Chapter 578


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    Resentment runs deep, but anger digs even deeper.


    Yet, my mix of love and hate isn''t something I can share with her.


    But she, taking the initiative, probably out of unease, feared I''d cling to Ernest again.


    I met her gaze with a wry smile, "Ms. rk, we''re hardly acquaintances. My affairs of the heart are none of your business. As for whether I despise Ernest or not, he knows best."


    "He might, but I''m in the dark," Ynde insisted.


    I looked at this bold and quirky woman, "Ms. rk is worried I''ll entangle Ernest in drama again, huh? Rest easy, even if Ernest came crawling back, I wouldn''t spare him a second nce."


    "Ms. Hudson, you''re quite the ice queen," Ynde said, her tone teasing.


    I couldn''t help but smirk, "What''s it to you, Ms. rk? Looking for a showdown?"


    Before she could respond, I added, "You won''t get the chance in this lifetime."


    With that, I turned around, only toe face-to-face with Ernest, who had arrived without me noticing. He stood there, his gaze deep and intense, as if he''d heard every word I''d just said.N?velDrama.Org content rights.


    To me, it was better he heard. He needed to know that when I loved him, he was my everything. Now discarded, he meant nothing.


    Our silent starested a few seconds before I walked away.


    Yet, just around the corner, I stopped, overwhelmed by a suffocating sensation. It seemed the act of hurting him wounded me as well. "Does it feel awful?" Ynde''s voice reached me.


    I could tell they were approaching, but I couldn''t face them again, shrinking back into the shadows.


    Ernest''s response eluded me, but Ynde continued, "I think you should tell her, so she won''t..."


    "Remember what you need to doter, and leave the rest... It''s not your concern," Ernest coldly cut her off.


    "Ah, you really are..." Ynde''s voice faded as they moved away, herst words lost to me.


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    The unintended eavesdropping stirred my thoughts, filling me with doubts as I returned to my seat.


    Henrik was there, engrossed in his phone.


    "Where''d you vanish to? Thought you''d bolted," he teased upon my return.


    "Could I even if I wanted to?" I retorted sharply.


    He let me roam because he knew I couldn''t escape his grasp.


    After all, Jefferson was his pawn, tied to me. My departure would spell trouble for Jefferson.


    "Why not try running for once?" Henrik joked.


    Ignoring him, my thoughts returned to Ernest, especially after overhearing that conversation.


    Was he hiding something from me?


    Moreover, Ynde''s interaction with himcked any hint of jealousy or bitterness.


    With that thought, I noticed Ynde leaning in close to whisper something to Ernest.


    Knowing Ernest''s strict boundaries


    with the opposite sex, something I''d witnessed firsthand with Deborah Walker, Ynde''s proximity without Ernest''s usual difort made me question everything.


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    "He cares about you, happy now?" I shot back.


    Henrik burst intoughter, loud and carefree,pletely disregarding our public setting.