Chapter 718


    | paused for a moment. "Thank me for what?"


    She pursed her lips, "Thank you for not loving him."


    | froze and didn''t know what to say.


    "Can we still be friends?" She looked at me.


    "| thought we''ve always been friends?" | replied.


    Sheughed uncontrobly, "Arianna, thank you."


    Initially, | thought she was here to confront me. | never did quite... expect this.


    | fretted for a while and started sharing, "Uncle Granger and Madam Miller''s death really did a number on Irvin, and he never


    expected my presence. | know | owe him too much, but in the end, | still can''t bring myself to repay him with my feelings, which is


    why | avoided him."


    She stared deeply at me, "His heart is like a barren valley. | tried to pull him out of it, but | couldn''t. Four years ago when |


    returned here with him, he stayed in Ucrebury for half a year. At first, | didn''t know why he wanted to go to Ucrebury. Then, | saw


    that he regrly drank until he was piss drunk. He didn''t care about himself nor others around him. Later on, he saw Nerissa on


    the news announcing that there would be retrenchment in the office. That was when someone came to him and asked for his


    help."


    “After he returned to Ucrebury, he got rid of Nerissa and learnt about his parents. At first, | thought that he would make Nerissa


    suffer a fate worse than death. But he didn''t. He ced all his focus on the war with the Roberts Group. | didn''t know his reason


    then, but now | do. All he wanted was just to win you over."


    As she said this, she looked at me and smiled. "Don''t take this to heart though. | know | shouldn''t have told you all this, but |


    have no other friends in Mesville."


    "In fact, sometimes I''d have the urge to tell you how much he needs you. You''re his salvation. | even imagined that if you stayed


    by his side, he might be saved from his misery. But I..."


    | remained silent, not knowing how to respond.


    She murmured to herself, "Four years ago, you made an impact on him so deep that he could only think of you for the rest of his


    life. | didn’t quite understand that then. However, that night you appeared at the Granger Group office, | discovered a USB in his


    study. Inside it was everything about how you were after giving birth. He loved you, not knowing when was the start of all that."


    Evan''s sudden appearance surprised me. He held a coat in his hand and put it on me. He said, "Madam, Mr. Roberts said that


    it''s cold outside. It is best if you don''t stay out for too long."


    Obviously, the bodyguard notified Hendrix and he knew who | had met up with.


    | nodded and looked at Shirley. "I''ll see you again another day, perhaps."


    Her sight fell on Evan and she pressed her lips together. She questioned unknowingly, "Is this what Hendrix''s love looks like, to


    limit and cage you up?"


    I smiled lightly and didn''t respond.


    Evan exited the coffee shop with me and | was silent in the car.


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    said, "Madam, Mr. Roberts is still in


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    What he meant by this was for me to


    go pay him a visit. Peres nay ibe !


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    "Let''s go home. It''s cold outside." |


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    Evan paused for a second and then sent me back to my vi without saying anything else.


    Anne was home too. She tugged at me, "Mommy, where have you been?"


    | held her in my arms and said, "| went to see a friend."