Chloe Reed’s voice was a little hoarse as she asked, "Is this important?"
’She didn’t want to rehash this anymore. Doing so would just make her feel like a complete and utter fool.’
"It is."
Walker Grant’s dark eyes burned as he stared at her. "I want to know, did you already know who I was back then, or..."
His throat worked before he continued, "...or was it because of someone else?"
Chloe Reed tightened her grip on the cotton swab. Lowering her gaze to his insistent expression, a bitter smile suddenly touched her lips.
"We were together for eight years, and you’re still questioning my feelings for you now."
Her voice was soft. "Walker Grant, let’s not dwell on the past. The more we dig into it, the more we’ll realize those eight years were nothing but a joke."
She had told him once that she’d known him before the earthquake, that it had been love at first sight. She’d saved him purely out of that impulsive emotion.
Later, in college, she confessed her feelings, and they had naturally become a couple.
But now, after all this time, he was doubting her sincerity.
’How ridiculous.’
But Walker Grant tightened his grip, pulling her closer. "How could it be a joke? We were together for so many years. We had plenty of happy times. Before all this happened, we were very much in love."
"That’s just what you think," Chloe Reed said, her composure restored. "Looking back now, our so-called love was just me constantly making compromises. To marry you, I even gave up the chance to study abroad, only to be endlessly criticized by your family. I truly regret it."
Walker Grant’s thin lips pressed into a line. The memory of them kneeling together at the entrance of the Grant Family Estate, begging Madam Grant to approve their marriage, flashed through his mind. His throat bobbed heavily.
He lowered his gaze and rested his forehead against her. "Since you’ve disavowed our past," he said, "then the reason I hid things from you doesn’t matter anymore, either."
Chloe Reed pushed him away. "Do you want this wound treated or not?"
Walker Grant released her. Neither of them spoke again.

VERIFYCAPTCHA_LABEL
Comments
The readers' comments on the novel: Our Anniversary, You Chose Her – I Chose Divorce