His good intentions were treated as a donkey’s liver and lungs, and he was furious, unable to help but express his feelings to her, saying it so suddenly, yet he felt relieved.
So from then on, he wouldn’t have to hide anymore, right? If she knew he liked her, then he would have a legitimate reason to protect her, right?
But he didn’t expect that after she found out he liked her, she would avoid him even more.
Davis was her calamity, and she was his. She could never escape from Davis, and he could never escape from her repeatedly rejecting him for Davis.
However, Leon probably didn’t know that Samantha had called Davis to the shop not to rekindle their old flame.
“Do you know why I called you in?” Samantha said coldly, not waiting for him to answer before continuing, “Because I don’t want to be embarrassed anymore.”
“I’m sorry, Samantha.”
“You don’t need to say sorry to me, and I don’t want to know whether you are divorced or not. It’s over between us, so please don’t come looking for me again.”
Davis frowned tightly, his face showing pain. “I know I wronged you, but I really had my reasons at the time. I had no other choice…”
“I don’t want to hear any more of this.” Samantha interrupted him. “You should know me. I’ve told you before that the person I hate the most in this life is my father because he betrayed my mother, betrayed me and my sister. So the thing I can’t tolerate the most is betrayal. What you did has crossed the line of what I can accept. The moment you betrayed me, I completely lost hope in you. So I don’t want to hear any more of your excuses. I will never go back to you; you should understand that.”
“I know… I know that what I say now is useless, but Samantha… I hope you can give me another chance. I will make up for what I owe you.”
“I don’t need you to make up for anything. I have truly lost hope in you. I also hope you won’t disturb me again. For the sake of our past acquaintance, I don’t want to say much about what happened before, but if you come again in the future, I will have to call the police for harassment.”
When she said these words, she was neither angry nor resentful towards him; she spoke very calmly, even with a hint of disgust in her eyes.
She had truly lost hope in him; it wasn’t revenge. Davis took a step back, feeling as if he had been struck by lightning.
But she didn’t want to say much to him and called the waiter over to urge him to leave.
The next morning, Samantha went to Leon’s hospital room. This time, when she arrived, the room was filled with people, all familiar faces she had seen during her first visit.
Seeing so many people made Samantha feel a bit awkward; it wasn’t easy to say those words in front of so many.
“Hello, sister-in-law.”
“Hello, sister-in-law.”
The chorus of “sister-in-law” made Samantha’s face turn red, but she didn’t feel as flustered as the first time. She shyly nodded to everyone, “You… hello.”
She walked to Leon’s bedside and asked, “Are you feeling better?”
Not really, he wanted to tell her. He felt terrible; he didn’t want to hear her speak, didn’t want to hear her give him an answer. But he still expressionlessly nodded, “Mm.”
The group in the room was very perceptive; seeing that the two clearly had something to say, they quickly left, leaving only Samantha and Leon in the room.
When there were many people, she felt quite embarrassed, but now that it was just the two of them, she felt uneasy.
“About what you said yesterday…”
Leon tightened his grip on the bedsheet. In fact, this wasn’t the first time she had rejected him, and there was nothing he couldn’t accept, but he still instinctively resisted, even wanting to stop her from telling him the answer.
“I’ve thought it over.”
Leon closed his eyes, feeling utterly exhausted. The woman he had loved for so many years kept rejecting him again and again. This sense of defeat was something he could hardly bear.
Samantha was so nervous she could hardly breathe, not even daring to look at his expression. She lowered her head, not daring to meet his gaze.
“I… I agree to be with you; let’s… let’s give it a try.”
“Mm?”
Leon suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her, doubting whether he had heard her wrong. “You… what did you say?”
Samantha felt her face grow even redder. She simply turned her back to him, completely facing away, “I said, I agree to you; let’s give it a try.”
Leon: “…”
Leon felt he couldn’t find the words to describe his feelings at that moment. He just sat there, staring blankly at the woman who had her back to him.
She didn’t refuse; she agreed.
She actually agreed.
After a long time without a response from him, Samantha turned to look at him, only to see him staring at her in silence. Samantha bit her lip and asked, “You… you aren’t regretting it, are you?”
Regret? What the hell is that?!
He was so happy he could fly!
