His Real Wedded Bride novel Chapter 856

"Worried?" Sue scorned at Anthony with disdain. "Why would you worry about me? Why should you?" She was not growing any more patient over the speechlessness of Anthony when she finally realized something big that could answer all of her questions at once. "Are you worried that I'm going to commit suicide?"

Sue had tried so many times to avoid that topic that she was now explicitly putting on the table to discuss. Anthony might not have been the one to mention it, but he was the one who led their conversation to this trail.

Since this was the case, Sue finally expressed her feelings bluntly before Anthony, "You don't have to worry about me. I am not stupid, weak, or small like you perceive me to be to just give up on myself and live in perpetual misery and remorse just because a man does not and cannot love me. If I know I can live a full life, then I will move forward and that's exactly what I'm doing -- if he's not going to be a part of my life, then so be it. I'll be a part of my life."

The warrior of a woman caught her breath from all the explaining she had to do before proceeding and finishing after her thoughts, "Now that you know what you wanted to know about me, can you please leave me alone?"

Anthony understood all that Sue had said but was not having it; he was just as stubborn as a man would be, not taking a woman's final word for it. "You've changed a lot," he said with a subtle frown, looking at Sue with a complexion that is unreadable. "You would never talk to me like this back then."

Sue scoffed at Anthony's remark, thinking that he must really think she was stupid enough to reduce the standards of her life to his convenience. She shrugged and replied, "People are supposed to change, Anthony." She continued coldly, "How do you want me to talk to you? Did you prefer a sweeter words? Did you want me to be more considerate? You must be out of your mind, Anthony."

Sue thought to herself for a while before proceeding to speak her entire mind without filter to the man who was delusional enough to think that she would succumb to him. "You know what, I was a fool for you even when I knew how I was not the woman fit for your 'ideals', and to this day I carry the burden of that mistake that I no longer have time to be pestered, even by you who caused all the crap I have to live with. Why won't you leave me alone?"

The burdened woman was now a bit vexed, but she did not plan to stop any time soon; she had waited so long to be able to get all these things off her chest that she wasn't about to just let some man to dictate her feelings. "You said I've changed a lot, and I'm glad I did. What did you expect? That I'd be stupid forever? Is that the kind of life you want me to lead? Did you want me to still be head over heels for you? Did you really think I'd have a heart so big that I'd shrink my mind small for you?" Anthony was beginning to feel her words sting, but whatever he felt would never amount to what torment he once made Sue feel. When the guilt built up inside of him, he began to gather his words, "Sue, I know how much I've hurt you, but…

Can we talk like two decent people pouring their hearts out? Could we slow down so our words don't get ahead of us? I know you're hurt, but you have to know that I can feel hurt, too." Sue was frustrated that Anthony still had the last say, but it was not like she could say anything that would get through the man's head so all she could really say was his name with undertones of devastation.

"Anthony," she let out a long sigh so that she could calm herself down. She put her chin up as far as she could so that she could look the man before her in the eyes and said, "Since we're here now, I want to make it clear one more time, please, remember this: whatever was between you and me is over, and that will never change. I want to cut all my ties with you and want to have no form of interaction with you. Here's how it is and how it will always be: we don't owe each other anything and we are total strangers. If you think you owe me anything more than an apology, forget about it; I don't need anything from you. Your guilt is the last thing I want to hear about, so you shouldn't feel guilty. I'm not asking anything more from you, Anthony. Just that you don't do anything. That, I'll sincerely appreciate."

Sue was very clear with her terms, but for some reason, Anthony took no regard for any of it and said, "I know that's not what you really feel and I know that's not what you really want to tell me." He looked into her eyes and gently explained, "Yesterday, after Sheryl and I talked, I asked someone to go over the things that have happened to you; to go over the things in your life and now I know all the cruel things that were done to you. I know you're afraid to get me involved and that you intentionally chose words that would hurt me in order to drive me away -- that was your plan, wasn't it?"

The woman before Anthony had felt every beat of her heart turn into thuds. She never thought that the man she loved would investigate the whole issue, and for a brief moment she felt glad and relieved. However, it didn't take long before she pulled herself together and kept her integrity; she wasn't about to sabotage herself so she toughened up and said, "You regard yourself too highly, Anthony. I may have changed, but you surely haven't. You are nobody to me, and I feel like you have to know to what extent. So, listen, and listen real carefully to the words I'm about to say. Anthony, you are dead to me." she turned to Anthony with a smirk plastered onto her face.

"I broke up with you because I no longer wanted to waste time on you. You are not worthy of it. I couldn't invest any more of my resource on you. I know you think I'm some angel, but you thought wrong!"

Sue lowered her gaze and added, "As for my family, it's none of your business because we are in no way related; you have no right to intervene with my own personal affairs."

Anthony, whose heart was shattered into pieces, felt disdained. However, he still wasn't having any of her words no matter how convincing they sounded. Hearing her words might have hurt him, but they weren't about to let him accept his unrighteous defeat. "Sue," he said, "please, stop being stubborn. You know, it is completely okay to accept other people's help -- you can trust me. I just want to help you; no more and no less."

Sue, who was trying her best not to let her walls come crumbling down around her, responded, "You're wrong." She stared at Anthony with a cold look on her face and said, "I've always been like this. No matter what happens, I can only do things on my own because that's how I've always been. I never had anyone but myself. There was no one there for me but myself, so I couldn't afford to fail. This is the life I'm used to. So, Anthony, I'm begging you to make this easy for me. Please, leave me alone and get out of my life. Please do not bother me anymore."

She looked at Anthony for a second and then quickly looked away, saying, "Please, don't bother Sheryl either. If you really want to make it up to me, just stay away from us."

The helpless man was beginning to feel like he was losing her. "Sue…"