Chapter 203

He frowned. He felt conflicted. He was standing far enough that she wouldn't notice him unless she turned around but near enough that he could hear every word she was saying.

Elisa touched her father's face in the photo. Her heart thudded heavily in her chest. "Dad, I should have listened to you. I should never have married him..."

The man's heart sank. He stared hard at her and kept his distance. He restrained himself from approaching her. He wanted to hear what else she had to say, and it wouldn't do for him to interrupt her.

Elisa sighed. "Back then, you told me that rather than marrying the wrong person, you'd rather I never marry. But I loved him. Dad, did you know that I had been in love with him for so long that the years have blurred together. I don't even know how long I have had these feelings for him. All I know is, he has never been far from the forefront of my mind from the moment I met him when I was a child."

The man was shocked. He stared at her in disbelief. He suddenly sneered. So what if she had spent all those years pining after him? Now she was going against him!

my heart if he was going to keep

path you've set for me. I've thought things through. If he doesn't love me, my feelings for him will end here. It'll be as

my heart would be broken beyond repair. But, Dad, the moment I signed those papers, I felt a sense of relief. I felt that I would be fine without him, maybe... He wasn't the person I was meant to be with, after all. He wasn't as important as I thought he was to me.

Gareth's complexion paled.

trusted you. He was so talented. And

again. Relief was etched

that his veins bulged in

a daughter. I'm sorry for taking so long to come see you. I am free now. There's no one to order me around or to tell me what to do. So from now onwards, I'll

with them. They spoiled me as if I were their own granddaughter. They treated me well after you left. And it was Grandma Wickam who comforted me when I found out that you were not

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