---- Chapter 169 Lance slowly opened his eyes and noticed that Tara was looking at him with sleepy eyes. She asked, "Are you feeling unwell?" He held her and said, "I'm fine. It's still early, so you should rest more." She lay back on the pillow and fell back to sleep. Lance looked at her as the morning light shone through the windows. After a long while, he pulled her into his arms, unwilling to let go. All three dreams he had felt incredibly real, and he could see what he had done to Tara.

He couldn't compare to Soren, let alone to Jonah. Lance never asked Tara how she felt, nor did he ask if she wanted to be with him. He liked her a lot, and he didn't want to let her go. It was selfish of him to want to grow old with her, without knowing if she wanted the same. At that moment, he felt conflicted. On one hand, he wanted to set her free. On the other hand, he wanted to continue being selfish. On Anton's birthday, Lance called him and said they weren't returning to the Swain Manor.

Lance even ---- canceled all of his plans for the day so that Shawn. wouldn't have any opportunities. Slowly, two months passed. Lance looked at Tara, and it felt like she was trapped in a cage. Although she could go wherever and do whatever she wanted, she only smiled brightly when she was watering the plants. He looked at her for a long time before saying that he would move to a villa nearby. He told her that she would feel more at ease if she stayed there.

Tara didn't have any issues with it as she was fine with wherever she stayed. Half a month passed, and Lance carried Tara out of the swimming pool in the villa. She was startled when it happened. She looked around them with a cautious gaze, saying that it would be bad if someone saw them being so intimate. He kissed her and said, 'We're the only ones here in the villa.

Who could possibly see us?" That night, he suddenly asked, "If you had a chance to choose between leaving me or staying with me, which would you go for?" She looked back at him for a long time before finally saying, "You have been great to me, but I prefer to be free. Lance already knew what her answer would be, but he ---- still said nothing about it. That night, he held her tight in his embrace the entire time.

The next day, he said, "I've transferred 100 million dollars into your account, and you can have this villa along with the land near your hometown." She told him that she didn't need all that, but he still insisted on giving her everything. Otherwise, he wouldn't let her go. In the end, she accepted his offer. After that, she submitted an application to start a new life in another city.

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Just as she was about to get into the car he had arranged for her, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and smiled at him. "Thank you, Lance." After saying that, she got into the car. Lance suppressed his feelings while waving goodbye to her. When the car was finally gone, he leaned against the wall and panted heavily. He was in great pain. However , he knew that he couldn't give Tara what she wanted. Instead, he could only let her go so that she could pursue her own happiness.

After Tara moved to another city, she found a job and lived a quiet life. Meanwhile, Lance kept preventing Shawn and Soren from finding out where she was. However, they were too capable, especially Shawn. ---- Left with no choice, Lance begged Jonah for the first time. After Jonah heard about it, he told his assistant to find out what had happened. Then, he finally stepped in to help Lance. However, he didn't do it because Lance asked him to.

Instead, it was because Lance gave Tara the freedom she wanted, and he did his best to protect the life she wanted to have. Since Tara didn't want to be interrupted , Jonah helped Lance to make it stay that way. Soon, 10 years had passed, and Tara was 32 years old. No one disturbed her at all, and she had a great life. On New Year's Eve, Lance pulled up at her house and looked up at the lit room above.

Then, he whispered, "Happy New Year, Tara." Every year, he would stop below her apartment in different cars so that she wouldn't recognize her. He had spent his 10th New Year below her house, and he would usually sleep in the car. That way, it felt like he had spent another year with her. Suddenly, he saw Tara coming downstairs in a rush. She looked like she didn't have any worries at all, and she was more beautiful than ever. Tara walked past his car.

When she returned, she was carrying some spices in her hands. While walking past his ---- car, she suddenly stopped in her tracks and approached him. Then, she knocked on the window. Lance hurriedly rolled down the window, and he looked more mature than before. However, he was still incredibly dashing. He pretended to be calm and said, "Sorry. I'll leave right now." Then, he started the car with trembling fingers. However , Tara said, "I've made dinner for two tonight.

Let's eat together." She saw his eyes slowly light up and added with a smile, "If you continue waiting, the food is going to get cold." Lance returned to his senses and got out of the car. Then, he habitually grabbed the spices from her hands and followed her to her apartment. Under the lights, he looked at her with a loving gaze.