love in "the constant heart" by Mary Balogh
...e her because of money. Since then, Rebecca lives with good memory that they had shared with each other, and with the pains that she has to stand alone. Nevertheless, she has not yet stopped loving him even at the time that she feels she could never be able to forgive what he has done to her. “I have to tell you. I cannot let you go without telling you that I lied. I do love you. I do, Christopher, and at this moment I do not care what you did to me in the past. I can’t let you go. Don’t leave me. I have no pride left. I love you” (Page 216) is what she says to Christopher when he is going to leave the countryside, where they had been so happy together, and decides that he would never come back because he deeply doesn’t want to hurt her heart again. Meanwhile, Christopher is also a faithful person no less than Rebecca. “My life came to an end the day I left you, I have lived in hell since then. I do not need to die, Becky. Nothing could be worse than what I have lived. If you wished to see me punished, your wish has been granted a thousandfold.” (Page 151) is what he expressed to her. He has been broken-hearted and has had to live an unhappy life with his wealthy, formal wife because he has had to abandon Rebecca, the girl that he loves more than anything in this whole world. By considering that his family is more important than love, Christopher has reluctantly left Rebecca although it has cost him the five long, depressed years of his marriage. “But I looked at Julian and the girls, so young still, so oblivious to the ruin that was facing them, and I could not deny them the future when it was in my power to do something about it” (Page 218) is his reason for leaving his love. He has had no choice other than accepting the fated marriage in order to help his family getting out of the massive debts that they were facing. Even though Christopher in Rebecca’s eyes appears to be a betrayer now due to his departure, his love for her ...