Please Come Back, My Love novel Chapter 244

hapter 244

1 stared at him. At the way he toured her. At the way she leaned into him, just slightly, like he was the only solid thing in the room.

And I wanted to kill him.

But then I heard footsteps behind me.

ency was standing a few feet away, her good hand clutching the strap of her purse, her eyes darting between me and Elena.

shifted to her. I saw the exact moment she registered Nancy’s face the way her eyes widened, the way her breath caught.

Nancy looked like her. Not exactly, but close enough. The same brown hair. The same delicate bone structure. The same eyes and brows–that arch, the way her lashes cast shadows when she looked down.

as expression hardened as Nancy approached and grabbed my sleeve.

Mr. Sterling,” she said, her voice cold. ‘Is this your girlfriend?”

didn’t answer.

She took a step closer, her eyes flicking between me and Nancy. “Why does she look like me?”

“She doesn’t-” I started, but Elena cut me off.

“Don’t lie to me,” she snapped. “I’m not an idiot. She looks like me. So which is it? Did you use me as a replacement for her? Or are you using her as a replacement for me?”

I felt my jaw tighten. “It’s not like that.”

“Then what is it like?” Elena demanded. “Because from where I’m standing, it looks pretty disgusting.”

Nancy flinched, and I hated myself for putting her in this position.

“Elena,” I said, my voice low. “You don’t understand-”

‘Oh, I understand perfectly,” she said, her tone dripping with contempt. “Alexander told me everything. How you treated me like a dirty little secret for three years. How you had another woman–Victoria, was it?-who you actually cared about. How you made me feel like I was nothing.”

“That’s not-”

“And now you show up here with

didn’t you treat me better

She laughed, bitter and sharp. “God, you’re pathetic. If you cared about me so much, why

Her words hit me

“I was an id

You for granted. But I love you, Elena. I’ve always loved you.”

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Chapter 244

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Tag bus, she said. “Your love means nothing to me now. It’s cheaper than dirt. So do us both a favor and be fair to the woman standing next to you. Let her go before you ruin her life too.”

*Elena-”

“Please leave.” she said, her voice breaking. “You’re going to wake my daughter.

I looked at Lila, who was stirring in the chair, her small face Serunched in discomfort. Then I looked at Elena, who was staring at me with something that looked like pity.

“Juliar,” Alexander said quietly. “If you have any decency left, you’ll go.”

I wanted to argue. I wanted to grab Elena and make her listen, make her remember, make her see me.

But then Lila shifted, curling into Elena’s side, and Elena’s hand came up to cradle her head, herouch so gentle it made my throat ache.

She looked like a mother. Like someone who had built a life without me.

And I had no right to destroy that.

“Fine,” I said, my voice rough. “I’ll go. But this isn’t over, Elena. I’m not giving up on you.”

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