Mr. Ford Is Jealous

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. 

she had seen wrong, she thought.

like him could be

never wanted you to come back.” She

as there

only sense the passing time as Weston was

that he didn’t say a word and kept quiet, she spoke again. “Let me

out

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

knew how long it had passed before Weston said lightly, “Impossible.” That one word smashed all of her hopes. “When will you let me

this point. Instead, he stretched out his hands to smooth her clothes, treating them with care as if they were something valuable to him.