Chapter 144

Weston abruptly extinguished his cigarette on the ashtray before turning to face her. “Do you really have to talk to me like that?” 

“It has to end today,” Stella answered firmly. 

“End?” The words whirled in his tongue before he spit them out softly. With a wry smile on his face, he said, “I rushed all the way here from Anh City, and I didn’t get a wink of sleep. The minute I landed, I came here to see you, only to hear you telling me you’re marrying someone else?” 

She wasn’t sure whether it was because the room was dark, but while Weston was saying all of this, she saw a sorrowful expression on his face. 

But it was only a fleeting moment. 

had seen wrong, she thought.

like him could be sad.

to come back.”

pin-drop silent as there was no

passing time

word and kept quiet, she spoke again. “Let me go.”

came out of his mouth.

her made him feel like a laughingstock. Without realizing it, he was already down a few sticks of cigarettes. He wasn’t

 

say anything, though, he stopped smoking. No one knew how long it had passed before Weston said lightly, “Impossible.” That one word smashed all of her hopes.

the jacket was wrinkled at this point. Instead, he stretched out his hands

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