Stop It She's Remarrying by Stellar Strands

Chapter 314

“Why didn’t you tell me about that?” Conrad said as he held Fia’s shoulders tightly, his eyes becoming red.

“Tell you what? That my cousin didn’t want to help you? That she only helped because I dragged her there? Wouldn’t that make you detest me even more?

“Or you would think that I was useless because you couldn’t win, and that I told the adults to come and see you fail?”

Conrad couldn’t argue with those points.

“Everyone knew how stubborn you were, that you had a bad temper because of your parents, and you hated it when people would do things unfairly.”

“Fia…” All the things that happened in the past began to slowly appear in his mind. It had only just dawned upon him that his understanding of Fia all came from Esme’s mouth.

“And the truth was that I was a coward, pretentious person that could never suffer with you,” Fia said with a smile as her eyes were filled with tears. “Meanwhile, my cousin is perfect.”

“Fia, I…” Conrad frowned deeply as he held Fia’s shoulders and didn’t dare to let go.

He could feel her disappointment. The crystal–like tears that shined in her eyes, how much pain did they carry?

to explain. “I wasn’t angry because you called

tears rolled down her cheeks

and you thought that I

to agree, but as a man, he felt that it was very

that he had

could say whatever she wanted. If you didn’t believe

a deep breath, her face covered

beginning, you didn’t treat me as someone who could go through thick and thin with you.”

“Fia…”

you want to make me stay. Because Esme destroyed your dreams,

pulled her into his arms and

someone like

didn’t you resist three years ago when Grandpa and Grandma

and whispered in her ears, “Because I know that if it wasn’t you, it would be some other girl. And rather than marrying some stranger, I rather it be you.

misunderstand, Fia. It’s not that you’re not good! But I’m…” His words stopped.