- 16.
Later, Declan kept showing up with all sorts of gifts, begging me to take him back.
I wondered, why didn’t he love me back then? Why the regret now?
Besides, I was married. It was impossible
between us.
A disgusting man like him… I could never be
with him.
But he was relentless, following me
everywhere, even kneeling at my doorstep.
He said, “Sierra, I regret using you so much. I
know I was wrong now. If you just forgive me,
we can definitely go back to how we were.”
vo Cali uchmory yo waun Lu
VV VVCIC.
“Sierra, look, I bought you your favorite
braised beef. I even booked a table at your favorite steakhouse.”
I went downstairs, picked up a basin of cold water, and splashed it all over him.
“Declan, these things don’t impress me
anymore.”
“I was with you back then because I loved
you. That’s why you could use me.”
“But now, I’ve thought it through. You ceased
to exist in my heart a long time ago.”
His eyes were filled with sorrow, his body
trembled slightly, and his voice was hoarse.
“Just one mistake, and you can’t forgive me?”
“You have no right to ask for my forgiveness.”
“Your sins are unforgivable.”
Just as I finished speaking, someone in a wheelchair suddenly rushed out. I saw the knife in her hand.
Before I could react, Declan threw himself in
front of me.
The knife plunged into his stomach.
It was Noelle. She looked like a madwoman
now, her hair a mess, her skin sallow.
“Are you crazy?!”
Noelle screamed, dropping the knife.
“Declan, I didn’t mean to kill you! I just
wanted to kill Sierra! It’s all her fault that we
broke up!”
“Otherwise, we wouldn’t have divorced! We
would have been happy!”
Declan collapsed to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of blood.
He said weakly, “Even without Sierra, we
wouldn’t have lasted. Because neither of us
are good people.”
So, he finally admitted he wasn’t a good
person.
Watching him lying in a pool of his own blood,
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I still felt remarkably calm.
This is what it means to not love someone
anymore. You just don’t care.
He must have felt the same way when he
watched me being humiliated, doing nothing.
After Declan was taken to the hospital, Noelle
was arrested by the police.
Noelle’s knife had pierced Declan’s lung. He
was critically injured, in the ICU, and the
doctors said he might not make it.
None of this concerned me.
Even if he was injured trying to save me, I
wouldn’t feel sorry for him.
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Even if he was injured trying to save me, I
wouldn’t feel sorry for him.
My hatred for him had reached its peak.
Still, I went to see him one last time.
He saw me too. He lifted his hand, struggling
to speak to me.
Finally, a tear slid from the corner of his eye.
His lips moved, forming three silent words: “I
am sorry.‘
Then, the monitors around him started
beeping frantically. Doctors rushed in to try
and save him.
