A Life Debt Repaid

Chapter 1353

Ryan continued with righteous indignation, "Whatever, Quinn -I don't want to keep arguing. I'm not the type who sweettalks people, and I'll use words instead of actions to prove my feelings for you. I really hope you can understand my perspective."

Quinn simply stared at him, feeling that he was a stranger for the first time.

If she played to his whims, he would still be kind, understanding, and brotherly.

If she did not, he would become self-obsessed, convinced that everything he thought was right and allowing no one to say otherwise.

Had she been looking at him through rose-tinted glasses all this while? It was certainly disappointing to see how far her idealized version of him was from the real thing.

On the other hand, Ryan took her long silence as her giving in.

He sighed, appearing disappointed and working hard to forgive her, as if he had been hugely tolerant of her.

Somehow, it annoyed Quinn.

both using emotional blackmail against her and behaving like

"I'm saying it one last time-it's over between us, and there's nothing left at all. I'm not upset, and I'm not behaving like this so you'll

incensed right then, unable to accept

talk to Sam like you did today," Quinn

Ryan's shadow and to behave the way he

why she could completely ignore how

Sam hasn't given your parents much, and he has definitely been playing around too much and not sharing their burdens," she said bluntly. "However, only your parents get to scold

not?!" Ryan bellowed. "I'm the eldest, and Dad's hospitalized now! I'm the one keeping the family

any better," Quinn said, going straight

was left gaping, unable to believe what he

burdens, but what about you? You never did that either! You were always studying and never cared about your family,

you graduated. You never ask after the family, and you barely spend any time at

get to criticize Sam from a moral high ground-not when you haven't done