{"id":1040,"date":"2026-09-28T14:08:40","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-372\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T14:08:40","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T14:08:40","slug":"three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-372","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/chapter\/three-years-later-he-came-back-begging-372\/","title":{"rendered":"Chapter 372"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chapter 372<br \/>\nThree Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 372<\/p>\n<p>Tears fell against her neck, sliding down toward her collarbone, leaving a damp, cool trail.<\/p>\n<p>Bonnie used a bit of strength to gently break free from his tight embrace. She pulled the suit jacket tighter around her shoulders and kept walking forward with her head down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Candie!&#8221; Lawrence called out in a panic.<\/p>\n<p>He watched her figure\u2014a woman who would never again wait in place for him\u2014and the floodgates in his heart finally burst open, the emotions rushing out desperately.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a deep breath, he was on the verge of breaking down. &#8220;Bonnie! What do you want me to do?!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve made so many mistakes. I&#8217;ve hurt you so many times. I have no right to beg for us to get back together. I&#8217;m terrified of upsetting you, of annoying you, of making you even the slightest bit unhappy. It&#8217;s not out of guilt; it&#8217;s because you truly mean that much to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence forced himself to take a few restrained steps forward. Under the dim streetlights, her paused silhouette acted as a beacon guiding him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Because you matter to me, I&#8217;m scared. I&#8217;m scared of not seeing you, not hearing your voice, not seeing your smile. I told myself I couldn&#8217;t be a nuisance, couldn&#8217;t give you a reason to push me away. I had to monitor your mood constantly. If there was even a hint that you didn&#8217;t want to see me, I&#8217;d hide. I&#8217;d run. That way, at least you wouldn&#8217;t kick me out directly&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He let out a self-deprecating laugh. &#8220;Yes, I admit it. I got a little carried away in Oasinia. Seeing how naturally we got along, I became greedy again. I got selfish. I couldn&#8217;t bear to let go. I kept finding excuses and opportunities to be near you. I wanted to treat you well, but I never felt like I was groveling or walking on eggshells. I just couldn&#8217;t figure out the right way to love you anymore.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>From the very beginning, he had never truly done anything for her; he had only brought pain. He had no idea how to give her everything he had.<\/p>\n<p>His money? His status? His power?<\/p>\n<p>She was like a full moon, illuminating his bleak existence. What ghost, staring up from the absolute bottom of a canyon, wouldn&#8217;t long for the moon to appear?<\/p>\n<p>What ghost wouldn&#8217;t be terrified of angering or losing that moon?<\/p>\n<p>Lawrence&#8217;s voice was low but steady. &#8220;Candie, this isn&#8217;t me living in the past or being immature. It&#8217;s because you are too important to me. I can&#8217;t afford to lose you. Even if we don&#8217;t get back together, I never want you to think of me as an unrepentant bastard who forces his way into your life.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I care, which is why I&#8217;ve been so careful just to stay by your side. Maybe in your eyes, I&#8217;m not being rational, and maybe I haven&#8217;t let go, but I refuse to accept your claim that I&#8217;m using the past to torture you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve died once already. I know just how incredibly rare it is to be alive and to earn your forgiveness. I only wanted to do everything in my power to protect this hard-won, peaceful time we have together.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1040","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}