Chapter 15. Maybe I Will Die at Any Time

James seemed to think seriously about her words and then replied, “Maybe it’s fate. Fate threw us together and made me fall in love with you. I don’t know the end of our story, but I’m thankful that fate let us meet.”

Then he added gently, “I’m not forcing you to accept me. You don’t have to accept me because of what I have done for you.”

“I have cancer,” Estelle said. “Maybe I will die at any time.”

“I don’t care. And you can rest assured. I will take care of your two children no matter what happens,” James said as he stood up, caressed her soft hair, and sighed. “Estelle, you don’t have to push yourself too hard. You’re only in your twenties and don’t have to pretend to be so strong. You can cry when you’re sad and speak it out when you’re afraid.”

Estelle looked up at him and said, “No one has said such words to me.”

“The first time I saw you, you were like a helpless little girl, walking on the street, lonely and absent. It was raining heavily that