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.

you, I'm a blemish in your relationship.You and Sandy would have had a happy life without that marriage contract, so

hated you." Tanner stopped in front

her eyes and

nothing but an

his arms and stroked her

said, "Pearl, I’m a jack*ss.By 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 a day that goes

turned her head sideways and added, "I have a

aren't married

finger stopped on her

years, and if you got

beat, and

"Tanner!"

step back.He looked at her but did

isn’t related

leaving that sentence, she ran into the house without turning her head back, leaving Tanner

was getting darker, and

window with

in the courtyard, and he was wet

looked at Pearl and said,

do with the Hannigans, things would go bad

stunned and walked to the

standing in the rain.He refused to go away despite being

to pay him no mind, but she did not know why she just couldn't do it.She grabbed an umbrella and went outside.She placed

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