Chapter 547

It felt as if someone poured scalding water onto her chest. Her cold, numb fingers clenched uncomfortably into a tiny ball.

Bella thought, ‘Why? Why was Justin so kind to Bella but so incredibly cruel to the former Anna Brown?”

“You know me well, Ash. I have always been someone who despises evil and values good, with clear lines between love and hatred. Perhaps what you said is correct. Emotions can be complex and difficult to define. But that is not how I am. I know exactly what I want. What about you?”

Bella gazed out the window quietly, her voice slightly choked and her eyes reddening. “No matter how complicated my feelings for Justin have become, there is no love left in it. I risked my life for a man, wasted my entire youth loving someone, and endured the pain of not receiving any reciprocation. Doing it once in this lifetime is enought for me.”

Steven drove Amelia back to school. They were both lost in their own thoughts, remaining silent throughout the journey.

As the night grew darker, the back gate of the school became eerily quiet, and the Porsche came to a slow stop.

There was a surprising, unspoken understanding.

They sat side by side in the car, with no one making the move to get out.

The moon hung in the sky, casting a soft and gentle glow inside the

car. The calm, subdued atmosphere created a romantic mood.

“Thank you for sending me back, Mr. Lovett.” Amelia shyly broke the

silence.

“Ms. Amelia, please don’t be so polite. Just call me Steven or Steve.”

Steven felt deeply guilty toward Amelia.

added a bit more distance

though I have watched you and Ms. Bella grow up,

secretary, a subordinate

family. Mr. Asher and the others are your brothers. I am

not worthy of you.”

She sensed Steven’s desire

heart ached, and she looked ahead

seemed to hold the dew of

will not cause you any more trouble

hate me, okay?” Amelia

You have never caused me any trouble. It is me who does not want to have any impact on your life,”

her in unbuckling the seatbelt.

car, and

increased.

eyes. He kept

quite late. Let me walk you

opened the door and stepped out of

his words and felt like a

filled with a chilly sense of

be together and that the kiss was an accident. How could an ordinary girl like her

remarkable man as Steven? She must have

his usual respectful demeanor, inviting Amelia out of the car.

pressed her pale lips together

car.

myself. You don’t have to accompany me.”

could finish her sentence, a

frightening her.

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