Her Wicked CEO: How To Seduce A Hikikomori Wife? Chapter 36

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"Say it . "

Standing under the clear sky, I cross my arms and brace myself . I don't want to care . Absolutely not . I am not in love with Ren, but he has been there for me . He is the part of my life that I can't turn away from . I want to face him and myself .

He takes a deep breath . Ren has changed over the years . I see his eyes filled with guilt, but he doesn't look down . I realize that Ren also wants to face me . Did the fact that I have been sleeping with Kamiyama provoke him to become brave? I don't care about that . At this moment, he is there . I am also here . I will give him this chance to speak it . Only once for the sake of our friendship .

"You will hate me after this . " He gives me a small smile . "But, you will hate me more if I don't tell you, right?"

I give him a nod .

"I did manipulate you to win the game that year . I needed money for my brother's surgery," He tells me quietly . "My younger brother had cancer . He had gone through multiple surgeries . We didn't have more money to give him another surgery . He had been fighting for so long . Along with him, we were also fighting with him . For him . We didn't notice when he became tired of living . "

He shakes his head . "I noticed . I knew what he wanted . He had told me . He didn't like pain . Living was hard for him . His cancer was progressing fast . He needed the surgery that year . I told him that I would get the prize and extend his life . But, he didn't want to get another surgery . He begged me that he wanted me to use the prize for myself . He knew that I wanted to study abroad . I wanted to experience life . "

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I curl my fingers . I don't like where the story is going . A bad feeling clips my heart . Still, I steel myself to hear more .

"That day, I called my brother after the game . I told him that I got the prize . He could get another surgery . At that time, he told me that he didn't want surgery . He was tired of everyone . He just wanted to disappear into the wind . " His face contorts like he is in physical pain . He punches his heart . "He was tired of everyone . He just wanted to disappear into the wind . Those were his last words before he jumped off from the roof of the hospital . "

I purse my lips . So, he didn't lie . Why didn't he come to me? If he had told me once, I would have held him tightly .

"Rie Chan, I should have come to you after I read your letter . " A tear falls from his right eye . "I was happy after reading your letter . I was afraid too . I failed my brother . I was afraid that I would fail you too . I remembered how you also fought with your pain every day . I have watched you suffer in silence . Though you laughed and played together with me, you were still suffering . You shut yourself from everyone but me . I thought that I couldn't be the man who could make you happy . I was afraid that you would disappear like my brother . I didn't know what to do . I was a coward back then . I ran away because I was afraid of being your support . I was afraid that I would fail to save you . I ran away from everyone . "

"I have been a burden to you," I say to him in a low voice . "I cannot eat in front of other people . I am someone who doesn't even want to leave the house to see people . I have been sad and depressed most of my life . I complained a lot to you about the world . "

But, I was happy when I was with you back then .

"Rie Chan, I know people who can help you overcome this . " Ren comes closer to me . "Leave this place with me . We don't have to look back here again . The people who have hurt you . Leave them all . Be with me . I will be with you from now on . I will never leave you again . "

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You shouldn't have left me back then . You should have come back sooner .

I step away from him . "Why did you change your mind now?"

"I thought that you would never see me again . " He cups my face . "Rie Chan, please forgive me . Please . I never stopped thinking about you . I love you a lot . I can't let you go . "

I don't know whether it is him or I who should be blamed for this . I didn't want to lose him, but he was just a boy . I should have kept it all within my heart . My pain should have only belonged to me .

I push him away . "Ren, I understand what you have been through because of me . It is not easy being with a person like me . I understand why you were afraid . "

"Rie Chan . " He looks at me nervously .

"I owe you a lot . It should me who should apologize . " I stare at him . "But, I don't love you anymore . I have moved on . Ren, you don't love me either . You just feel guilty for things that were out of your control . You were just a kid . I burdened you with a lot more than you could handle . "

"No . " He stares back at me . "Don't say things like that . I love you . I know that I love you . "

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"Its Pity . " I smile at him . "You also feel guilty because you are a good person . If you had loved me, you would have come back sooner . Even if it meant climbing through the window, you would have come to see me . It's okay to run away, but you didn't come back . If you had loved me the way I had loved you, you would not have left me like that . "

This is the end that was long due . I owe him a lot . I can't hate him even if he kills me, but I can't love him the same way either . Holding on to this friendship will hurt me . It will also hurt him .

"It's time to let go . " I give him a final hug . "Go back . Don't think about me . I will be fine .

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Kiyohira watches them from afar . He can't hear what they have been talking about . When Rie hugs him, he resists the urge to go there and separate the old lovers . They must be uniting now, but she isn't allowed to be in a relationship with someone else yet .

This woman . She has been kissing him earlier . Now, she easily hugs other men . She is such a . . .

He curses Ren in his mind . It is that guy's fault .

His phone rings at the same time . He picks it up . "Speak . "

"Brother, where are you and sister?"

"Go back on your own . Take the bus or train . "

"Darn, Brother! Did you fight with her again? You are bad with women . "

"Hey, you!"

The call has ended .

Now, he is scolded by his younger brother too . This is happening because of her .

Rie has already disappeared . Ren is sitting on the sidewalk, looking lost . He looks around, but he can't see a shadow of her . Where did she run off to? He takes a glance at Ren . The talk didn't go well . Does it mean that they are not in a relationship?

He is pleased . The woman is not an idiot after all .

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