Elias’ Crimes and Punishments of Romance

Chapter 113 I Did It on Purpose

“Amanda, do you have to do this? I’ve explained to you many times that there’s nothing between Lunabelle and me anymore. Why won’t you believe me?” Simon demanded through the phone, clearly sounding a little peeved.

Strange, why is he angry? Amanda wondered, perplexed.

“What does me going on a blind date have to do with whether I believe you or not? Regardless of your relationship with Lamabelle, I’m still going to go on blind dates.”

This should make things clear enough, right? She had already completely abandoned any thought of considering Simon’s idea of a loveless marriage, and she would much rather marry a stranger she had no feelings for than consider him as a candidate.

There was a long pause on the other end before he said, “Are you implying that you won’t consider me no matter what? That you’d rather marry an untrustworthy stranger than try things out with me? Am I really that unworthy of you just because I have an ex-girlfriend?”

Simon had no idea where he had gone wrong to make Amanda so against marrying him. However, Amanda laughed. She closed her book, planning to make things clear with him.

“Simon, it’s not what you think. I just think that the two of us know each other too well, so we aren’t suited for marriage. Besides, you and Lunabelle clearly still haven’t let go of each other, so why are you tormenting each other like this? It isn’t easy to find true love in life, so don’t let your happiness go just for a moment of spite. I’m telling you this as someone who’s been through this before.”

“What do you mean, know each other too well? Isn’t that the point of marriage? Can you marry someone you don’t know at all?”

Simon had no idea what she was thinking, or how her mind worked.

“No, well… I can’t explain everything to you in such a short amount of time. Anyway, don’t think about only marrying me when you don’t love me. I’ve had a divorce and a child, while you, on the other hand, have a chance at finding happiness, so why would you sabotage yourself like that?”

Deep down, this was a fact that displeased her. Simon’s suggestion of a loveless marriage was just like telling her he was planning to give up on himself, and he settled for her just so the people around him would stop urging him to get married.

his self-sabotage? Was it because she was a divorced woman with a child? Despite that, she was still a

Simon finally understood what was

misunderstood. I never thought of settling for

Let’s just be colleagues; I think that this is what suits us the most. All

that, Amanda immediately hung

looked at his phone, feeling both helpless and frustrated. If Lunabelle hadn’t returned, would Amanda still think

everything and marry her. It wasn’t because they had divorced in the past, but rather the fact that too many things had changed since four years ago. Although he couldn’t find the right words for it, he couldn’t

as usual. Elias never showed up to bother her, and Simon

of high quality to her, and while she had no interest in blind dates, she was still willing to work

on leave today, she went to pick Aiden up from school

cartoons. I’ll take you home and make you

I’m not in a rush. There

quite a frustrating child, he

don’t drink too much fruit juice, or I’ll

fearlessly declared in his high voice, “Mommies who hit little kids are wrong. The police are going to catch

smarty-pants. Just be a good boy and stay quiet. I’ll be

her work while Aiden obediently watched a cartoon on his tablet, and neither of

phone began to

her phone with the other and placed it by her car. “Amanda speaking. Who is