Chapter 134



When she brought me the steaming coffee, I couldn't help but vent, "Conrad, that jerk. I never imagined he'd be so despicable beneath his facade." I sipped the coffee, its bitterness echoing my thoughts. "Turns out Conrad just pitied me."

Even though Conrad and I had parted ways, the memories of our past, once sweet, lingered. But his words had mercilessly stripped away the veneer of pretense, exposing the ugly truth.

Fanny's hand rested on my shoulder, comforting. "Seeing him for who he is now is better than never."

I remained silent, deep in my thoughts, until Fanny nudged me. "How about we give him a taste of his own medicine?"

"What?" I was at my lowest.

Conrad's words had reopened old wounds, reminding me of the darkest period of my life. He was right about one thing. After the car accident that took my parents, leaving their bodies in the cold morgue, I was utterly alone. I didn't know what to do. I couldn't bear the thought of going home. I even considered ending it all to be with my parents again.

Jacqueline appeared, embracing me, telling me I was part of their family. They became my beacon of hope in that sea of despair. They were my life raft, and in my desperation, I clung to them,

Conrad's smile when we first met. Looking back, it wasn't friendly. It was

find someone else, fall in love, or get married. Show Conrad you can move on without him. Make him realize you, Felicia, don't need him," Fanny said, turning me to

heat before he realizes his mistake," she squeezed my shoulders, her anger toward

"What is this, a soap

dramas because it's the only way to break free from Conrad's grasp,"

dropped another name, "Ernest. He

right," I

had shown interest in me, and

he took

vel?

invite more

"He's perfect," Fanny disagreed.

think," I said, my mind a

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