I Walked Away Seven Years Too Late But Right on Time novel Chapter 107

The members of The Riverside Singers were starting to trickle into the park. Seeing Sarah engaged in an intense, animated conversation with a well-dressed man, they immediately assumed she had a new suitor.

They beamed as they walked by, waving at her while shamelessly sizing Harold up with knowing smirks.

Mortified, Sarah hissed at him, "Leave!"

"Let's go somewhere private. I waited out here all morning, I haven't even had breakfast," Harold said gently.

His tone was soft, almost pathetic. Sarah used to have the biggest heart; she could never stand seeing him suffer.

Back in college, whenever he took the overnight train just to see her, she would burst into tears if he told her he had skipped dinner for the trip.

She used to ditch her shift at the factory to bring him food, holing up with him in a rundown motel to fulfill his every desire.

But Sarah wasn't moved. Instead, an alarming detail clicked into place. She had been so panicked earlier that she hadn't realized something crucial: how on earth did he know exactly where she would be?

Furious, she whipped her head back toward him. "You hired someone to follow me? Did you put a tail on Sophie too?! What is wrong with you?!"

"Sarah," he murmured, reaching out to grasp her hand, his eyes overflowing with adoration. "Please don't panic. I just want to make up for my mistakes. I want to take care of you both."

During his endless train ride, a dark thought had crossed his mind: what if something horrific had happened to her during those missing two months?

But he had quickly dismissed the idea. If the pregnancy was the result of a tragedy, there was no way she would have risked her family's wrath to keep the baby.

She had sacrificed her family, her reputation, and her entire youth for him. There wasn't a woman alive who loved him with such crippling devotion.

Over the years, countless women had thrown themselves at him. He knew exactly what they were after.

He had always maintained strict boundaries, and not just because Victoria watched him like a hawk. He was obsessed with building his empire and had zero interest in gold diggers.

He hadn't slept a wink on the train. As the lights flickered in the carriage, memories of his desperate trips to see her had flooded his mind. The raw, pure thrill of their young romance had reignited a fire within him.

"Boston is far, but it's only a few hours by plane. It's so much easier than when we were kids. I can fly out to see you guys all the time."

In his warped mind, a delayed happily-ever-after was still a romance.

"Let go of me," Sarah spat, ripping her hand free and instantly snapping him out of his delusional daydream.

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