didn’t want to stay any longer.
As I was about to leave, Sarah strode forward
and grabbed my wrist.
“You want to leave? After creating this scene,
you think you can just walk away?”
Sarah’s mother intervened.
“Sarah, Tom has nothing to do with you or
the Millers anymore. It’s up to him whether he
stays or leaves.”
Sarah hung her head, lost in thought.
But I could feel her tightening her grip on my
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wrist.
After I forcefully pulled away, she stared at
me in shock.
“Tom, are you really leaving? You… you
haven’t explained… you can’t leave!”
She was flustered, her anxious gaze shifting
between me and her mother.
“Sarah, let him go if he wants to leave.
Haven’t you always hated him?”
“Don’t worry, I’ll never abandon you! I won’t
let you marry into the Thompson family.”
Seeing Sarah’s distress, Mark quickly swore.
But she didn’t even glance at him; her gaze
remained fixed on me, as if trying to bore a
hole through me.
“We’ve known each other for over twenty
years. Even if we break up, you don’t have to
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leave. I’ll buy you a house as
compensation…”
Sarah’s words sounded ludicrous to me.
I said, smiling.
“No need to bother.‘
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My detached attitude made Sarah swallow
the rest of her words.
She pursed her lips, still unwilling to give up.
“If you leave, you’ll never see me again! My
mother is a woman of her word; you’ll never
come back!”
“You’d better not regret this. Your leaving
won’t affect me. I have Mark; I won’t marry into the Thompson family.”
She muttered to herself, seemingly convincing
herself. When she looked up, the hesitation in
her eyes vanished.
Carah arahhad Mark’s oloava
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Sarah grabbed Mark’s sleeve.
She lifted her chin with a show of
magnanimity.
“Go ahead. If you have the guts, don’t come
back.”
Mark, seeing Sarah choosing him, was
speechless with excitement.
He looked at me triumphantly, a smirk on his
lips.
“Sarah, don’t worry. Just say the word, and
I’ll run away with you. We’ll be the happiest
couple in the world.”
I sighed, ignoring them, and left.
Sarah, true to her word, didn’t chase after
- me.
She always oversimplified things. Sarah’s
mother could tolerate Sarah’s antics, but she
wouldn’t let her divorce Mark
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mother could tolerate Sarah’s antics, but she
wouldn’t let her divorce Mark.
Sarah’s first love, under her mother’s plan,
had disappeared.
She saw Mark as a lifeline and naturally didn’t
bother to keep me.
Sarah’s mother followed me, handing me a
bank card.
“Tom, take this million dollars. Don’t refuse.
It’s my way of repaying your parents.”
“I’ll help you change your name and identity; Sarah won’t find you.”
