Pearl froze.

Tanner hugged her tightly and lowered his head.He pressed his lips on the top of her head and said in a soft voice, "You’ve become thinner."

Before coming to her, he had imagined many different kinds of reunion scenarios.

Would he go crazy and express his longing for her? Or would he try to stop at nothing to trap her by his side again? Countless thoughts flitted across his mind, but he was scared when he saw her.

He was afraid of her rejection.He was afraid that she would hate him.

Pearl stayed frozen stiff in his arms for a long while.She pressed her lips thin and pulled his arms away.

"Tanner," she said without turning her head back, "What are you doing here? There's no way we can return to how things were."

His heart skipped a beat, and he froze.

"Do you still hate me?"

"Not anymore." Pearl turned around to look at him.

She forced herself to stay calm and said, "I’ve already let go of everything between us."

Tanner walked up to her and said, "But I can’t."

She was stunned for a moment, but she swiftly regained herself.

relationship.You and Sandy would have had a happy life

Tanner stopped

her

is nothing but an

pulled her into his arms and stroked her cheek with

the time I realized how wrong I was, I had lost you.I've been living in guilt for the past three years, and there hasn't been

sideways and added, "I have a

you aren't married

stopped

been seeing any men for the past three years, and if you got pregnant that year, your kid should

skipped a beat, and

"Tanner!"

step back.He looked at her but

and said, "The kid isn’t related to

house without turning her head back, leaving Tanner to stand as stiff as a

was getting darker, and soon, rain

window with the

courtyard, and he was wet thoroughly due to the

Pearl and said, "Pearl, Tanner is

Hannigans, things would go bad for

stunned and walked

the rain.He refused

did not know why she just couldn't do it.She grabbed an umbrella and

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