Chapter 21
Melanie sneered, “When I gave up my guaranteed admission to university for you and enrolled in the university you liked, you promised me that you would treat me well and not disappoint me. But what happened later? You talked behind my back, calling me a clingy lapdog, and insisted on running after you…”
“When I gave up a high–paying job with an annual salary of 300,000 dollars for you, you promised to give me the position of deputy general manager in the company, with a salary higher than 300,000 dollars. But after so many years, I am still the assistant earning only 8,000 dollars. It turns out that I have been receiving the salary of an assistant while doing the work of a deputy general manager, and carrying the responsibilities of a deputy general manager. And it’s all because of you, Jordan, you are really something…”
“When I was tirelessly revising the proposal for you day and night, drinking until I had a stomach bleed, you promised to give me the ancestral bracelet and even said you wanted to marry me. But Danica didn’t do anything and yet she got the bracelet that you promised me. You played me for a fool, deceiving me while planning to marry Danica. How heartless…”
As Melanie recounted his crimes over the years, Jordan could hardly believe his ears.
How could he have done so many excessive things to Melanie, hurting the person who had loved him for a whole twelve years?
Watching Jordan’s body trembling incessantly, his face growing paler by the minute, Melanie felt an inexplicable surge of revenge in her heart.
“You and your so–called friends countless times used me as a bet, using my love as a chip, enjoying my misery and embarrassment. They humiliated and looked down on me, and you were indifferent, even going along with it…”
Melanie repeated word for word, “You said I am a free babysitter. It’s
“Oh, by the way, how did you say it when you called? I remember now, you said…” really funny, twelve years of dedication and I’m just a babysitter.”
Looking at Jordan’s shattered gaze, Melanie coldly tugged at the corner of her lips and said, “So, what face do you have to appear in front of me after doing all these things? Someone like you, how dare you say you love me? Don’t insult the word ‘love‘.”
“You just realized that Danica is not as good as you imagined, divorced her, and now you want me to please you and make sacrifices for you, just like before. That’s why you came to find me.”
“No, Melanie, I really loved you…”
“Enough!” Melanie exclaimed in annoyance. “Stop saying you love me, it makes me sick. Jordan, if you have even the slightest bit of remorse, don’t come looking for me. Your presence only reminds me of those unbearable memories from the past.”
“The bridge returns to the bridge, the road returns to the road, may we each find our own peace in the rest of our lives, and never seeing each other again would be the best ending for us.”
Intense panic engulfed Jordan, and the last glimmer of hope in his eyes vanished.
With peach blossom eyes reddened, he pleaded over and over again, “Melanie, I beg you, please don’t be so cruel to me, okay?”
“You can hit me or scold me, do whatever you want to me, as long as it makes you feel better. But, but I don’t want to be a stranger to you.”
Before Melanie could answer, she heard the sound of a car.
The man who got off the car was as handsome and noble as Jordan had seen him for the first time.
In comparison, present–day Jordan appears very undignified.
He rushed through the night, causing his suit to become crumpled and stick to his body like pickled vegetables.
There were some stubbles on the chin, and the eyes were bloodshot.
At this moment, kneeling on the ground, it was even more like a begging dog wagging its tail, without any dignity.
Chapter 21
