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?”

simply considered that since you were one of the guests joining us for dinner, we shouldn’t destroy the atmosphere because of

admit that she was

wretched man had been mean to her most of the time, but

living at the Anqiao Street was the most peaceful and

although Clarence couldn’t cook, he cooked fish soup for her without any

of a

was a trouble, when there was a power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven

supply was restored

her to have an abortion, but he still accompanied

Although ….

and stopped

It’s a fact that you can’t

are both grown-ups. There’s more than like in our world. Let me tell the truth. From the moment when I asked to divorce you, I have never

his lips and the apple of his throat moved up and down. He wanted to say something, but

that I threatened you with the baby to make you divorce me. You should hate me. I deserve it. I will take the consequences with no complaints whatever they will be. However, the past three years might be nothing to you, but I had

And the baby’s gone as you wished. We are even now. Why

in a low voice, “You

If it is possible, I hope Mr. Conrad would never show up

we had kept the baby, would

you should know

let her go slowly,

Stella was relieved, but she felt something else

flooded with

clear, allowing for no possibilities. He

she was in darkness all

Stella, “…?”

him away, Clarence took a

her anger,

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

really wanted to crack his skull to

you didn’t have a good time in the past

“?”

you can leave the past behind

I didn’t mean that

“Yes, you did.”

“….”