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?”

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

Stella had to admit that she was soft at

had been mean to her most

days living at the Anqiao Street was the

although Clarence couldn’t cook, he cooked

of a

was a trouble, when there was a power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven to heat water so that

the electricity supply was restored before

asked her to have an abortion, but he still accompanied her

Although ….

and

me. It’s

than like in our world. Let me tell the truth.

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

hate me. I deserve it. I will take the consequences with no complaints whatever they

divorced for six months. And the baby’s gone as you wished. We are even now. Why don’t you let

finished, Clarence said in a low voice, “You

live my own life. If it is possible,

continued after a few seconds, “If we had kept the baby,

should know that the problem between us is more

go

was relieved, but she felt something

flooded with mixed

it so clear, allowing for no possibilities. He

about to bid the last farewell to him, she was in darkness

Stella, “…?”

she could push him away, Clarence

her

said. But it doesn’t matter to me. It’s enough to know that you like

really wanted to crack his skull to

“It was my fault that you didn’t have a good time in the past three

“?”

till you can leave the past behind and forgive

misunderstood. I didn’t mean

“Yes, you did.”

“….”