He Gave Me Hearing, Then Taught Me What Silence Really Means novel Chapter 278

Zara was ruthless, and her devotion was absolute. She had zero interest in entertaining any other romance.

She preferred to be a stone, quietly watching the one person she truly cared about.

The two women ate the rest of their meal in complete silence.

Even after the men next door dispersed, they remained seated.

Now, Juniper could finally speak at a normal volume. "Julian doesn't respect you at all."

A brilliant, successful woman like Zara shouldn't be trapped with a man like that.

Zara didn't seem to mind in the slightest. She stood up slowly and grabbed her purse. "It's fine. I don't respect him either."

After all, insisting on marrying him while her heart belonged to someone else was purely for her own selfish agenda.

In a way, she owed Julian for that, so no matter how wild he acted outside, she didn't care.

She had made a deal with Julian's mother and ruined his freedom.

So no matter how ugly his words were, she would take them in stride. At the end of the day, their paths barely crossed anyway.

She looked down at Juniper, her expression intensely serious. "You heard what Nelson's endgame is. The fact that he was willing to chase after you proves he has some feelings, but those feelings are shallow and toxic. Don't fall into the trap."

Juniper smiled and stood up. "One lesson was enough. I'm not going to trip over the same rock twice."

If she did, she would genuinely despise herself.

Beatrice had just passed away, and Juniper's mood had been awful for days. Every interaction felt mechanical.

She tried desperately not to dwell on the vicious words she had spat at her mother right before her death, hoping that ignoring it would free her from the grief.

But she knew there was no escaping it; she was just pretending to be normal.

Pretending not to care, pretending to be unaffected.

Pretending that life simply moved on.

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