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,

no way people like

come back.” She shook her head with

pin-drop silent as there was no other

could only sense the passing time as Weston was puffing

a word and kept quiet, she spoke

words came out

wasn’t the kind of guy that displayed his weaknesses, but the fact that he did 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, but he picked up the habit ever since he

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 the jacket was wrinkled at this point. Instead, he stretched out his hands to smooth her clothes, treating them with care

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