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?”

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

Stella had to admit that she was soft at

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

the most peaceful

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

expense of a

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

though the electricity supply was restored before he could do

asked her to have an abortion, but he still

Although ….

and stopped recalling

It’s a fact

truth. From the moment when I asked to divorce you, I

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

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

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

a low voice, “You think that

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

continued after a few seconds, “If we had kept the baby, would you have a different

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

go

Stella was relieved, but she felt

flooded with mixed

for no possibilities. He had to stop pursuing her this

in darkness all of a sudden.

Stella, “…?”

push him away,

held her

understand what you said. But it doesn’t matter to me. It’s enough to know

wanted to crack his skull to see what was

good

“?”

you can leave the past behind

I

“Yes, you did.”

“….”