Chapter 1026 Well Wishes
Death sentence?
I spent the rest of the afternoon chatting with Laurel and Tabitha, then returned to the villa.
I arrived to see Nora in the midst of moving out of the villa next door, much to my astonishment. She'd hired a bunch of professional movers who streamed in and out of the doorway toting boxes of various sizes.
Nora stood just outside the door supervising them, occasionally reminding them to be careful with her things.
I stood rooted to the spot in the yard, watching her. Nora saw me out of the corner of her eye and turned in my direction. Our eyes met, and I could see that hers were swollen and red with crying even at that distance.
What on earth has happened?
at Moranta fighting
was determined to
chair in fatigue. At that moment, the
Nora was standing outside,
to the yard and beckoned her. “Do you
arm, then handed it to me. Channing had originally given me a matching set of bracelets. I'd given one to Nora and kept one for myself. They weren't worth much, but they were a significant token of
between our families and because I believed that our friendship was genuine. I never thought that anything could ever come between us. I see now that perhaps I was wrong. Even if that's the case, I don't want your bracelet. I gave it wholeheartedly to you back then, and I don't intend to ask for it back even though things have turned sour between us. You can do
turned to shut the gate without waiting for
the gate with one swift motion. She paused, then said in a
a rather accepting attitude towards friendships and whichever winding paths they ultimately took. I had never pursued anyone, accepting the eventual end of any relationship stoically. In the three years that I'd spent waiting for Ashton, I knew that despite
decision she made. Since Nora had evidently made her choice to part ways with me, there was no point dwelling any further. I thus chose to flash a bright smile at her and replied, “There's no need to thank me. I wish
loathed. I now uttered it with absolute sincerity, however. I did hope that Nora and I would each come
no longer continue journeying through life with Nora, but I hoped that my well-wishes would remain with her when
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