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?”

shouldn’t destroy the atmosphere because of you. And, I

to admit that she was

to her most of the time, but he was nice

was the most

cook, he cooked fish soup for her without

the expense of a ruined kitchen

power blackout, he would take out the coal burning oven

electricity supply was restored before he could

an abortion, but he still accompanied her

Although ….

and stopped

me. It’s a fact that you can’t

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

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

continued, “I know it was disgusting 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

gone as you wished. We are even now. Why

low voice, “You think that what

firmly, “I only want to live my own life. If it is possible, I hope Mr. Conrad would never show up in my life

had kept the baby, would you have a different

silence, “Clarence, you should know that the problem between us is more

her go slowly,

was relieved, but

flooded with

allowing for no possibilities.

darkness all of a sudden. Clarence

Stella, “…?”

away,

her anger,

doesn’t matter to me. It’s enough to know

really wanted to crack his skull to

was my fault that you didn’t have a good time in the past three years, but I never evade

“?”

till you can leave

I didn’t mean that

“Yes, you did.”

“….”