Relentless Pursuit After Divorce by The nightingale lives

Chapter 38: 038. First Defeat for He Who Gets Serious Chapter 38: 038. First Defeat for He Who Gets Serious Editor: Henyee Translations With a somber expression, she softened the icy distance that had shut him out completely. A trace of melancholy and sadness crossed her face as she sighed quietly.

“Adam Jones, let it go. I was wrong in the past. From now on, let’s pretend we never knew each other, okay?”

Her pleading eyes locked onto Adam Jones, but they were more painful than any fierceness she’d shown in the past, striking Adam’s heart with an accuracy and cruelty that left him stunned.

She… she was asking him to let go!

The realization hit him like a flood, bringing a familiar yet bewildering ache that was so intense, he feared even moving would cause it to tear him apart.

Act like they’d never known each other?

He found it impossible to deceive himself. Even with the hatred, it was far easier to hold on than to let her go.

In a relationship, the one who falls hardest first loses. Adam, I was serious once, and I lost miserably.

wiped away the grievances and sorrow

been scattered to the wind after those words, never to

sharp, unbearable ache in his heart, a pain so intense it left him speechless as Elly Campbell turned and walked

It’s been four years, and so much has changed. Feelings have faded. After the divorce, we

the stairwell and opened

can’t take much more strain. If she doesn’t undergo a heart transplant sooner, she won’t live much

quickly switched back to her efficient, professional demeanor as a doctor, as

there in silence. His

I was serious once, and I lost miserably. So,

confusion he couldn’t shake. Elly Campbell’s earlier words replayed over and over in his head, each one as vivid and sharp as when she

tightly, a suffocating heaviness weighing down on his chest, making it hard

now, her words had turned