The Road to Rebirth Her Fresh Start and His Late Sorrow by Helena R. Bates

Chapter 70

Judson caught the glint of real anger in Nancy's eyes and quickly grabbed her hand. "Nancy, come on. It didn't hurt that bad. I promise I won't do it again. Please, don't be mad, okay?"

Nancy looked back at him, her bright eyes brimming with an undeniable concern he couldn't hide. For some reason, Nancy felt this unsettling feeling in her chest, a bitterness she couldn't quite place.

"Let's put some ice on that," Nancy said, pushing an ice pack into Judson's hand.

For his part, Judson obediently held the ice against his hand, sitting quietly beside Nancy, silent, his deep gaze seemingly lost in thought.

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Meanwhile, it was well past midnight in Sunhaven.

Cyrus knocked back drinks in the bar as if his life depended on it, an air of desperation about him.

The atmosphere in the private booth was eerily quiet, with everyone casting uneasy glances toward Norton.

leaving home these days, but this isn't the way, man. You can't

home?" Cyrus' hand paused mid-air, holding his drink. Memories seemed to flood back, his eyes reddening, and he hurled his

shattered upon impact, echoing through

roared hysterically, "Who told you Nancy just

apprehension growing in the face of Cyrus'

raced uncontrollably, unable to calm himself. "Cyrus, what do

disappear or something worse, did

worse?" Cyrus let out a

only thing echoing in his mind was Alexis' words. "Mr. Gordon, weren't you aware that Ms. Gonzalez had deregistered her identity?

boiling over as he angrily swept all the bottles off the table. Whether it was the alcohol hitting his brain or the shock of Nancy

to me? Deregistering your identity, you planned on leaving me right from the

wonder he couldn't find her. No wonder Nancy had vanished without a trace. So, Nancy had left without

head in despair. "All over an apology? Is it worth it?" Why was Nancy being so merciless? Was she the person who loved him more than anyone else? Cyrus'

but she had deregistered her

in