He Laughed While I Was Hit - Chapter (39)
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Chapter 39
But he was not the same man.
He had lost a great deal of weight. The shoulders of his suit seemed to hang off him.
I didn’t let him inside.
“If you have something to say, say it here.”
He lowered his eyes to the flowers.
“The company hit one hundred million in revenue today.”
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“You get news fast.”
“I used to own shares, too.”
*Used to.*
After those two words, he gave a bitter smile.
“Astrid, I keep thinking about that day. If I had stopped Francesca, would everything be different?”
“No.”
“Why not?”
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“Because the moment you walked into that library three years ago, you were already wrong.”
He looked up at me.
His eyes slowly reddened.
“I admit it—at first, it was for the formulas.”
“But three years… there’s no way there were no real feelings at
all.”
“When you were sick, I took you to the hospital.”
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“On your birthday, I also—”
“Marco.”
I cut him off.
“All of that happened.”
“But it was too late.”
He just stood there.
The roses in his hand drooped.
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“Is there really no chance for us?”
“The divorce decree is real.”
“The share transfer is real.”
“The apology you signed is real, too.”
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“Which one of those makes you think there’s still a chance?”
His lips moved.
No sound came out.
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I turned and started back inside.
“Astrid.”
He called after me.
“Did you ever love me?”
I paused.
“I did.”
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“That’s why you were able to hurt me.”
“But not anymore.”
The glass doors slid closed.
Marco and his roses were left outside.
This time, I didn’t look back.
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