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.

not be that all-forgiving. In the highly selective social circle,

on impulse or out of anger, but

Then I grabbed my clothes to cover myself, though just barely, all the

he exclaimed. His dark eyes

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

and pieces here and there

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

kept thinking about the many couples

they love each other spend the rest of their lives together? First comes lust, then comes love. Perhaps, there never was such a thing called love, and everything

you know about love? Tell me, what does love mean to you? You keep talking about divorce. You make it sound like it’s

cold, hard wall. Hugging my knees, I said, “The woman whom you

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

my lips as I stared at my toes, before

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

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 mistake, we can get a divorce now and

at me, “What do you mean ‘not too late? You’re the one who can’t let go of the past. What’s that

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