Chapter 547

It felt as if someone poured scalding water onto her chest. Her cold, numb fingers clenched uncomfortably into a tiny ball.

Bella thought, ‘Why? Why was Justin so kind to Bella but so incredibly cruel to the former Anna Brown?”

“You know me well, Ash. I have always been someone who despises evil and values good, with clear lines between love and hatred. Perhaps what you said is correct. Emotions can be complex and difficult to define. But that is not how I am. I know exactly what I want. What about you?”

Bella gazed out the window quietly, her voice slightly choked and her eyes reddening. “No matter how complicated my feelings for Justin have become, there is no love left in it. I risked my life for a man, wasted my entire youth loving someone, and endured the pain of not receiving any reciprocation. Doing it once in this lifetime is enought for me.”

Steven drove Amelia back to school. They were both lost in their own thoughts, remaining silent throughout the journey.

As the night grew darker, the back gate of the school became eerily quiet, and the Porsche came to a slow stop.

There was a surprising, unspoken understanding.

They sat side by side in the car, with no one making the move to get out.

The moon hung in the sky, casting a soft and gentle glow inside the car. The calm, subdued atmosphere created a romantic mood.

me back, Mr. Lovett.” Amelia shyly broke the silence.

Amelia, please don’t be so polite.

deeply guilty toward

their different statuses, he added a bit more distance to his words. “Even though I have watched you and Ms. Bella grow up, I am. ultimately Ms. Bella’s secretary, a subordinate working for

your brothers. I am really not

sensitive. She sensed Steven’s desire to keep

ached, and she looked ahead with eyes. that seemed to hold

not cause you any more trouble in

any trouble. It is me who does not want to have any impact on your life,”

her in unbuckling the seatbelt. Their warm breaths filled the car, and the temperature inside gradually

eyes. He kept his eyelids lowered and quickly straightened up. “It’s quite late. Let

and stepped out

dark hole had been hollowed out in her chest. She was filled with a chilly sense

not be together and that the kiss was an accident. How could an ordinary girl like her pique

opened. Steven resumed his usual respectful demeanor, inviting Amelia out of the

her pale lips together and stepped

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