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Faced with his repeated hurts, I finally saw clearly what our three years together really meant to him.
Seeing I didn’t speak, Gabriel pressed on desperately.
“Lily, why didn’t you tell me about this?”
I laughed coldly as I looked at him.
“What good would telling you have done? Don’t you already have a child on the
“Lily, when did I have a child? You mean Rose? Her baby isn’t mine.”
Hearing this, Gabriel hurriedly denied it.
“Oh, is that so? What a shame then.”
way?”
“Lily, what do you mean by that? Is there still a chance for us to get back together?”
“I don’t mean anything. I just think there’s no point in us continuing.”
I looked off into the distance, no longer meeting his eyes. But Gabriel grabbed my hand and said:
“What are you saying? Are you really willing to throw away our three years together just like that?”
Lily, please stop joking around.”
He pleaded in a hoarse voice.
“For the sake of our child, can you forgive me this once? I promise nothing like this will ever happen again”
I pulled my hand away from his grasp.
“It’s over. There is no child between us anymore. There’s no need to talk about getting m
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“It’s over. There is no child between us anymore. There’s no need to talk about getting married either. You and I – we’re already in the past tense.”
Gabriel’s expression froze.
“What do you mean? Our child… how can you be so heartless?”
I said nothing. He stared at me intently, as if trying to bore a hole through me with his gaze.
“Why?”
“I thought you would understand.”
“Because of Rose? But I already told you there’s nothing between us.”
“Right, nothing. Just a friends–with–benefits situation, that’s all.”
Hearing my words, Gabriel’s eyes darted away.
“Do you really think I never gave you a chance? Or did you just not cherish the chances I gave you?”
“There are some things I didn’t want to spell out so bluntly. I thought you would understand. And you did understand, but you still chose to do what you did, and now you’re here begging me for another chance.”
“Don’t you think you’re being ridiculous? This isn’t a hospital, but if you need me to call you a cab, I’d be happy to oblige.”
After saying this, I didn’t give him any chance to argue. I turned to walk back inside.
But I heard Gabriel raise his voice behind me:
“It’s not like that. I didn’t sleep with her. I’ve always loved you, only you.”
“You know I’m just a nobody in the Gu family. It was only because of you that I started getting any attention. Even though you cut me off from everyone around me for my sake, I still felt insecure.“”
“I was afraid you would leave me. I wanted to keep you by my side, and Rose happened to show up. She was the only one who could get a reaction out of you.”
“That night, I was drunk and she took care of me. But nothing happened between us. The baby is her ex–boyfriend’s. I asked her to take that photo and send it to you.”
“I… i just wanted you to care about me a little more.”
Hearing his words, I was stunned. I never imagined this was the reason behind it all.
Everything had been his deliberate act, even though it left me battered and bruised.
All for his ridiculous insecurity, throwing away three years of our relationship.
It made everything I had done, all my love for him before, feel like
some kind
d of cruel joke.
I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. For the first time, I felt I was seeing clearly the true colors of this man I had loved for three years.
Forcing down the nausea rising in my throat, 1 ignored Gabriel and strode purposefully back inside.
At this moment, Gabriel was like a virus to me. His existence had made me deathly ill.
While sick, I had deliriously wallowed. Now that I was better, I just wanted him gone from my world for good.
It was only after leaving him that I discovered how wonderful my life could be. Everything felt full of promise.
I had so many things I wanted to do, to experience.
As for the insecure Gabriel I had security escort him away
Hearing his words, I was stunned. I never imagined this was the reason behind it all.
Everything had been his deliberate act, even though it left me battered and bruised.
All for his ridiculous insecurity, throwing away three years of our relationship.
The
It made everything I had done, all my love for him before, feel like some kind of cruel joke.
I couldn’t help but laugh bitterly. For the first time, I felt I was seeing clearly the true colors of this man I had loved for three years.
Forcing down the nausea rising in my throat, I ignored Gabriel and strode purposefully back inside.
At this moment, Gabriel was like a virus to me. His existence had made me deathly ill.
While sick, I had deliriously wallowed. Now that I was better, I just wanted him gone from
my
world for good.
It was only after leaving him that I discovered how wonderful my life could be. Everything felt full of promise.
I had so many things I wanted to do, to experience.
As for the insecure Gabriel, I had security escort him away.
Whatever his life would be like from now on, however he chose to love someone else with his insecurities, it
[The End]
no longer concerned me.
