A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 134

“Where is she?”

Yvan locked eyes with Adrian’s sea–green gaze; his voice laced with urgency.

“She went home.”

Adrian let out a light chuckle. “Yvan, you sure are a gentleman, aren’t you?”

Yvan’s face paled; his body suddenly felt as if it had been drained of all strength, and he stood there, a sense of bewildering helplessness washing over him.

Adrian crossed his arms, his handsome brows arched in inquiry. “If I’m not mistaken, you just lost your cool over a woman you once rejected?”

Yvan found himself speechless, shocked by his own lack of control. To have acted out in such a way!

The man’s silence only deepened Adrian’s keen look. “Yvan, I thought you wouldn’t fall for such

a woman.”

Yvan quickly denied it. “Fall for her? Her? Is she even worthy?”

questions. “If that’s

back to the image of Matilda, tears in her eyes, crashing into his embrace. He shook off the thought, emphasizing each word, “For such a woman, I have my ways to make

his tone was almost biting, each word a deliberate strike, as though he intended to shatter

an odd irritation bubbling

–

After saying goodbye to Chloe, she walked alone to the underground parking lot. She hadn’t driven

instinctive habit. She hugged herself in the empty parking lot, its silence surrounding

of this pain before she

forge to withstand your relentless hurt?”

Chapter 134

air, her heart spasming with acute pain. Like a wounded animal, she could only lick her own wounds salvation had to come from

–

farewell to Yvan, only to spot

approaching from a distance. His slow yet graceful stride became clear as he drew closer, his green eyes gleaming like fine emeralds with an unsettling

tied back, his striking features

drew near, whistled, and, with hands in his pockets, quipped, “What are you doing here? I thought you’d be off crying on

to leave, but he called out

“Hey, Matilda Thompson.”

her by her full name, usually opting for a more teasing moniker. But now, there was a rare