He Stole Me From My Deadbeat Husband-Chapter 443

"You should leave now, Henry," Kate said as she looked away. She knew she would drop all her resolutions if she stared at his desperate eyes now. "I need time to forgive you."

"T—Then, how long do I need to wait? I need closure, Katherine," Henry said.

"A lifetime," Kate replied. She gently pulled her hands from Henry and got up. "I need a lifetime to forgive you. Maybe if the concept of reincarnation is real, then I will forgive you in my next incarnation."

Blood quickly seeped out of Henry’s body. He got dizzy thinking he had to spend the rest of his life longing for the woman he loved.

He was far too selfish and impatient for that. He was already suffering so much from being separated from his wife and child.

Henry shook his head vehemently. He got up and blocked Kate’s escape route, "No, I can’t let that happen. There is no way I’ll wait for a lifetime."

Kate looked at Henry’s eyes, which showed extreme desperation. It was too much for Kate to bear, so she quickly averted her gaze.

Henry noticed that Kate was trying to dodge him, so he squeezed her shoulder. His emotion was uncontrollable. He was afraid that Kate would truly leave him forever.

He would die if she did.

And if he didn’t die of a heart attack, he’d make sure to die through other means.

"Don’t avoid me, Katherine!" Henry snapped, and his loud voice shocked Kate, who stood like a statue in front of him.

She didn’t expect Henry to raise his voice on her. Henry grabbed Kate’s jaw and forced her to look up so their eyes could meet.

They were locked in this position for a long time, with Kate forced to see the tears that streamed freely from the corner of his eyes to his cheek.

"I can’t do this, Katherine. I told myself every night that I would bear your hatred, and we would reunite after a while. But the more I try to deny it, the more excruciating it feels to be separated from you," Henry confessed. "Please don’t do this to me."

Kate gritted her teeth. She could feel herself weakening against Henry, who kept pleading, "Don’t do this to me, Henry. You know I’m weak for you. You’re not making this fair for me..."

"Because I am selfish!" Henry admitted. "I’m egotistical, greedy, inconsiderate, and I don’t care if my presence makes you weak! I can’t do this anymore!"

Kate kept staring at Henry, and she felt like she had lost all her strength. She wanted Henry to weep and become miserable after she left, but now that she was faced with Henry, who looked so miserable, she wondered if she had gone too far with her wish.

Because she didn’t want him to suffer like this, she realized that she didn’t find the satisfaction of seeing him at his wit’s end.

But she still needed time.

She knew she would eventually return but still needed time to let go of the past and start anew.

So Kate shook her head again, "Give me time, Henry. I’m not ready."

"Then when are you going to be ready?!"

"I—I don’t know..."

"You—"

Henry became frustrated. Kate kept going on and on about how much she loved him, which gave him hope.

But whenever she said she needed time to forgive, yet not giving him closure, he felt that he had been pulled into a deep and depressing abyss.

He was continuously being tortured and healed by Katherine until he had become too desperate to think clearly.

"You can’t keep doing this to me, Katherine. I may go crazy..." Henry said. "Please spare me a pity..."

"Henry, I... I don’t hate you anymore, but I need to collect myself first. Time will heal us and open a new Chapter of our lives..." Kate said. She stepped forward to close the gap between them and hugged him first.

Henry flinched. He had expected Kate to hit him. He also expected her to curse him for his mistake, and he was ready to be beaten to half-death if that would reunite them again.

But she hugged him and rested her head on his chest.

Kate could hear his accelerating heartbeat, and she smiled as she murmured, "Don’t let me go, Henry. I will be honest now, I have been wanting to embrace you like this for a long time. If you’re feeling tortured by our separation, then you should know that I also feel the same."

Henry slowly wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer, but not too hard because of her big pregnant belly. He made sure that she was comfortable while they were embracing each other.

Henry gently kissed the top of Kate’s head and muttered, "You are the only reason I can continue surviving, Katherine. You don’t understand how much control you have over my heart."

Kate felt at ease.

Finally, after a month of suffering, she could rest for at least one day with her man. Of course, this wouldn’t last long.

She still needed to distance herself for a while but knew she’d eventually return to him. Everything was just a process she had to endure if she wanted to be happy with the man who loved her back.

She closed her eyes and rested on Henry’s chest for a while. As they continued to embrace each other, she suddenly felt a strong contraction and winced. She thought it was just one of those episodes, but this contraction was a lot stronger than usual, and it gradually began to get even more painful as time passed until she couldn’t ignore it anymore.

She then felt something underneath. Kate looked down, and her eyes widened in horror when she saw water trickling from inside her skirt.

Henry sensed something was wrong with Kate, "What’s wrong, Kitty?"

With this bewildered expression, Kate looked up and replied, "My water just broke."