He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 866

She spoke with absolute composure, though only she knew that the fingertips hidden inside her sleeves were trembling slightly.

Standing beside her, Julian was overwhelmed with emotion.

He had assumed he still had a long way to go before she would let him completely into her heart.

He never expected her to be so open, giving him the most resolute validation in front of everyone.

He didn't say a word. He simply reached out and firmly intertwined his fingers with her slightly cold hand, holding on tight.

Yardley, however, stood paralyzed.

The barrage of devastating blows had completely pulverized his usually impeccable rationality.

He clutched his aching chest, his eyes so bloodshot they looked ready to weep blood. When he spoke, his voice was a broken rasp.

"Scarlett... do you really have to punish me like this?"

He stared at her desperately, like a drowning man clutching at a piece of driftwood.

"You still have feelings for me, don't you? You're just... you're just angry. Angry that I failed to protect you..."

"Using our past, using Julian to hurt me... don't you think that's cruel?"

"Are you telling me I'm a complete bastard, and he's better than me in every conceivable way?"

His heart felt like it was being crushed in a vice grip; even breathing tasted like copper.

He had always been a proud man. He had never bowed his head to anyone, let alone groveled for a woman.

Yet now, after everything he had supposedly done for her, all he received was her complete and utter rejection.

Scarlett was ruthless.

In the calmest tone imaginable, she had just stripped away six years of his self-righteous delusions, tearing it all off down to the bone.

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