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    Chelsea did not want Lucy to leave her side. "Lucy, please stay with me."


    Lucy thought to herself, ''Chelsea is acting like she''s my boss... She knows I''m like a third wheel here, yet she wants me to stay in this awkward spot. Isn''t that just embarrassing for me?''


    "Don''t make this hard for me," Lucy whispered to Chelsea. "Listen, talk things out with Hugh. I can tell you two still care about each other. Don''t give up over something so small."


    Chelsea blinked and whispered back to Lucy. "But what if he''s really having an affair with another woman out there?"


    Lucy made a decisive chopping gesture with her hand.


    "If it''s true, then I''m all for you breaking up with Hugh."


    If Hugh were really two-faced, acting one way in front of Chelsea and another when she was not around, Lucy would be the first to tell Chelsea to leave him.


    Lucy gave Chelsea''s hand a reassuring pat. "Talk to him. I''ll be back soon, so don''t worry."This content ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.


    Chelsea felt a surge of courage from Lucy''s words, knowing she had the strongest ally in her corner.


    Lucy shot Hugh a look full of meaning as he stood by the door. Her eyes were a mix of anger and questions, with something else Hugh could not quite grasp.


    However, he understood that Lucy was doing this for the sake of him and Chelsea, so he nodded back at her.


    Chelsea had not said a word. She just held her ss as she tried to suppress her heart, which Hugh kept tossing around.


    Hugh felt a pang of sadness and a twinge in his heart when he saw that Chelsea would not even look at him.


    "Chelsea..." he said, his voice shaky.


    It had been over a day since hest saw her. Since he found out she had gone to Charleston, he had been so worried, He was not worried about her being ufortable as Lucy would make sure she was fine in Charleston, and she would be safe.


    What really worried him was the thought that Chelsea might not want toe back with him.


    He did not know what he had done


    to make her so mad, but he knew he


    must have messed up somehow.


    He


    could not bear her coldness any longer and his eyes were filled with


    tears as he rushed overed with


    and


    crouched down beside her.


    "Chelsea, why did you go to Charleston without telling me? I was scared something had happened to you."


    Hugh could not shake the hollow


    feeling that gripped him when he et


    saw Chelsea''s empty closet. Her clothes were gone, packed up and taken away.


    It felt like she was saying goodbye for thest time and was slowly fading from his life, leaving him behind to start anew somewhere else. How was Hugh supposed to deal with that? He could not stand the thought of losing Chelsea. She meant more to him than ever before. Only Chelsea could make him feel that way. He felt as if his heart was full of holes, like it had been stabbed over and over. Chelsea would not even look at him. Hugh could not take it anymore. In a rush of emotion, he wrapped his arms around her.