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?”

considered that since you were 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 every opportunity

Stella had to admit that she was

most of the time, but he was nice to her

days living at the Anqiao Street was the most

Clarence couldn’t cook, he cooked fish soup

expense of

he always complained that she was a trouble, when there was a power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven to heat water so that she could wash her

electricity supply was restored

an abortion, but he still accompanied her

Although ….

sighed and stopped

“Stella, you like me. It’s

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

lips and the apple of his throat moved up and down. He wanted to say something, but he couldn’t

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

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

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

my own life. If it is possible, I

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

you should know that the problem between us

go slowly,

that, Stella was relieved, but she felt something

was flooded with mixed

it so clear, allowing for no possibilities. He

last farewell to him, she was in darkness all

Stella, “…?”

him away, Clarence

held her

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

wanted to crack his skull to see what

you didn’t have a good

“?”

finding ways to compensate you till you can leave

you misunderstood. I

“Yes, you did.”

“….”