Chapter 1319 Unpleasant Memories

“Haven’t you gained your confidence back after being together for so long?” Madeleine asked. “That’s not it,” Iris said. “I just don’t want to continue being so overconfident with everything. I realized that I’d get hurt easily that way. Right now, I’d always expect the worst so that I’d be surprised when it didn’t happen the way I expected it to.” Madeleine kept quiet for a while. She never thought that Iris’s positivity had been chipped away with every passing hurdle Iris faced. She held Iris’s gaze for the longest time before she suddenly reached both arms out to hug Iris’s shoulders. “Don’t be silly,” Madeleine said. “You can love a man with all your heart but never lose yourself because of your love for him. Yes, this advice applies even if that man is my brother. You shouldn’t be so lowly in this relationship. You have to understand that both of you are equal partners in this. You like him and he likes you. But, if he doesn’t like you as much as you like him, then just don’t g