He pulled out the ring. The diamond still shone and it was the same as it had been, but the person who once owned it was no longer there.
He tilted his head and finished the wine in his glass, then put it down heavily. With a snap, the bottom of the glass clicked on the table.
That year, he had this ring custom-made to propose to her, and it was not the most expensive ring for her. She came from a wealthy family and had many precious pieces of jewellery.
But after wearing the ring, she never took it off again.
She said, "Stanford, I love it."
She had a happy face.
"I'm going to wear it for the rest of my life." She threw her arms around his neck and said, "Stanford, I love you. I believe in you and would give anything for you."
Stanford looked at her simple, beautiful smile and asked, "Why?"
Amanda snuggled into his arms, "To love each other is to trust each other and give to each other, isn't it?"
Because that was what her parents did.
At the time, he was dismissive and thought she was a flower in a greenhouse, who had no understanding of human suffering, let alone of the human heart. How could there be unreserved love in this world?
His father and mother had also loved each other, but what happened to them in the end?
Betrayal, abandonment, divorce ...
He did not believe in her love and did not believe that there was the kind of love in this world that she spoke of.
He didn't believe it!
"But why was I so sad when you left? My heart aches as I look at your relics?"
He squeezed the glass tightly in his hand while it was almost crushed!
Buzz ...
it and just propped his
and stopped, and then rang again after it had stopped. It
saw the caller ID on it, and then simply hung
phone vibrated
and picked it up, but
Why don't you come back and take a look at him?" The woman on the other end of the phone said
face became more and more gloomy and
Just come back and take a look at him. In case ... you'll
Regret?
mocking smile before he hung up the phone. Speaking
number and told him to get the car ready. He was going
The driver answered.
walked over to the sofa to pick
already waiting at the door. He walked over and the driver pulled open the back door and then he bent
the front to
the back seat and pressed his brow to ease his head, which hurt a little
the driver came over to open the door for him. He bent down and got out of the car, "Give me the keys. I'll go back on my own later. You can get off
key while he reached out to take it. He stood downstairs and
lifted his hand and knocked, while soon the door opened from the inside. It was his stepmother,
She hurriedly moved sideways
expressionless face and said coldly, "I have
awkwardly, "Fine. No one will
towards the
his father lying on the bed, then walked in and closed the
Enoch did not have the authority of a father or show affectionate
stroke that
Stanford rarely visited him.
you call me for something?"
even if he didn't come. He'd have no problem surviving another few years and Alyssa must have asked for something
it was, it was naturally about their son, his
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