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

way people like him

never wanted you to come back.” She shook

whole room went pin-drop silent as there was no

could only sense the passing time as Weston was puffing

say a word and kept quiet, she

no words came out

so much merely 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 tobacco before,

and coughed lightly. Although it wasn’t loud, he heard it. He glanced at her and didn’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. “When will you let me go?” she broke down suddenly and cried.

Instead, he stretched out his hands to smooth her clothes, treating them with care

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