Wendy wondered. Wasn't she with Harry before? What had happened? Could it be that they quarreled again? If it was really so, the couple was just torturing each other!
The thought of Harry made Lola more agitated. She sat on the sofa without even looking at her little nephew or holding him for a while. She was so upset.
"Wendy, I really don't want to be with Harry. But he wouldn't let me go." She told Wendy straightforwardly about what was troubling her.
Wendy walked closer to Lola with Colin in her arms. She observed Lola carefully, but could not find any trace of unhappiness. Her fine complexion didn't look like as if she just had a fight with Harry.
Then there was only one possibility. Wendy blurted out her suspicion, "So you have not reconciled with each other yet, right?" Wendy didn't see Lola for several nights at home. So she had thought she was with Harry and they were getting along so well.
Lola leaned on the sofa and stretched out her hands to pinch the little cute face of Colin. She answered, "Yes, we are not."
Yes, she has not forgiven him. She thought she was not firm on her decision. Her faith will waver on the slightest seductive move of Harry.
"Why don't you come back to him? Is it because he is not good to you or you just can't forget what happened in the past?" The aftermath of her suicide attempt last year may still be lingering on her mind. Wendy was very worried.
In this aspect, it was normal that Lola didn't want to come back to Harry. She would not find it strange.
"No, it's not because he is not good to me. He is doing everything for me. But after everything that happened, I have lost faith in him completely!" Yes, it was not easy for her to move on from that...
But what weighed in her heart was fear. She feared that if she was with him again, the memory of the past would always haunt her.
Wendy sat down beside Lola while holding Colin in her arms. She suggested, "Then make a clean break-up with him. Refuse him firmly to his face. Stand your ground, Lola." Wendy's intention was clear. Lola should make Harry let go of her completely.
Lola handed over the baby and playfully teased him. She continued, "I have made myself clear again and again. You know what I did on the anniversary celebration party that day. I declared our break-up in front of so many people. He did not feel angry. On the contrary, he seemed to pester me more frequently. It was unusual of him!"
Harry, an international CEO, was a distinguished man in regard of his honorable image and status. But he did not have any reaction when Lola dumped him in public.
Didn't he care about his image anymore?
Wendy didn't know what side to choose. If she persuaded Lola to be with Harry, Lola could not forget the harm he has caused to her. It would eventually traumatize her. If she suggested Lola to break up with him completely, Lola would not feel happy without him.
Wendy knew Lola so well. As her intimate friend as well as her sister-in-law, Lola was forthright in character. She would smile when she was happy, and express her unhappiness when she was depressed. She was like an open book!
But since Lola had undergone the murder incident and the attempted suicide, she has become unsociable and eccentric. She had never seen Lola in such a strange state for a period of time.
After that, Harry came to her with Nicole and tried to make her forget the misunderstandings between them.
From then on, Lola apparently became better. Her complexion and personality were better now. She was gradually recovering from the incidents.
All these had something to do with Harry. So Wendy thought for a while and replied, "Lola, I personally suggest you to give him a last chance. Just one more."
She hoped Harry would live up to her expectations and give Lola permanent happiness. She didn't want to make the matter worse because of her suggestion.
Lola became silent. To give him the last chance? That sounded reasonable. But she did not have the courage to do it.
"Wendy, what if he don't trust me again? Then I will really be dead." She could no longer stand any tests of love. She was already tired and weary.
Wendy was so confused. Lola was right. If Harry hurt her again, the consequence would be unimaginable. It would be really worse. The attempted suicide was a case in point. Lola was actually lucky to survive it. Thanks to the timely emergency rescue, she was still alive now. Or she would definitely be dead falling from the 32nd floor of a building.
It would be a disaster to the family if they lost Lola forever. No one would ever recover from that...
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