Too Late, Mr. Cooper: Your Bride Ran with Your Baby novel Chapter 61

Knock, knock.

Liliana rapped on the study door.

"Come in."

Old Mr. Cooper's deep, aged voice echoed from within.

Liliana entered, calling out, "Grandpa Cooper…"

Her words trailed off as she noticed the picture frame in his hands.

It was a group photo of their generation in their youth.

Old Mr. Cooper’s wrinkled eyelids drooped as his cool fingertips traced the handsome, smiling face of a young Mr. Hart. He let out a soft sigh.

"Liliana, your mother told me you want to call off the engagement."

"I didn't think you were serious this time."

"Grandpa Cooper."

Liliana lowered her gaze, her expression placid. "I've thought it all through. Linton and I… we just don't work."

"…Sigh."

Another long sigh escaped the old man.

He couldn't bear it. "But why?"

"I've watched the two of you grow up since you were children, Liliana. I never thought you and Linton would end up like this."

"I used to think the same way," Liliana said, the corner of her lip twitching into a humorless line. Her tone was terrifyingly calm. "But love is fickle, Grandpa."

"Sometimes, people just drift apart."

Old Mr. Cooper fell silent for a moment, then pressed on, unwilling to give up. "Liliana, if Linton did something wrong, you tell me. I'll teach him a lesson for you."

"No, Grandpa, he didn't do anything wrong."

Liliana took a deep breath, her fingers clenching into a fist as a hot sting pricked her eyes. "He just can't give me what I want."

"But I can't blame him entirely. I have to admit, I was the one putting in all the effort in this relationship."

"Linton never asked me to do anything for him. I can't guilt-trip him into being moved by my efforts, and I certainly can't demand he reciprocate with the same love and sacrifice."

Her voice was perfectly even.

Her mind felt unnervingly clear.

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