Chapter 280


    “Look, a lot of time has passed since everything that happened. There is no need for you to apologize,


    and I don''t want your apology either. Also, I hope you''ll stop contacting me from now on,” I said coldly


    as Justin could no longer touch my heart.


    Not wanting to give him a chance to say anything further, I hung up on him immediately after.


    Being betrayed hurt me so much that I felt like I couldn''t go on, but thinking back made me realize I


    wouldn''t have met Michael if not for his betrayal.


    I once thought that Justin was the man I loved the most in life, but I was wrong as I only learned what


    true love meant after meeting Michael.


    Although I no longer had any feelings for Justin whatsoever, getting his call all of a sudden still


    worsened my mood greatly because he had hurt me the most in life.


    Having spent the whole morning at home, I felt like I was going to die from boredom and decided to go


    shopping with Natalie in the afternoon.


    I then gave her a call and went downstairs after agreeing on a time to meet up, only to bump into Justin


    when I arrived at the entrance of my residential area.


    I didn''t know the reason behind his surprise visit here at Birchwood, but I didn''t even want to see him at


    all.


    “Anna!”


    I was about to head back home when he saw me and began running toward me while shouting my


    name.


    Pretending not to see him was no longer an option as he had already spotted me, so I stopped in my


    tracks and turned around to stare coldly at him.


    “I''ve been waiting here since morning, Anna! I''m so d I get to see you!” Justin eximed as he


    stepped up to me.


    He looked like a stranger longing to be close, but all I felt was an urge to get away from him as quickly


    as possible.


    “Why did you wait here? I''ve made myself very clear on the phone earlier, Justin. I don''t need your


    apology.”


    The mere thought of his phone call earlier got me all agitated because I didn''t want to have any form of


    contact with him.


    Justin seemed a little upset when he saw how cold I was. He said after a long pause, “I know I''ve hurt


    you deeply in the past, and it''s perfectly justifiable for you to hate me, but I still want to apologize


    anyway.”


    The look in Justin''s eyes was gentle like when we used to be madly in love with each other. It used to


    make me excited for days on end, but it no longer had any effect on me.


    “I ept your apology, and I''ll be on my way now that you''re done with it.”


    I didn''t want to waste any more time and energy on him as I still had a shopping date with Natalieter.


    Justin then blocked my path and asked with a pained look on his face, “Do you still hate me, Anna?”


    Displeased by him standing in my way, I said, “You''re overthinking it. I''ve long since gotten past that


    phase of hating you.”


    “Really? You don''t hate me for hurting you so deeply back then?”


    Justin looked at me with a mix of surprise and doubt on his face.


    “Anything else, Justin? I''ve made ns, and I really need to go now!”


    All I wanted was to stop wasting any more time and get out of there.


    “Let''s have lunch together, Anna.”


    The fact that Justin was treating me to lunch seemed really suspicious, so I rejected him instinctively.


    “No, thanks. With the way things are between us right now, it''s hardly appropriate for us to have lunch


    together. Also, please refrain froming to see me here in the future because I don''t want my


    boyfriend to get the wrong idea.”


    Given how petty and possessive Michael was, he would surely get mad if he saw me still in contact


    with my ex-boyfriend.


    At that moment, the only thing I wanted was to be with Michael and avoid unnecessary trouble if


    possible.


    Despite me making myself crystal clear, Justin stubbornly refused to give up.


    “Anna, do you really not know why I came to see you?” he shouted desperately from behind when he


    saw me walk away.


    “Why?”


    See? I knew there was more to it! There''s no way he''de here just to apologize! I stopped in my


    tracks and red at him.


    “Anna, I know what I''m about to say will make me sound like an absolute scumbag, but... I want to say


    it anyway.” Justin looked me in the eye with a serious expression. “I was misguided, and I wronged you


    in the past, but I realized after breaking up that you are the one I truly love. Every night throughout the


    past six months, I''ve been dreaming about you and the happy moments we shared. Anna, I havee


    to seek your forgiveness and get back together with you.”


    I stared wide-eyed at Justin as I wasn''t expecting him to talk about getting back together.


    However, I didn''t really feel anything because I stopped loving him a long time ago.


    I kept quiet and simply looked at him indifferently.


    “Anna, what happened in the past was all my fault, and I realize that now. I also realized that you''re the


    one I love, so will you please forgive me and give me another chance?”


    Justin walked up to me and held my hand tightly as he said that, but nothing could possibly change my


    mind about how I felt toward him at that point.


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    I pulled my hand out of his grip and shot him a cold re in response.


    “We''re over, Justin. I''m never getting back together with you, so you should just forget about it.”


    This man had betrayed me, and I wasn''t about to put up with his betrayal like that.


    No amount of sincerity could touch my heart if I no longer had any feelings for him.


    My tone was cold, and I gave him no room for negotiation. Justin was so taken aback that he froze for


    a moment before breaking into a grimace.


    He probably didn''t expect me to be so cold toward him at our reunion. He was staring at me with an


    upset look in his eyes.