Chapter 197
Ste was not going to waste her time on arguing with him, so she talked back immediately, “Never
mind if you don’t want to tell me.”
rence grabbed her shoulders and asked word by word, “Ste, do you like Emmett?”
“…” Ste frowned, “What a weird question.”
“Just answer me.”
Ste answered after a while, “No.”
rence tightened his grasp and asked again in a soft and low voice, “Then do you like me?”
“You stopped me here for asking these boring questions?”
“How could they be boring?”
Ste raised her voice, “They are totally boring! And, I have been wondering why did youe to my
party with my friends. Don’t you feel embarrassed and ufortable?”
“Not at all.”
“But Mr. Conrad, have you found that everyone else was upset by your present?”
rence responded in an unemotional voice, “I don’t care others’ opinions. I only care you.”
Hearing his words, Ste couldn’t helpughing, “Mr. Conrad is serious?”
“Yes.”
“If Mr. Conrad really cares what I think, haven’t you figured out that I hate you? Your appearance upset
not only my friends, but also me ….”
rence interrupted her, “Ste, this is your answer?”
“What ….”
Ste realized what did he mean as soon as she uttered the first word.
He referred to the question that if she liked him.
Ste looked at him calmly, “I thought you knew the answer.”
rence asked, “Now that you hate me, why did you help me today?”
“I simply considered that since you were one of the guests joining us for dinner, we shouldn’t destroy
the atmosphere because of you. And, I owed you a lot, so I want to seize every opportunity to return
your favor. That’s it.”
But Ste had to admit that she was soft at that moment.
rence, the wretched man had been mean to her most of the time, but he was nice to her sometimes.
Those days living at the Anqiao Street was the most peaceful andfortable time in her life.
At that time, although rence couldn’t cook, he cooked fish soup for her without anyints.
At the expense of a ruined kitchen though.
Although he alwaysined that she was a trouble, when there was a power ckout, he would
take out the coal burning oven to heat water so that she could wash her hair.
Even though the electricity supply was restored before he could do that.
Although he asked her to have an abortion, but he still apanied her to see the doctor.
Although ….
Ste sighed and stopped recalling it.
rence said, “Ste, you like me. It’s a fact that you can’t deny.”
“So what?” Ste looked calm, “Mr. Conrad, we are both grown-ups. There’s more than like in our
world. Let me tell the truth. From the moment when I asked to divorce you, I have never had the idea
that we would get back together someday.”
rence pressed his lips and the apple of his throat moved up and down. He wanted to say
something, but he couldn’t open his mouth.
Ste continued, “I know it was disgusting that I threatened you with the baby to make you divorce me.
You should hate me. I deserve it. I will take the consequences with noints whatever they will be.
However, the past three years might be nothing to you, but I had a hard time.”
“We have been divorced for six months. And the baby’s gone as you wished. We are even now. Why
don’t you let me go?”
When she finished, rence said in a low voice, “You think that what I have done is annoying you?”
“Yes.” Ste answered firmly, “I only want to live my own life. If it is possible, I hope Mr. Conrad would
never show up in my life again.”
rence continued after a few seconds, “If we had kept the baby, would you have a different answer?”
“If we had.” Ste sighed in silence, “rence, you should know that the problem between us is more
than the baby.”
rence let her go slowly, “I see.”
Hearing that, Ste was relieved, but she felt something else too.
She was flooded with mixed feelings.
She made it so clear, allowing for no possibilities. He had to stop pursuing her this time.
When Ste was about to bid thest farewell to him, she was in darkness all of a sudden. rence
kissed her lips with his cold and thin lips.
Ste, “…?”
Before she could push him away, rence took a step back first.
Ste held her anger, “rence ….”
rence exined, “I understand what you said. But it doesn’t matter to me. It’s enough to know that
you like me.”
Ste really wanted to crack his skull to see what was inside.
rence continued, “It was my fault that you didn’t have a good time in the past three years, but I
never evade my responsibilities.”
“?”
“I’ll keep finding ways topensate you till you can leave the past behind and forgive me.”
“No, you misunderstood. I didn’t mean that ….”
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“Yes, you did.”
“….”
This wretched man imposed his own thought upon others as usual.
Seeing that she couldn’te up with a retort, rence smiled and reached out to fix her hair
spreading around her ear, but she avoided his hand.
rence said, “As for the other things, you don’t have to worry. I’ll take care of them.”
Ste looked at him alertly, “What are the other things?”
“Ste, trust me. You’ll be willing to remarry me one day.”
“I don’t.”
rence stepped forward, “How about a bet?”
Ste rejected, “I don’t make a nonsense bet with ….”
“If I win, you have to promise something. Whatever it is.”
“What if you lose?”
“It’s impossible.”
Ste, “….”
She couldn’t stand it anymore, “Get off.”
rence smiled slightly in a good mood, “Have an early night. Good night.”
What the hell. How could she able to fall asleep after hearing what he said.
rence left soon after he finished. He moved his long legs and walked toward his Rolls-Royce by the
street.
Ste rubbed her temples vigorously. She was about to go home but to find that she was still wearing
rence’s coat.
She turned around abruptly, but rence had already driven away.
Ste looked at the empty street having no idea what she shouldment.
She thought after hearing what she said, rence should have been pissed off and left right away as
he was bad tempered.
But to her surprise, he got a such thick skin.
But it did make sense because he managed to keep calm and show nothing in front of those people
who hated him.
Anyway, she was too naive topete with him.