Chapter 1179

"No, I can't do it!"

Caroline shook her head, tears streaming silently down her face. She grabbed Francis's arm, her voice trembling.

"Francis, you need to break up with Rebecca White! Right now! You can't be with her-I can't accept it. Never!"

"Caroline..."

Francis hesitated, struggling for words.

"Rebecca's innocent. I can't just walk away from her now. Because of me—and because of Eddy-she's had a rough time these past few years. It hasn't been easy for her "

"That's enough!"

Caroline's voice was sharp, her face pale as chalk.

"Innocent? It hasn't been easy for her? What about me, Francis? I was hurt too.

So why does she get to steal my man? Tell me that!"

Francis fell silent. He had no answer.

"It's because of James, isn't it?"

Caroline's eyes narrowed, her voice cold and accusing.

"She's unbelievable, isn't she? Spends a night with some stranger, gets pregnant,

and then has the guts to keep the baby!"

because-" Francis tried to

I was

didn't care to listen. She pressed

me, that baby... was a curse. A stain. You have no

quietly, his voice heavy with

so, so sorry,

"Sorry isn't enough!"

clung to his hand, shaking her head as tears

I want you to come back to me. Let's start

to face the hope in her

"So that's it?"

hollow, her heart

and over, and you

let out a

can you? She's

gaze, his own

already hurt you. I can't do that

The silence

Caroline laughed a

"I lost, didn't I?"

on, voice

nothing between you and Rebecca, until after I broke

Francis nodded. "That's true."

as if she finally

our ten years together... they don't add up to even one

laughed out loud, a wild, desperate sound. Francis and his brother,

uneasy

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