Isabel followed me leisurely, her gaze fixed on me. "Ethan, my mom is waiting for us at the restaurant I booked. Can we go there first?"
I stopped and turned to look at her.
"We've broken up. I have no obligation to please your parents anymore."
Isabel comes from a scholarly family. Both her parents are university professors, strict in education and social conduct.
To match their standards, I worked tirelessly every day and spent weekends enduring their judgment.
For the so-called love, I had been enduring it in silence.
This life and relationship offered no reason for me to keep going.
So, I didn't want to continue.
"We were about to get married, and now you suddenly want to break up..." Isabel's emotions were agitated, her bright eyes showing a hint of anger and disappointment. "I always thought you were a reasonable and responsible man. So it turns out you can be this petulant."
I sneered, "I'm being petulant? You mean, seeing my girlfriend fawning over another man, I shouldn't be upset and should applaud instead?"
"I said the situation was special, with many people teasing. He's a thin-skinned guy. If I had refused at that moment, wouldn't I have embarrassed him on purpose?"