His brows furrowed and for a fleeting moment, panic flickered in his eyes as he deflected, "What kind of explanation? Back then, your mother's surgery failed because of her critical condition. Don't you know that?"
He said again, "Regardless of what happened back then, it's not a reason for you to take action against Taylor. Now, apologize to her, Fiona!"
Before I could respond, Taylor who was clinging to his shoulder said with trembled voice, "Don’t … don’t make things hard for Fiona. The fact that Gregg broke off their engagement was already unfair to her. Consider today’s incident my way of making amends to her.…”
“If she despises me so much, we’ll stop contacting each other. I don’t want to make things difficult for you," she continued.
When I heard this, I clenched my hand so hard that my nails dug into my palms and drew blood from it.
As I watched the two of them walk away, their figures entwined, I knew that it was over between us.
I took the box and continued to burn the things inside. At this very moment, five years of love and devotion turned into ashes.
An hour later, Matt sent me a message to explain.