Chapter 893 - Please Forgive Me (1/2)

”I'm sorry,” he said sincerely. ”I was wrong. I shouldn't have left.”

Marie nodded. She did not push anymore. She also realized that the tone of her voice just now sounded like a jealous girl. Even though ... she didn't have the right to be jealous.

She and Nicolae were not in a relationship at that time. Right now, they were only bound because of Summer. She had no right to feel jealous of where Nicolae went and whom he met.

”I just want to take my godchildren back to their parents. I didn't know you were trying to stop me from flying. If I had known ... I would have been happy to talk with you about our profession,” Nicolae said with a smile.

He returned to cooking because he saw Marie decided not to continue her words that were tinged by jealousy earlier.

”I love them like my own children because I have been taking care of them since they were little. Their father was separated from their mother for ten years. Aleksis, their mother, has been my best friend for a long time, and I was in love with her. I helped take care of the children and became their father from when they were four.” Nicolae decided it would be better if he clarified the nature of his relationship with Aleksis and Alaric, so that Marie would not misunderstand. ”Aleksis was my father's goddaughter, and he loved her very much. We had no idea that Aleksis' husband was my own younger brother. Seven years ago, Alaric, my brother, was reunited with Aleksis, and they have been together ever since.”

”Oh ...” Marie was stunned to hear Nicolae's story, which he uttered so casually. Nicolae said he was in love with Aleksis? Marie could imagine the pain he experienced when he discovered that the woman he loved turned out to have married his own brother...

Is that what broke Nicolae's heart? She could only wonder.

”Aleksis thought her husband was dead and after mourning for ten years, she finally decided to marry me for the sake of her children who needed a father figure. She also made that decision because I am her best friend, and she can trust me,” Nicolae continued his story while boiling pasta. ”Alaric came on the day before the wedding. I have never experienced such a painful heartbreak ...”

”I understand ...” Marie said softly. Slowly, she could understand what was happening at the time, and Nicolae's condition when he met her in Singapore.

”I have loved my niece and nephew as my own children. My brother and his wife understand that. After they reunited as a family, they gave me a year to live with Altair and Vega. So, it was some kind of transition period before I had to return them to their parents ...” Nicolae took a deep breath.

”When we met in Singapore, they had been with me for a year. It was already time for me to return them to their real parents. That's why I insisted on leaving. I also deliberately came and met Aleksis to prove to myself that I didn't love her anymore.”

Marie didn't say anything. She looked at Nicolae and tried to pay close attention to every word that came out of his lips.

Nicolae didn't love Aleksis anymore? Was that true?

Slowly her heart beat faster and faster.

Nicolae looked down and smiled faintly. ”I don't love her anymore. I know when I came to Targu Mures to attend Aleksis's birthday. I think, at that time, I had actually left my heart in Singapore.”

Marie's freckled cheeks flushed red at Nicolae's last sentence. She gulped down her wine and took the bottle to refill.

”Do you want more?” she asked, holding up the wine bottle, to change the subject.

”Thank you.”

They drank in silence. Marie was still processing all the shocking information she received today, while Nicolae finished making their lunch.

Ten minutes later, the three were seated at a small dining table located in the beautiful terrace garden of the penthouse, which was decorated with various flowers.

”Let's just eat here, the view is more beautiful, and the sun is not too hot,” Nicolae said, arranging their dishes and cutlery on the small table.

”Thank you,” Marie said. She sat in one chair after putting Summer in the other chair. While Nicolae arranged the dishes, she arranged their cutlery on the table and poured drinking water.

”Have a nice meal,” Nicolae said when everything was ready, and they had their lunch.

There were so many things that Marie wanted to ask, but she held back her questions until they were alone, so as not to confuse Summer.