Love After a Steamy Affair

Chapter 395: Can’t Go Back

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While Serenity was stunned for a moment, John took the tissue from her and carefully wiped the water off her sleeves. Then, he pulled out a small part of her inner sleeve over the sleeves of her windbreaker a little so that the wet parts would not stick to her skin.

“Are you feeling better?” His clear voice was low and gentle.

She pulled her hand back, still feeling the warmth of his fingertips on the skin of her wrist. “Much better.” After a pause, she said, “Thank you, President Grant.”

The immediate distance she put between them simply from her words felt as if she had just stabbed John. He pursed his pale lips and difficultly said, “Serene, we shouldn’t be like this.”

“From the moment you decided to marry my Sis, we were already destined to end up like this.” She was unfazed.

John held her shoulders and seriously said, “But you know-”

truth!” She interrupted him, though rather calmly

his hand to cover her eyes, not wanting her to

and infatuation. “I know I

could smell the faint scent of tobacco on his fingers, lingering

go,” said

in the past three years. It reminded him of the past, when

wished to

him to remove

in his life. How could

his hand as the corners of his eyes turned slightly red. “Serene, I’d rather be a Hess for the rest of my life if that meant we could go back to how we were. Then, we would still be able to stay in Willow Town even if your grandmother was no longer around and you wouldn’t have to return to Andalas. We could

was filled with pain. Serenity started to sob. “We can’t go

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seat and Sam saw that her expression was a little off. He

heart. “You’ve caused quite

knew that she was not referring to the meal. Since she was unwilling to say it, he did not press her and