My Sweet Seduction novel Chapter 76

I DID NOT go to work the next day because of the bad feeling. Lawrence and I did not meet for a few days.

After what happened at the party, I did not talk to him again. I don’t think it is the right thing to do. But this is probably the best thing to do right now.

If I continue to have a relationship with Lawrence, I am sure there will be nothing left to him. Even everything he worked for will go to nothing. Maybe I should just follow his father’s wishes—and that was to be separated from him.

“Margaux, can we talk?” Cindy’s voice spoke from outside of my bedroom door. “Please, Margaux!” she said with a series of knocks.

I blew out a deep breath and was forced to open the door.

“What are you doing here?” I turned my back on her and went back to bed, and sat down.

I heard a deep sighed before she spoke.

“I should have asked you the same question! Look at you, Margaux! You look so damn miserable. You’re pale. You will get sick if you are always locked in your room!”

She walked straight to the window and pulled back the curtain to open the window.

I did not answer; instead, I just looked out the window.

“What happened to you? You will give up so d*mn easily? My God, Margaux, you are no longer a teen. How about Clarence?”

My tears flowed because of what she said.

“You don’t deserve all of these. Not Clarence either.”

“I thought you were happy. I thought you could find your forever and be a Saavedra like me. Did I just think all of that?” Her voice already cracked. She also grabbed my hand and held it tightly.

“Please, be strong. Be brave, Margaux.”

My lips pursed tightly. I feel the muscles of my chin tremble like a distressed child. I couldn’t stop the tears from dripping down my face.

“I can’t. I’m tired! I’m tired of fighting. I was never the first choice. Even with Lester, he used to choose Sarah over me. He preferred that woman and left me!” My eyes burst with tears. I couldn’t stop the emotion that wanted to get rid of me.

“And now, what do you want me to fight for? To be hurt over and over again? I’m tired, Cindy. I don’t want to!”

“Don’t say that, please. Where is Margaux, who is brave and full of self-confidence? Where is my best friend, who is a fighter? This is not you!”

I shook my head down and violently wiped away the tears.

“I want to be alone now,” I said in between my sobs.

I heard her sigh before speaking. “Alright, as long as you need someone to talk to, I’m just here,” she said softly.

I did not refuse her tight hug and caressed my back before finally leaving my room.

There I sank myself into the pillow and continued to cry. Maybe nothing hurts more than I feel now. The pain throbs in my guts, and fire spears in my heart deeply. I can’t count how many times I cried today until drowsiness dripped with tears still on my cheeks.