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. 

seen wrong, she thought.

like him could

you to come back.” She shook her head with firmness.

silent as there was no

sense the passing time as Weston

and kept quiet, she spoke again.

came out

like a laughingstock. Without realizing it, he was already down a few sticks of cigarettes. He wasn’t addicted to tobacco before, but he picked up the habit ever since he witnessed her falling from a building.

before Weston said lightly, “Impossible.” That one word smashed all of her hopes. “When will you let me go?” she broke down suddenly and cried. “You’ve asked this a million times.” He stood

stretched out his hands to smooth her clothes, treating them with care as if they were