Amanda heard someone walked in. She knew it was Stanford, but she didn’t turn around.
Stanford stared at Amanda’s back and walked into the meeting room. Stanford turned and looked at Amanda when he walked to the seat opposite her.
It was a familiar face.
Stanford called her name subconsciously, “Amanda.”
Amanda looked up, and she looked expressionless, “Mr. James.”
It was a distant and cold appellation.
Stanford sat opposite Amanda, “Are we that distant now?”
Amanda smiled, “Did we ever got close? We’ve been sleeping on the same bed for three years. You never understand me, and I never got to step into your heart. Weren’t we distant all along?”
Stanford couldn’t help but stared at Amanda, “Last time…”
“The reason I’m here today wasn’t because of what happened last time. Let’s talk about the current,” Amanda pushed the iPad she brought to Stanford. It was showing a piece of breaking news.
The Aegis Security Services announced its bankruptcy just when J&Y Group invested the last amount of capital into it.
It meant every penny J&Y Group invested was wasted.
Of course, it was only how it looked like.
The money would be transferred to RM Group in another way.
They both knew about how it would end. Stanford looked calm. He took a glance at the new, then raised his head and stared at Amanda, “I owe you that.”
An emotion finally appeared in Amanda’s calm eyes. She asked, “Was it only money that you’ve owed me?”
Stanford remained silent.
He slowly clenched his fists on the table.
Amanda stood up, “You’ve owed me my life. No, two lives. That fire was supposed to kill two people, but I survived it. Stanford, you can never pay back what you owe me.”
Amanda turned around and wanted to leave the room. She stopped when she was at the door. Amanda told Stanford, “Stanford, this is the end between us.”
Then, Amanda exited the room.
“Wait up,” Stanford grasped Amanda’s hand. His eyes were red, and he was choked by sobs, “Why didn’t you tell me?”
Amanda raised her head and asked, “Tell you about what?”
“The child,” Stanford sounded hoarse.
Amanda laughed. Her eyes were red as well. She asked Stanford, “Did you give me a chance? Have you forgotten how determine you were? Do you need help to recall it?”
Stanford didn’t know how to answer Amanda. He felt heartache.
It was so painful that it was hard to breathe.
Stanford was the reason why the child was gone.
But Stanford was pushing his luck, “You’re lying because you wanted revenge, are you?”
“I would never curse my child no matter how much I hated you. You don’t worth it,” Amanda made every word clear.
Stanford stared at Amanda’s eyes. She was tearing. “I killed my baby?”
Stanford wanted to hear Amanda say no.
But the truth was he did kill his child.
“I’m sorry…”
Stanford didn’t know what else to say.
Amanda got away from Stanford, “I don’t need your apologies. I’ll only curse you for not having love in your life. You won’t be able to enjoy the happiness a family bring. You’re going to be lonely for life.”
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