“Amy, do you know what I’m telling you these?” Stanford tested her.
Amanda was stunned and then snapped to her senses, “Sorry, you must be mistaken. I’m Amanda and not Amy.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, I mistook Ms. Flores as my ex-wife. You look so much like her.” Stanford did not hide and looked at her in detail and said, “I thought of her when I saw you.”
Amanda turned away and said, “Mr. James, you’ve had a little too much.”
He stood up and walked towards the window and stared into the darkness, “We had an open relationship. She loved me very much and gave herself to me over here…”
Amanda bit her lips to remain in control of herself and not rush to ask him why did he hurt her since he knew that she loved him. She managed to control herself.
“Mr. James, are you done?”
“She liked to hug me from behind and kiss my cheeks and remain in my embrace. She would tell me how much she loved me.” Suddenly he turned around and said, “Would a woman stop loving a man she once loved deeply?”
Amanda tightly pursed her lips. She reason why she liked to hug him from behind was that she noticed that whenever he had something troubling him, he would stand alone and stare into the distance. She wanted to surprise him, give him warmth, comfort him. So each time she would creep up behind him and hug him tightly and ask him coyly, “Guess who?”
However, each time he would not play along and expose her. She would not mind and said, “Congratulations, I’ll give you a kiss as a reward for guessing correctly.”
She knew that Stanford was not doted upon by his parents. That was why she kept telling him how much she loved him to show him that there was someone who loved him even if his parents do not.
Perhaps it was Stanford who kept it from her, she did not know that his mother was a stepmother.
At that time, she endeavoured to give him a warm family and let him feel what it was like to have a happy and loving family. In the end, it was he who destroyed all the opportunities.
“If Mr. James did not disappoint her, then she should be happy wherever she was. However, If Mr. James betrayed her, then she would definitely be cursing you to hell.”
Stanford grabbed his glass tightly and then asked, “Would she really curse me to hell?”
Amanda laughed, “You seem to love her very much so you must not have hurt her. That meant that she wouldn’t hate you.”
She seemed to have touched a nerve and caused Stanford’s expression to change for the worse.
He did hurt her very deeply. Did she hate him?
Amanda looked at the time and said, “Mr. James, it’s getting late. Shall we continue with our business discussion?”
Stanford held onto the glass tightly and said, “Ms. Flores, I’m not satisfied with your business plan.”
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