Chapter 1044

Before I could even speak, he laughed at himself with self-deprecation.

“You want to ask me, after so many years of studying medicine, how could I not have realized that Kimberly was faking her illness, right?”

I looked at him, without denying it.

The self-deprecation between his eyebrows deepened.

“You must also think that all along, I have been helping her to fake illness, right?”

“If I thought that way, I wouldn’t have called out to you,” I said to him seriously.

He lowered his eyes, gave a somewhat sad smile, and remained silent.

I shouted at him, “I stopped you because I wanted to figure out what was going on.”

Anton remained silent for so long that I thought he didn’t want to speak anymore.

Worried about Reynaldo and others, I was getting ready to leave.

He finally spoke, his voice very faint, but also with a touch of bitter self-mockery, which made people’s hearts ache.

He said, “My father was still alive when her illness was diagnosed.”

“That day, it was my father who brought her back from the hospital.”

My father’s eyes were red, and he told me, “Kimberly has the same illness as her mother; she is weak and needs to be taken care of. You must be kind to Kimberly and protect her.”

At that time, Reynaldo was also there with Mikaela, so he also said the same to Reynaldo.

So from that time on, we were very careful with Kimberly, everything went along with her, protecting her.

In hindsight, this was just a lie from my father.

“It was just a lie to make sure his beloved daughter received all the favor.”

I pursed my lips, not knowing what to say.

Being betrayed by the person closest to you is really painful.

I think Theodore must have been afraid that after his death, Kimberly would not have anyone to rely on and take care of, so he used this lie to manipulate everyone.

That lie kidnapped Anton, and also kidnapped Reynaldo.

Anton looked up at the distant horizon.

His eye sockets were red.

“My father doted on his precious daughter, preparing for her future without knowing that because of this lie, I left that small town early.”

In order to save Kimberly’s life, I had to give up my favorite major and force myself to study medicine.

When I had no money to study medicine, and no money to buy her medicine, I even went to a foreign country to endure humiliation and hardship.

“He never knew how much I had given up and suffered because of his lie.”

When he mentioned this, there was a slight tug at the corner of his lips, but what emerged was increasingly rich self-mockery and sadness.

I pursed my lips, feeling a bit uncomfortable in my heart, but not knowing how to comfort him.

For a long time, he suddenly covered his face.

The silent grief made people feel uncomfortable in their hearts.

I patted his shoulder lightly and comforted him, saying, “Anton, don’t be like this. Just think… maybe her illness suddenly got better.”

I’m not very good at comforting people. After hesitating for a long time, all I could say was this.

He remained silent for a long time, lifted his face, looked at the sky, and said expressionlessly, “I just didn’t expect that, besides my father, even my best friend would deceive me.”

I furrowed my brows.

His best friend?

He continued, “After Kimberly was diagnosed with heart disease, her father took her for every check-up.”

“Later, when my father passed away, I left the small town and never went back. I just sent money back every month to buy medicine for her."