Shattered Longings

Chapter 25 Deserving of Death

After walking down a narrow path for a while, Bella noticed a shadowy figure in the pavilion ahead. She composed herself and quickened her pace.

Hearing the approaching footsteps, Simon stepped forward to greet her. “Belle…

Bella felt a strong aversion to his overly familiar way of addressing her and replied curtly, “It’s Bella Jones.

Simon still bore some resemblance to his younger self from the photos, making him recognizable.

Faced with Bella’s cold demeanor, Simon seemed a bit embarrassed. “Right… You took your mother’s last name. It’s a nice name.

“You know, we actually discussed your name before. We thought of calling you Cherry because your mother loved cherry blossoms. But then, everything changed so drastically.”

Whenever Simon brought up the past, Bella felt like she was swallowing a fly. How dare he think a few words of fegret could earn forgiveness? He was the one who had caused all of this.

of remorse, he

but never sent. You should read them carefully and think hard about how much of a bastard

pavilion light, Simon opened the letters one by one, reading them

were so many letters that it took him over an hour to finish. When he finally

pregnant with you. Then I got swindled in business and ended up sentenced

face you. I wanted to make something of myself before returning with

remained cold. “And you’re innocent, right? So my mom deserved

mom passed, I was still here, but you never once sought me out or fulfilled any

make ends meet, constantly on

on you. A few

things about her online? Bella

bother to ask Simon what he thought of the online gossip. Without a word, she turned and

had done what she had come to do and never wanted to see this man again. Just as he had never been part of her life before, he was not needed

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