"Ella, you are such a cold-hearted woman! How could you desert me and our child and run away? Do you know how hard I have tried to find you?" He held her in his arms, accusing her of being callous.
"Eh..." It seemed she was the one to blame.
"According to Catherine, if you really loved me, you would have definitely showed up after seeing me with another woman." When Catherine told him this, he didn't believe it at first.
She also said that she would immediately step back if Ella appeared. After some initial hesitation, he conceded.
But Ella was unmoved by Samuel and Catherine making their frequent appearances on the silver screen.
Samuel decided to go even further by announcing his engagement to Catherine.
However, Ella really had no heart for him. 'Didn't she love him? Why wouldn't she show up, after all he had done for her?'
He had done all he could to force her to come back to him.
However, he couldn't find her anywhere, and had became increasingly bad-tempered.
Looking at Samuel, his eyes glinting with sincerity, Ella almost got absorbed.
"Samuel, don't fake it. You know why I left. Don't you know how much I hate you? We will never be together again." She was in a bad mood. The things Samuel brought up added to her pain.
She pushed Samuel away, untied her seat belt, and was about to get out of the car before
She was pulled back inside. He held her in her arms and kissed her red lips, in one swift move.
"Don't hate me, Ella. Let me chase after you again, will you?" whispered Samuel in a seducing and soft voice near her left ear.
He would hate it if he lost her. Angry as he was with her, his wrath subsided every time he saw her lovely face.
Thinking about Jane, Ella formed a fist. "You'll never have my heart again. I hate you. I don't want to be with you." She shoved him away, opened the door and jumped out.
Samuel chased after her without hesitation, but he was held back.
"Samuel, if you follow me, I will never forgive you!"
She glanced at the man in anger, and quickly ran away from the car. Finally, Ella hailed a taxi and hopped in.
Looking at the taxi disappearing out of sight, Samuel thumped on the car door in frustration.
That afternoon, Ella went to work as scheduled. During a break, she found the harsh tag #SamuelEndsEngagement had became a popular trend on Weibo.
She clicked on the hashtag. The top post, a statement by Samuel, caught her eyes.
It read; 'It is with much sadness that I and Ms. Gu announced the end of our engagement.'
It was just a simple line that did not provide any explanation.
In the comment area below the statement, many were questioning the decision with comments such as, 'Is it because of Ella?'
'Do you plan to remarry your ex-wife?'
'I look forward to the day when you and Ella pledge your commitment to each other all over again!'
'You are such a scum and two-timer. How could you have affairs with your ex-wife, while engaged to Catherine?'
At first, Ella didn't want to respond to the tweet, but she changed her mind when she thought of how Catherine had treated her before.
She forwarded Samuel's tweet, and commented: 'Congratulations@Samuel@Catherine!'
Though she knew that as a public figure, she couldn't do some things because of her image, Ella didn't care and pressed the post button on her touch screen phone.
Sure enough, her forwarded tweet immediately invited much criticism.
Many were scolding her for taking malicious pleasure in other's sorrow.
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