Chapter 200

It was a shame Anthony couldn’t see that.

She just wanted to keep pretending she was asleep.

Suddenly, Anthony’s phone rang.

Frustrated, she rolled over and returned to her side of the bed.

Anthony declined the call before sitting up.

Under the glow of a dim wall lamp, the room was filled with a light aroma of essential oils.

Anthony knew she was awake. He didn’t rush her.

It was better to learn the past from her than from others.

It would be objective and straightforward.

Genevieve turned and sat up, drawing her hair up casually. Some stray locks fell, making her look sleepy and

languid.

Her features were gentle and beautiful in the soft glow.

She simply sat in silence. After a long while, she sighed, and her shoulders started to tremble inadvertently.

Perhaps this was the breaking point for her. When she recalled a specific moment from the past, she no longer

wanted to contain her emotions.

Stunned, Anthony looked up to see her crying.

“Genevieve, why are you cryingenue

  1. it. If you don’t want to tell me, then don’t,” he said.

It didn’t seem like Anthony had any experience consoling a woman. The confusing situation at hand sent him

into a panic.

He froze when his hand touched Genevieve’s face..

His hand was wet with her tears..

She wasn’t pretending.

Anthony’s heart sank.

The next second, Genevieve pushed him away, disgusted by his touch, and got up from the bed.

sobs, she said, “You can easily find out what happened, can’t you? Just ask someone else. I feel no remorse for you. When my love for you was at its strongest, you dealt me a fatal blow. With your illegitimate child and mistress, you forced me into a divorce. You ruined

life!”

couldn’t stop her tears at the thought of the unspoken

and place. There was no way she could’ve kept the

on everything

even want to act anymore. All she wanted was to

suddenly hysterical.

shock, Anthony immediately jumped down and

all of its warmth.

pang

She wasn’t acting.

had brought on strong feelings of agreement and grief

sorry. Let’s stop. Calm down, Genevieve. Stop thinking about it.

him away and staggered outside. “Go away. I changed my mind. I don’t want to be with

hurting her by being too rough, Anthony let her push him

and moved closer to hug her. “All right, I’ll leave. Don’t be angry, and don’t come out in case you catch a cold. Go back to sleep.

forehead.

won’t hurt you,” he uttered.

the door before

didn’t believe his

She couldn’t possibly expect

memory.

change its spots. She no longer held any expectations for

he stood outside the room, listening to the restrained and muffled crying

filled his chest,

there for quite a while before turning around and returning to the living room.

bedroom

were everywhere. It was leading a

had begun

kept him from

around the room but couldn’t find any

driver and ask him to bring up

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concerned about her to

had only kicked him out of the

reactions had taken him aback.

claim innocence for everything

he had truly

he had felt nothing for her, why did he have such an intense and long–repressed

on the couch in dismay, wide

out, Goldie moved about Anthony excitedly.

seemed to be inspecting its territory and regarded Anthony as

and then, it would shake its shiny blond coat beside

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