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.

had even a shred of remorse, he

a stack of letters into Simon’s hands. These are the letters my mother wrote to you but never sent. You should read them carefully and think hard about how

opened the letters one by one, reading them intently without

that it took him over an hour to finish. When he finally looked up, his face was streaked with

find you two. When I left, your mother was pregnant with you. Then I got swindled

was too ashamed to face you. I wanted to make something of myself before returning with honor, but by the time I

sounded almost excusable, but Bella’s heart remained cold. “And you’re innocent, right? So my mom deserved to be let down until the day

me? After my mom passed, I was still here, but you never once sought me out or fulfilled any of your

make ends meet, constantly on the move. How could I have taken good

disturb you… But I’ve been keeping an eye on you. A few days ago, I saw some things about you online and found out you had left Miller

things about her online? Bella

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

to see this man again. Just as he had never been part of her life before, he was not needed in her

Deserving of