What else could she do?
Weston seemed to have guessed that she would not just follow him so easily. He followed behind her
without any rush.
When they got out of the parking lot, Stella squinted, dazzled by the sunlight outside. Weston finally
opened the car door, walked up to her, and grabbed her wrist. “Don’t challenge my patience.” Stella
pushed his hand away. “What else can I do? Why can’t you let go of me?”
She had said it countless times to Weston. Weston had heard it many times, but he simply ignored her
and shoved her into the car without a word.
Stella was very thin. She was so thin that she had no strength to fight him. After being tucked into the
passenger seat, Stella made a conscious effort to get up. However, the man pressed her to the seat
and held her shoulder.
“Sit properly.” Weston was too close to her. He stood outside the car, tall and straight. He could hold
her in place with just one hand while the other hand pulled out the seat belt. He casually ran his
fingertips across her slightly heaving chest. She did not know if it was intentional or not, but it did stop
there for a while. Finally, he helped her to fasten the safety belt.
After that, he looked up and met Stella’s angry eyes. He was slightly stunned to see the humiliation in
her eyes.
He quickly calmed down and gently stroked her cheek. “I know you don’t like it, but I hope you can get
used to it soon. We have a long time ahead of us. If you can’t relax, you’ll be the only one who suffers.”
Stella felt a chill in her bones to hear him say such words to her. “Must you force me like this?”
What did she do wrong to him?
She did not want to pursue anything from the past. All she wanted was just a good and peaceful life.
Why must he bother her?
“Why? Did I murder your family in my previous life? Why must you torture me so much!” Stella was on
the verge of losing control of her emotions.
Weston looked at her for a few steady beats and said nothing. He got into the car from the other side,
started the car, and drove slowly towards the road ahead.
The scenery outside the window moved quickly. The man’s fringe cast a shadow under his eyes.
After a long silence, he finally said, “Consider it a debt you’ll pay for killing my family in your last life.”
Stella closed her eyes. She roared out, “You have no shame!”
Weston said without hesitation. “I only want you.”
It was as if her anger had been crushed by the icy iceberg. Stella could feel the cold pain in her anger.
Before the flames of her anger went ravaging, they extinguished in the icy coldness, leaving nothing
but a deserted land. And her heart that would never come to life again.
“But I don’t want you.” After a long moment, Stella said in a raspy voice.
She almost begged, “Why must you torture me? I haven’t done anything wrong to you. You have
Guinevere and a son now. There are plenty of willing women around you if you want them. Why can’t
you just let me go?” “Because I don’t want to let you go.” Weston drove with an impassive look. He
looked blankly inscrutable, but the emotions were rumbling in his eyes. He wanted to ask Stella the
same question as well. Why could he not let her go?
He was searching for an answer too, but he never got it right.
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