Once inside the small cabin, Donovan had barely laid Giselle on the bed when she gradually began to regain consciousness. Her mind felt hazy at first, and her body was weak and limp. But the moment her eyes fell on Donovan, a spark of emotion ignited in her gaze.
"Feeling any better?" he asked, gently caressing her pale cheek. "You just fainted. Rest first. Don't speak."
Feeling the weakness in her body, Giselle quickly realized she had just suffered a seizure. The thought that he had witnessed her at her most vulnerable and pitiful made her abandon all resistance. She turned feebly to the side. "Go away. You've got the wrong person," she murmured.
Seeing the sorrow etched across her face, Donovan felt a heavy weight in his chest. Unsure where to begin, he silently studied her for a moment before instinctively reaching out and clasping her delicate, slender hand.
He lowered his head and kissed her fingers softly, his voice low and husky. "Listen to me. All the misfortune between us ends now. I need to say two things. First, thank you for still being alive, safe and unharmed. Second, I love you. Giselle, I've never truly loved you before. Please, give me one last chance."
His tender, repentant words left Giselle's mind spinning. Her eyes felt swollen and heavy, and she had neither the strength to think nor the energy to respond.
He kept his lips pressed to her hand, murmuring almost to himself as he spoke. "You can't imagine the pain I've endured this past year. All I ask is that you stop resisting me, stop running, and come back to me."
In that moment, all past grudges and schemes, Ethan's manipulations and Gideon's vengeful obsession, no longer mattered. The only thing that counted was that he had found Giselle again.
His life over the past year had been nothing but darkness, every day heavy with emptiness and despair. Then, seeing her again, it was as if a sudden flood of light had swept through his world. All the pain, all the betrayals he had endured, suddenly felt insignificant compared to this moment.

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