“Look, a lot of time has passed since everything that happened. There is no need for you to apologize, and I don’t want your apology either. Also, I hope you’ll stop contacting me from now on,” I said coldly as Justin could no longer touch my heart.
Not wanting to give him a chance to say anything further, I hung up on him immediately after. Being betrayed hurt me so much that I felt like I couldn’t go on, but thinking back made me realize I wouldn’t have met Michael if not for his betrayal.
I once thought that Justin was the man I loved the most in life, but I was wrong as I only learned what true love meant after meeting Michael. Although I no longer had any feelings for Justin whatsoever, getting his call all of a sudden still worsened my mood greatly because he had hurt me the most in life.
Having spent the whole morning at home, I felt like I was going to die from boredom and decided to go shopping with Natalie in the afternoon. I then gave her a call and went downstairs after agreeing on a time to meet up, only to bump into Justin when I arrived at the entrance of my residential area.
I didn’t know the reason behind his surprise visit here at Birchwood, but I didn’t even want to see him at all.
“Anna!” I was about to head back home when he saw me and began running toward me while shouting my name. Pretending not to see him was no longer an option as he had already spotted me, so I stopped in my tracks and turned around to stare coldly at him.
“I’ve been waiting here since morning, Anna! I’m so glad I get to see you!” Justin exclaimed as he stepped up to me. He looked like a stranger longing to be close, but all I felt was an urge to get away from him as quickly as possible.
“Why did you wait here? I’ve made myself very clear on the phone earlier, Justin. I don’t need your apology.” The mere thought of his phone call earlier got me all agitated because I didn’t want to have any form of contact with him.
Justin seemed a little upset when he saw how cold I was. He said after a long pause, “I know I’ve hurt you deeply in the past, and it’s perfectly justifiable for you to hate me, but I still want to apologize anyway.”
The look in Justin’s eyes was gentle like when we used to be madly in love with each other. It used to make me excited for days on end, but it no longer had any effect on me. “I accept your apology, and I’ll be on my way now that you’re done with it.”
I didn’t want to waste any more time and energy on him as I still had a shopping date with Natalie later. Justin then blocked my path and asked with a pained look on his face, “Do you still hate me, Anna?” Displeased by him standing in my way, I said, “You’re overthinking it.
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