Madeleine waited until Howard Coleman nodded before she spoke, "Howard, today is our two hundred and ninety-seventh day of marriage, isn't it?"
Howard Coleman didn't react, he just stared at her.
Madeleine's face bore a faint smile, her gaze somewhat distant as if caught up in thought, and it took her a long while before she finally blinked, her eyes clearing a bit as she said, "Howard, I've decided to let go."
In fact, up until the second before she uttered those words, she was still hesitating about whether she should really let go.
She was a coward, daring to love the man before her, but never brave enough to lose him.
She knew that letting go of this man whom she had loved since childhood would definitely be very painful, but when she spoke those words, she found that the pain overwhelmed her, almost making her faint in her dining chair.
