Chapter 113


    His searing gaze was fixed on ra with an intensity that felt like he could see right through


    her.


    ra felt as if someone had thrust a knife into her chest. She lifted her eyes to meetn’s.


    “What if I said yes, Mr. Hayes? What do you n to do about it? Can you offer me the love I


    desire or the marriage I seek?”n was left speechless. His sensuous lips parted, but no words


    came out.


    Seeing him flustered, ra let out a scornfulugh. “Perhaps you can’t offer either, can you? So


    why dredge up the past? For amusement, perhaps?”


    “ra!”n’s hands gripped her shoulders, his eyes burning into hers. “At the anniversary


    celebration, I gave you a chance. All you had to do was dance the first dance with me, and I would


    have acknowledged you as my girlfriend in front of everyone. It was you who overstepped,


    getting tangled up with Anders at a crucial moment. It’s not that I didn’t offer; it’s that you didn’t


    want it.”


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    ra smiled bitterly. “Should I be thanking you for your generosity?”


    “ra, I can let bygones be bygones. Let’s start over.”


    “Sorry, but there are things I can’t just forgive and forget!” With that, she leftn standing there and


    walked away alone.


    Tears threatened to spill from her eyes.


    She couldn’t ept her three years of dedication being reduced to the status of a mere trophy.


    She couldn’t ept that he had ignored her when she hemorrhaged and lost their child.


    Nor could she ept that he had coldly abandoned her while she was in agony.


    She couldn’t simply not pursue the past when each memory stabbed her heart, causing an


    indescribable pain. How could he expect her to ‘start over‘ with just a ‘let bygones be bygones?‘


    ra didn’t turn back, no matter how muchn called after her. She just got in her car and drove


    away.


    Heidi, seeing ra’s distressed expression, knew the two had shed again. She hurried over to


    lan, handing him a towel with feigned concern. “Ian, you’re not ming Attorney ra for what


    happened that night, are you? In such situations, nobody has the luxury of choice. It’s life that


    matters, not virtue.” Her words were dripping with reason, but her heart reveled in the misfortune.


    She kept remindingn of ra’s tainted past. Ian wouldn’t even keep clothes someone else had


    touched, let alone‘ a woman.


    Even if he knew ra had been drugged, what of it? He still wouldn’t want her!


    Edwin, seeing ra’s pale face, felt an inexplicable anger. He gaven a cold look. “She hasn’t


    done anything excessive to you at all, but you chose to abandon her at the brink of death.” ”


    At these words,n’s brow furrowed instantly. “What do you mean by that?”


    Edwin let out a sardonic chuckle. “Take it at face value. If you’d been attentive enough, ra


    wouldn’t feel this way towards you.”


    “Edwin, what are you talking about? When have I ever abandoned her?”


    “You have the means to find out if you ever abandoned her. If you don’t know, then you haven’t


    been paying


    attention.”


    Heidi sensed trouble brewing. Her brother was about to spill something rted to ra’s


    miscarriage. She couldn’t letn uncover the truth.


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