Angeline fitted the Lawsons' bill even better than Sean because she was able to control her emotions, withdraw herself, and do everything as she was told.Sean pushed his glasses further up his nose and spoke calmly. "The business industry isn't a small one, but it's also not that huge either. Whatever happened between you and the Fletchers' youngest heir will eventually reach the Lawsons' ears in Krontos.""It's the same with Ned. I won't have anything more to do with him after this," Angeline said, tugging at the hem of her shirt. "As soon as the police can prove my innocence, I'll finalize the divorce with him and leave Oceanford."She wasn't about to tell Sean where she was going."You won't have anything more to do with him after this?" Sean's eyes turned dark and deep. He looked like he didn't believe her at all as he leaned back on the couch. "Back then, you were also seated opposite me like this, telling me determinedly that Ned was more important than your life.""Not a
Miles and Mallory were siblings who grew up with Ned. They were also close friends with Angeline, in a way.And just as Miles said, Mallory was one of the very few people who still supported Angeline's and Ned's relationship after Angeline woke up from her coma.Angeline gripped her covers tightly and shut her eyes, trying to suppress the anger rising in her. Her face went deathly pale. "Why didn't she explain things to me herself?""Lory knows she made a grave mistake. She's too ashamed to see you," Miles said, drawing his lips in a thin line. He dragged up a chair and sat down next to Angeline's hospital bed."I know what you're worried about. You're worried that Ned would think Lory was just covering up for you even if she tried explaining things to him.""What Ned thinks … doesn't really matter anymore," Angeline said in a faint voice. "I don't care."When Angeline was still in love with Ned, naturally, she would care about what Ned thought of her. But now that she no longer
When Angeline caught sight of Ned at the door, her eyes and emotions turned cold.Ned was angry. When he saw how Angeline grew cold as soon as she saw him, he got even angrier."If we can finalize the divorce today, you had better get as far away from me and Ingrid as possible. I will arrange for the public apology tomorrow!""Ned!"Miles didn't think that Ned would come looking for Angeline on his own. He stood up in shock and tried explaining himself. "Uh, I'm here to find Angie to explain the drug incident to her. Lory wanted to explain things to you during your party last night, because it had nothing to do with Angie, but—""Aren't you tired of playing along with Angeline's lies? Both you and your sister?" Ned was furious as he projected all of his anger toward Miles. "You're all just worried that the police would prove that Angeline did it so you thought up a lame excuse to try to cover for her. You'd think I wouldn't know whether she gave me the wine that night?"Angeline
The snow had melted into puddles on the ground, causing a muddy mess as people kept stepping into them."I'll go in to get my ID. Wait here for me," Angeline said, pushing open the door.Ned unbuckled his seat belt in the front passenger seat and said, "I'm going with you. Or else, you might run away."Ned and Miles followed Angeline into the area, carefully sidestepping the muddy puddles on the ground. They frowned as they looked at the shabby area that was filled with people."How could you live here?" Miles asked, shifting his gaze from the pile of rubbish by the roadside to Angeline. "Even if you didn't want to stay at the dorms anymore, you could still have gone to Lory's! This place is too shabby and shady for a single female like you.""It's fine." Angeline didn't elaborate any further.It was too expensive for her to stay at a hotel. What little savings she had from taking up part-time jobs while studying would never be enough to cover her stay there.And if she were to
Angeline never thought that she and Ned would end up like this either. But it was neither his nor her fault that they ended up like this.On Ned's 22nd birthday, he said that his first wish was to register his marriage with her as soon as possible. His second wish was to spend his 26th birthday with their child, and his third wish was to grow old with Angeline by his side.Only the first wish came true.She remembered coming out of the courthouse right after registering their marriage. Ned told her he was going to burn the marriage license after their marriage because they would only be separated through death and not divorce.To Angeline, who lost two years of her life after that, everything still felt like it just happened yesterday.Now, they were back at the courthouse again for their divorce. It felt ironic to hold the divorce certificate in her hands.Angeline rubbed her reddening eyes with the back of her hand and tucked her cert and ID away safely. Just as she was about t
After paying Zachary via online transfer for the clothes he bought her, Angeline then deleted his contact. The only people left in her list of contacts were Anne York, Henrietta York, Professor James Dickson, and Sean Lawson.Sean's profile picture was an underwater photo of the sun. He hadn't posted a single thing on his social media accounts. Anyone would think that his account belonged to an elderly person.Angeline's thumb hovered over Sean's profile picture."How much was the bill for my hospital stay last night? I'll transfer the amount back to you," Angeline said, turning to look at Sean, who was reading a document. "I also ruined your tie, so I'll compensate you for that too."The car suddenly swerved to the left. Angeline's phone slipped out of her hands as she fell toward Sean.Angeline panicked and tried to reach out to grab onto something to steady herself, but failed. She landed right in Sean's arms. She was just about to reach down to retrieve her phone when a hand q
Ned's post was flooded with comments. Most of them were shocked, while some of them suspected something fishy going on.Some comments called Ned a huge jerk for spreading Angeline's nudes online. They even encouraged Angeline to sue him.There were also people commenting who heard about Ned's and Angeline's past. They said that this was just Ned's way of trying to save some of Angeline's dignity for the sake of their past relationship.Some other people asked Ned what he was going to do about Angeline's nudes that had already been leaked online. Many male students had the photos saved on their devices, with some even reposting the photos to other platforms.The silver lining was that the incident was barely one week old, meaning that it hadn't gone that viral before Ned's public apology came out.Angeline sincerely hoped that the scandal would soon blow over.As she was going to leave tomorrow, Angeline didn't unpack her stuff from her suitcase. She only took out her pajamas and
The next time Sean met Angeline, he was 17 years old, and she was 12.Angeline had been stabbed twice because she wanted to save Ned. She lay on the hospital bed and refused the Lawsons' help once again.She was a scrawny kid back then. She told them calmly and seriously, "Outcasts should stay out of other people's lives. We should just do whatever is necessary so that we won't harbor expectations of anyone else. So, please don't interfere with my life. This is for the Lawsons … and you."Sean had felt that it was unfair to her back then, but Angeline's calm reply made him come back to his senses.That was when he went behind the Lawsons' backs and told the Fletchers that if they brought Angeline up in the guise of repaying her for the favor, the Lawsons would continue supporting them.This was the only time that Sean had ever interfered in Angeline's business.It was also then that Sean started paying a little more attention to this girl who was focused on just "doing whatever w