chapter 610
Charmine frowned. "Give me his location." "Pendulum Tea Shop," replied Luke.
Pendulum Tea Shop was located at the heel of the mountain in the outskirts of the city. It was a quiet location with
high privacy.
Charminepleted all her tasks before making her way for the tea shop.
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On the way there, her ears rang with what Luke told her while she got a shback to the monitor she saw
yesterday when Annabel''s mother begged Anthony.
She should be pulling away from Anthony, but under such circumstances, she had to go there and meet him.
When she passed by a restaurant, she ordered a box of seafood tter and ced it on the passenger’s seat.
It came as a surprise, however, as she made a turn in the secluded road before arriving at Pendulum Tea Shop,
she saw Anthony''s car driving toward her.
Somehow, he suddenly lost control.
Crash!
The car rammed against arge tree by the roadside.
Anthony had an ident!
"Anthony!"
Face morphed into horror and worry, she quickly pulled over her car to the emergencyne and ran
toward him.
She saw that the airbag in the car had popped out, cushioning Anthony from the impact.
Anthony was visibly confused when he saw her. "Charmine?"
Why did shee?
Charmine looked at him, her chest filled with mixed emotions.
The handsome and sharp Anthony was apparently worn out. He even had clear dark circles under his
eyes.
He was obviously fatigue-driving!
She scoffed coldly, "Anthony, do you have to do this?"
"You care for me?" Anthony asked gently, his eyes showing a faint hint of love.
That pissed Charmine. He almost had an ident, yet he acted as if it was nothing?
Noticing Anthony''s fatigue, Charmine recalled what Julian said to her:'' struggling''.
Yes, Anthony and her were struggling, trying to save and fight for this non existent rtionship.
What was the result? She would overthink things, feeling like it was a rollercoaster, while it drove
Anthony into tiredness...
A thought then urred to Charmine, and she calmly said, "Anthony, we should end this."
''We should end this.” Four words, filled with a thick sense of fatigue and hopelessness.
Anthony, still in the car, frowned. He pushed open the door and got down from the car.
He looked at her. "Are you asking for another lesson, Charmine?"
"I''m not kidding with you-l’m saying this to you in all seriousness." Charmine met his gaze unblinkingly as she
emphasized, "I feel that we''re all so worn out from this. No matter what, you’ve ruined Annabel''s life, and you''re
the person who should be responsible to her."
"That''s why I''m finding her the mostpatible match. I know what I''m doing, I''ll fix this," refuted Anthony in a
deep voice.
However, Charmine merely smiled faintly. "You''ll fix this? As in, find someone who epts her past and marries
her off? Annabel is kind enough to ept this, but do you not feel any guilt? Even if you don''t feel any guilt, it’s
tiring to keep going on like this. I want to give up." 1
She thought of how bitterly Annabel''s mother begged, thought of how her words hit the nail on the head, and then
the ''struggle'' mentioned by Julian. It felt as though arge boulder was weighing her down, making her feel
breathless. 2
It only got worse after Alexander revealed himself to her and reminded her of what happened in her past.
If she really wanted to be with Anthony, his family would not agree, and they would face a bunch of problems in the
future...
Anthony''s big hands hooked around her waist and pulled her closer. He sped his hands and questioned her,
"Give up? Do you not feel any guilt toward me?"
His low and hoarse voice questioned with a hint of an almost-unnoticeable sadness.
Charmine''s eyes darkened. Guilt toward him?
All these days, Anthony had beenpromising her. He had been trying his best to fix the matter with Annabel,
wearing himself out and drove. All he wanted to do was to fix this matter as soon as possible.
All that hard work, and she wanted to give up.
She seemed to have wronged him...