Chapter 1481

Jenna felt confused and brought the fruit platter and tea upstairs again.

When she saw Ian and Edward coming out of the study, she stopped on the spot and asked, "Have the
both of you been in the study room all this while?" Ian nodded.

Edward stared at her.

"I was chatting with Ian in the study.What’s wrong?"

"I just asked Elaine to bring you a fruit platter and some tea, but she told me she didn’t see you two in
the study..."

Edward’s expression changed instantly, and he exchanged gazes with Ian.

‘It seems that she’s heard"

On the other end of the mansion...

Elaine was sitting alone by the pond in the backyard.

Ian followed a servant to the backyard.

The servant said something to him and left, and Ian walked toward Elaine.

Elaine threw the pebble in her hand into the pond, and no ripple could be seen due to the darkness.

She heard footsteps, stopped what she was doing, but did not look back.

"I know what you want to say, but i t doesn’t matter.I don’t care."

Ian stopped behind her.



"You heard it all."

"If I didn’t hear that, would you and my father continue to hide the truth from me?"

Elaine stood up slowly, turned around, and looked at him.

"Ian Saldana, you don’t owe me anything.Our marriage has always been one of convenience."

Ian glanced at her and said nothing.

Elaine lowered her gaze.

"I did push you away and saved you, but I did so willingly.And don’t forget that you protected me too,
didn’t you?" Ian pursed his lips.

"We're now even.We don’t owe each other anything, so you don’t have to blame yourself for this, let
alone..."

Elaine lowered her head.

"You don’t have to do so."

"What don’t I have to do?"

She looked up at him.

"You don’t have to make up for me." Ian frowned.

"Do you think I’m making up for you?"

"Aren’t you?"

Elaine smiled.



"Just because I can no longer get pregnant, you plan to sacrifice your happiness to stay with me and
compensate me? That's not necessary."

He approached her.

"I don’t think so."

"Ian, we’re different individuals."

"What's the difference that you see between us?"

She took a deep breath.

"I know it's not easy for you t o get to where you are today.You need a genuine marriage more than I
do.You need a complete family and a home, and these are things that I can’t provide you with." You
should know I have no confidence in marriage, and I’ve never thought about getting married.

Even if I can’t have children in the future, it’s still acceptable to me.

However, I don’t want you to sacrifice your whole life just to compensate me.

"You've taken down Mr.Saldana, and we’re only engaged at this moment.I’ll even give up the shares
that you offered me." Ian’s cheeks bulged, and his eyes were fixed on her.

"So, are you saying you want to terminate the engagement?"

Elaine felt heavy and complicated deep down.

‘I have to admit that I want to cancel the engagement.Perhaps I’ve been regretting my decision ever
since w e got engaged.



‘I’m afraid that I’ll fall for him during such a form of marriage as I’m too deeply immersed in this
relationship.It’s getting harder and harder to forget the memories I’ve accumulated throughout this
period.

‘If this were to continue, we would surely suffer in this relationship.

‘I don’t want him to make up for it, and I don’t have the confidence that I’ll really be able not to care
about anything after marrying him.Not to mention that I might not even be able to conceive a child, so
how can I provide him with a complete family?’ After a long while, she replied calmly, ‘Yes, let’s
terminate the engagement."

Ian stopped just a stone’s throw away from her.

"Then have you asked me what I think about us?"

She froze in place and looked up at him suspiciously.

Ian had his back to the light.

The shadow covered his facial features, so all Elaine saw at this moment was his silhouette, not his
expression.

"What if I were to tell you that I’m serious?"

Elaine was stunned, and her gaze betrayed she was in a daze.


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