Hannah didn't say another word in prison. She turned around to leave. All that needed to be said to Charles had already been said. And there would be no more feelings for him. Charles would be removed from her life from now on, she thought.
The greatest tragedy of a man is not death, but that he is completely forgotten by others.
Hannah was about to leave when Charles suddenly shouted out, "Hannah, didn't I love you in my last life?"
Hannah hesitated in her steps as she left. When she was tortured by Charles, there was a time when she was also confused about this question. But now, she no longer cared whether Charles loved her or not.
She turned around to answer him in an ironic tone, "What else do you love except the power you want?"
People like Charles were quite pathetic. His life was only about interests, without any love. To achieve his goal, he could do anything, even by devious means. He didn't have the feeling that he was supposed to have as a human being.
What was the meaning of his life anyway?
"I almost forgot to tell you." Hannah showed no more than a flash of sympathy at Charles's sorrow. She said, "We were married for ten years. But you were so cold to me in bed. You vented your lust on other women. I know there were Jane, Mary, Sandra, Sarah, and many more... I've forgotten their names now. "
Charles gazed at Hannah, watching her count all his crimes with the most indifferent attitude.
"And it was only in this life that I learned what it was like to have wonderful sex. My feelings for Oscar seem to grow stronger for this reason."
"Is that so?" Charles suddenly laughed at himself. It was as if he had been a different man from the man suppressing all his anger back then. At this moment, he became unusually calm and also unreasonably sad.
"Hannah, what if I told you that I was in love with you in this life?"
Hannah tightened her brows. She had anticipated everything before she came to see him today. She thought that Charles would be furious, that he would break down, that he would retort to her, and that he would be firm in speech. But never had she expected to hear those words from him.
Hannah also laughed, in an ironic way. She didn't know how to understand the love he said. She thought that Charles was trying to take advantage of her by using his skills to please women.
"I'll be jealous when you show affection for Oscar. I'll be fascinated when you suddenly let out your charm. All that I am thinking about is you when I have sex with Sarah!" Charles told her everything at this moment.
So the tingling inside him was caused by his love for Hannah. He finally admitted it.
Hannah smiled. She believed it since Charles was not stupid. He knew well that at this time, no matter what he said, he would still just end up like this. He needn't do something that would not help him, which made his life even more pathetic.
Hannah replied, "Charles, in my previous life, I gave you my heart and soul, but you killed me in return. In this life, I attacked you whenever possible, even sending you to prison. Yet you said that you fell in love with me. Tell me, who is more pathetic between us?"
"Maybe it's me," Charles answered peacefully.
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