If it weren't for the fact that their daughter was still there, Laurent would have turned and run.
For her, what Dave had done—saying such affectionate words, looking at her with those eyes—was simply terrifying.
It was so terrifying that all the hairs on her body stood on end.
In the past five years, their marriage hadn't been cold or distant, just ordinary. But moments of affection were truly few.
The only time Laurent could remember feeling affection from him was during the period after her miscarriage.
During that time, because she had lost the baby, she had a breakdown. She thought it was her punishment, that she didn't deserve to have him in such a way, and she even became so depressed that she needed to see a psychologist.
She had even strongly demanded a divorce, believing that without the child, there was nothing left between them.
He had only married her because of the child. Without the child, her existence held no meaning.