Chapter 158

“There is no need to draw a clear boundary, as we never had any relationship to begin with.”

“Who said that!” Reynaldo suddenly bellowed at me. “Who said we have no connection, do you know…?”

“Yes, we used to be in a romantic relationship, but now, aren’t you getting engaged to Ms. Palmer? Let’s put an end to our romantic relationship here.”

Reynaldo clearly paused. He looked at me fixedly and said, “So, you also received the news of my engagement to Kimberly, right?”

“Yeah,” I smiled, trying my best. “I actually wanted to congratulate you, and now that I bumped into you, I can say it in person. Congratulations!”

Reynaldo looked at me heavily, his black eyes filled with unbreakable coldness. He suddenly laughed and said, “Congratulations? So, even if you knew I was going to get engaged to Kimberly, you had no intention of showing up, right? If it weren’t for us happening to meet today, you had no intention of ever appearing in front of me again, right?”

I pursed my lips and remained silent. He had a faint, cold, and self-deprecating smile. “Ms. Dully, do you really… really not want to see me?”

I frowned. “Reynaldo, you were really strange, weren’t you…?”

“I have one more question for you…” Before I could finish, he suddenly grabbed my arm and stared intently. “Do you want to come back with me?”

Go back with him? What did you go back for? Did he continue to be his clandestine lover? No, no, no… I would go crazy if I went back as his lover to see him and Kimberly happily together until old age. Not to mention, I had a baby. Yes, absolutely I cannot let Reynaldo find out I was pregnant with his baby.

I looked at Reynaldo and said firmly, “No, I don’t want to go back with you.”

“Esmeralda!” He tightly gripped my arm, his knuckles turning slightly pale from the force.

I slapped his hand in pain. “Reynaldo, please don’t do this, please spare me. I just wanted Ralda to live her own life quietly. Now that you and Kimberly are also getting together, I won’t disturb you, and please don’t disturb me anymore, okay? As for the money I owe you, I will definitely repay you in my lifetime.”

However, he seemed not to have heard me and sneered coldly. “Live your own life? Is your so-called life just casually clinging to a man? You would rather accompany them than be with me. Was it that I didn’t give enough, or was there something about me that wasn’t as good as them?”

“That’s enough, Reynaldo. Why do you always have to look at me like this?” I looked at him sadly. “I admit, I used to be a useless rich girl, but ever since my family fell on hard times, I have been trying my best to live on my own abilities. Why do you always have to think that I relied on men to survive? In your eyes, am I really that pathetic?”

Reynaldo didn’t say a word, but stared fiercely. In those dark and deep eyes, there was resentment, self-mockery, and a touch of indescribable sadness. I didn’t know what he was sad about; after all, it was he who hurt others with his words.

I snapped coldly, “Reynaldo, not everyone’s thoughts are as dirty as yours. That man earlier, he was just my colleague. Don’t always assume that the men who appear around me have inappropriate relationships with me. I am not as casual as you think.”

11.04

Although I loved to play, I also knew how to love myself. Reynaldo remained silent, his dark and intense eyes fixed unwaveringly on me. When he looked at people like that, there was an indescribable sense of oppression. I couldn’t stand this oppression, and I didn’t want to say anything more to him.

I forcefully pried open his hand and turned around, ready to leave. But he suddenly grabbed my hand. He remained silent for a few seconds before speaking, his voice sounding low: “Come back with me.”

Go back with him? How is it possible? Because of the baby in my belly, I couldn’t go back with him either.

I pushed his hand away again and firmly said, “I couldn’t go back with you.”

After saying that, I stopped looking at him and walked quickly out of the bathroom. I heard a self-mocking chuckle from behind me. “I only ask for this one time, really, just this one time.”