Mr. Conrad Proposes To His Ex-wife Again

Stella was not going to waste her time on arguing with him, so she talked back immediately, “Never mind if you don’t want to tell me.”

Clarence grabbed her shoulders and asked word by word, “Stella, do you like Emmett?”

“…” Stella frowned, “What a weird question.”

“Just answer me.”

Stella answered after a while, “No.”

Clarence tightened his grasp and asked again in a soft and low voice, “Then do you like me?”

“You stopped me here for asking these boring questions?”

“How could they be boring?”

Stella raised her voice, “They are totally boring! And, I have been wondering why did you come to my party with my friends. Don’t you feel embarrassed and uncomfortable?”

“Not at all.”

“But Mr. Conrad, have you found that everyone else was upset by your present?”

Clarence responded in an unemotional voice, “I don’t care others’ opinions. I only care you.”

Hearing his words, Stella couldn’t help laughing, “Mr. Conrad is serious?”

“Yes.”

“If Mr. Conrad really cares what I think, haven’t you figured out that I hate you? Your appearance upset not only my friends, but also me ….”

Clarence interrupted her, “Stella, this is your answer?”

“What ….”

Stella realized what did he mean as soon as she uttered the first word.

He referred to the question that if she liked him.

Stella looked at him calmly, “I thought you knew the answer.”

Clarence asked, “Now that you hate me, why did you help me today?”

one of the guests joining us for dinner, we shouldn’t destroy the atmosphere because of you. And, I owed you a lot, so I want to seize

had to admit that she was soft

man had been mean to her most of the time, but he was nice

was the

that time, although Clarence couldn’t cook, he cooked fish

the expense of a ruined

a power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven to heat water

was restored before he could

asked her to have an abortion, but he still

Although ….

sighed and stopped recalling

me. It’s

both grown-ups. There’s more than like in our world. Let me tell the truth.

and the apple of his throat moved up and down. He wanted to

you with the baby to make you divorce me. You should hate me. I deserve it. I will take the consequences with no complaints

the baby’s gone as you

Clarence said in a low voice, “You think that what I have

life. If it is possible, I hope Mr. Conrad would

few seconds, “If we had kept the baby,

sighed in silence, “Clarence, you should know

go slowly, “I

but she felt

flooded with

for no possibilities. He had

in darkness all of a sudden. Clarence kissed her lips with his cold and

Stella, “…?”

she could push him away, Clarence

her

explained, “I understand what you said. But it doesn’t matter to

his skull

have a good time in the past three years, but

“?”

finding ways to compensate you till you can leave the

I

“Yes, you did.”

“….”