Chapter 344

How dreary! How ridiculous!

I could not help but snigger, with him in my sight. A faint smirk curled up the corner of my mouth.

He glanced at me, his eyes darkened once again as he lowered his head and kissed me. “Say my name!” he called.

I pursed my lips and tilted my head to one side. I closed my eyes, refusing to see him.

His thin lips hovered at my ear, his voice softened a little as he repeated, “Scarlett, say my name!”

I said nothing. My mind was forming a plan to escape. I deserved to make him wait for me to tell him personally that I cared about him, that I loved him, and that I wanted him.

But I could not bring myself to tell him. Over the years, I had buried so much in my heart, including his coming to Rebecca’s defense time and time again, his never-ending care towards that woman, and the harm he had caused me so nonchalantly and in so many ways.

I had suppressed so much of that. Over time, those frustrations began to take root, multiply, and became more and more intense.

all-forgiving. In the highly selective social

I said it, not on impulse or out

my clothes to cover myself, though just barely, all the while showing

dark eyes fell on

Then, I gazed into his dark eyes as I explained it to him. “Let’s just calm down and think this through. Perhaps it was a mistake right from the start. What Grandpa considers as ‘a good match’ might not resonate with our definition of it. My feelings for you at the beginning might not have been love at all, but admiration. Your feelings for me, on the

us, only bits and pieces here and there that were combined together to

on his face resembled a dark cloud that had been accumulating droplets for

I kept thinking about the

other, and how did these so-called couples who claimed they love each other spend the rest of their lives together? First comes lust, then comes love.

face. “What do you know about love? Tell me, what does love mean to you? You keep talking about divorce. You make it sound like it’s such a trivial matter. Do you think just because I

the floor, still leaning against the cold, hard wall. Hugging my knees, I said, “The woman whom you love,

up, don’t you? You just have to force me to give up on Rebecca, to prove that I

I stared at my toes, before looking up at him. “You

with disdain. “And what about you? You fill your heart with someone that’s already dead, and then

“Since we have our own hurdles, then we might as well file for divorce. I don’t want anything from the Fullers. Grandpa transferred HiTech to my name, I can transfer that to you. I don’t want your house or your car. Luckily, we don’t have any children. Since we agree that this is a huge

at me, “What do you mean

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