Those Seven Years Between Me and Him: From Lovers to Strangers

Regina Haynes, telling me that her ex-husband had abused her, my boyfriend,

k every order from her ex-husband's company. Kristian also made it

krupt, Regina hugged me, laughi

you break up, who am I supposed

ms. "Shut up. There is no way I

that I could look after her; I even arranged for her to work at my com

around me and ask, seemingly jealous,

th business trip and secured a major internatio

e to pick me up. Out of habit, I opened the passenger-side door and was about to

a used

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ingers, which were tre

r how to speak. I stared at Kristian in t

t he kept his lips tightly pressed

increasingly suffocating and tense,

, stubbornly refusing

na, I am breaking up with Kristian.

rried downstairs, but she had

h of a hurry and stepped forward

immed eyes and walked over to stand beside Kristian. "

nt. All I could hear was th

ut to cry but was holding herself

did not dare meet my eyes, and gritted out

She bit her lip, looking as though

fort her before turning to look at me. "Elianna, it is not what you think. Just listen to me. Regina is timid and se

had been clinging to was

ore through my chest, and the

ed. He seemed to instinctiv

did you forget to take your painkillers a

k out the painkillers

standing together, looking so perfectly m

rything of yours in m

tcase and walked away

had when the three of us lived there together, except that at

ly broke down. Tears streaming down my face, I angrily stuffed ev

y had done in this apar

o the floor. I looked at the gifts I had brought back for the

ts into the garba

nd Kristian arrived

her face deepened. Tears immediately fell from her eyes. "Elianna, we neve

pulled her into his arms,

resist, but in the end, she let him hold her, lo

le performance and l

said, clearly displeased. "Elianna, can you stop being so harsh on her? She

ere the ones who had suffered some enormous injustice,

years of high-pressure business negotiation

h my temple, and I could

owered his voice and said to Regina, "Go wait in the

wanting to say someth

chose to liste

away and finally ac

-she always needed someone to de

After I was gone for three months, sh

, out of all the men in the wor

pwards and avoided Kristian

ou are always acting like you do not need anyone. But we ar

d, "Regina would n

me, yet he put the blame on me

y myself. Regina has to depend on you because she has no ability to stand on

t compromise. "No matter what, we've wronged you. I will talk

I do not need your favor. Even if you do not gi

g look before finally turning and leaving the

nto the sofa, and the headache I had been forcing my

abit so deeply in me that it had become instinctive, I

response I go