Chapter 616

Joshua had paid the price by saving her. Compared to settling old scores, Cynthia felt as if she still owed him. As Joshua felt her warm hand, his sobbing gradually subsided, yet his desire to possess Cynthia intensified.

“However…” He raised his head from her embrace, looking at her with a self–blaming expression

“what is it?”

“There’s another thing I lied to you about. This one’s about me,” Joshua admitted, his gaze falling

He had thought it through. Rather than having Yoel and Matthew expose him, he figured it was better to tell another lie half- truthfully. That way, even if Cynthia later found out the truth from Matthew or Yoel, her reaction wouldn’t be too severe.

calmly accepted this.

matter what i reveal later, you

long as he could acknowledge and

was somewhat risky, after all. Matthew had said that Cynthia disliked being lied to. He was not sure that after revealing this, Cynthia would be angry with him or give him the silent treatment. He would be forced to choose a more extreme course of action if she ignored him.

aren’t you speaking?” Cynthia

me, you won’t want me anymore.” Joshua acted out his internal struggle with believable

promises. Since I promised I wouldn’t abandon

hint of blame.

struggle. After a moment, he pressed his lips together, and after a careful pause, he slowly said, “I’m

as quickly as it appeared. It seemed her previous conjecture was right:

by how much?”

mental

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