Never See You Again

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Chapter 29

Sergio suddenly felt strangely uneasy at the sight of his lone hand.

After a long time, Maeve finally asked, “What are you doing here?“”

“You knew that you would get bullied if you came alone. Why did you do it anyway?”

Marve paused. “I asked you to come.

Sergio pressed his lips into a line. “It’s Clara’s birthday today. I still need to stop by.”

“Clara’s birthday?” Maeve was taken aback. “Then what are you doing here?”

Sergio always placed Clara on a pedestal above everyone else.

at Maeve’s tone of disbelief. “This family gathering is important to maintaining the relationship between

“Liar,” Maeve mumbled.

didn’t hear her clearly. “What did you say?”

She remembered how Sergio knew about the family gathering in her last life too, but he didn’t show up then even though he knew she would get pestered and jabbed by Sharon and other unreasonable relatives. He hadn’t even bothered to give her

said, is it okay for you not to spend Clara’s birthday with her? It’s such an important

you to remind me about that.” Sergio’s tone softened when he spoke about Clara. “She’s an orphan, so she grew up being reasonable and obedient. Once she heard about the Scott

his words were after they left

sting with tears

orphan.

what, Sergio would always have different standards for her and

She turned around and opened her

reached out and held onto Maeve’s hand. In a low voice, he said, “Clara overthinks easily. I’ve been spending her birthdays with her as a family for the past few years. If 1 stop showing up this year after getting married, she’s going to

special emphasis on the word

alone since she was a kid, so she probably misses

him to go meet Clara, he couldn’t help but feel

his chest.

mood. He was forced to remind his boss, “Mr. Brooks, Ms. Stewart is