyfriend.

"Dad, Mom, what did you make him promise again?" Denise asked.

"Come on, we were just chatting with Magnus. We didn't make him promise anything," Calliope said with a smile.

Magnus also nodded. "Don't overthink it, Denise."

Denise wanted to say something, but

herpted by the ringing of

her phone.