Chapter 419
"Mai, I don’t think you can follow me anymore," Kate said.
Mai held her breath instantly. She didn’t know if she heard it right and asked, "W—What do you mean? Did I do something wrong?"
Mai hugged Kate as tight as she could and said, "I don’t know what I did wrong, but please don’t say something like that to me, Kate. You know that I see you as my sister. You are my only family!"
"We are a family, Mai, will always be," Kate smiled. "But you’re not going to be happy following me around like this. It’s my fight with Henry. You shouldn’t be involved in the first place."
"But—"
"Mai, listen to me," Kate grabbed Mai’s shoulder and pushed her up to her arm’s length. She stared at the woman whom she saw as her little sister. Mai was crying, thinking that she had been abandoned.
"Please don’t abandon me. I’ve been abandoned by so many people in my life. I don’t want to be alone..." Mai begged. Her tears streamed down freely from the corner of her eyes.
"I’m not abandoning you. But I want you to find your own happiness. I want you to be happy without clinging your hope to me," Kate said. She knew she was harsh, but she didn’t want Mai to sacrifice everything for her. "I will spend the rest of my life in misery, Mai. But you... you shouldn’t suffer just because of me. You deserve to have a fulfilling life."
Mai shook her head, "But I still want to follow you..."