Aaron pushed Nora into the room and shut the door behind him. His tone was probing. "Ordering takeout for you this late… Is it a colleague from the station?"
Nora glanced at him. "If it were, they would have messaged me."
But she hadn't received any messages.
"Then it must be one of your admirers."
Aaron's voice was sullen. "Nora, are a lot of men pursuing you?"
Nora let out a cold laugh. "In what capacity are you asking me this?"
"I'm your boyfriend!"
Nora stared at him coldly. "Really? The kind of boyfriend who gets it on with another woman in a parking garage?"
Confronted so bluntly by Nora, Aaron's shoulders slumped.
It was as if the life had been drained out of him.
"Nora, I admit I was wrong, but we have so many years of history…"
There it was again, the same old excuse. Nora cut him off impatiently.
"Is our seven-year relationship your get-out-of-jail-free card?"
"Did you think that after seven years, I couldn't live without you, so you could cheat without any consequences?"
"When you were telling another woman that I smelled like a corpse, did you still think you were my boyfriend?"
"Aaron, you make me sick!"
Aaron collapsed onto the floor, defeated.
"I…"
"There's no future for us. Don't make me lose all respect for you."
Aaron saw Nora's face, as cold and stunningly beautiful as the day they first met, like a goddess to be admired from afar but never touched.
A surge of anger flared up inside him.
"You look down on me?"
Aaron's eyes flew open.
"What did you say?"
"Get out!"
Nora was truly furious now. Her eyes burned with a fire that melted away her usual cold demeanor, giving her a dangerously alluring look.
A flicker of obsession crossed Aaron's eyes.
It was her face that had first drawn him to her.
Flawlessly beautiful. She had the face of a bewitching siren, yet she was as cold as ice that never thawed.
He was instantly captivated.
He had done everything he could to win her over, and the moment she agreed to be with him, he had felt true happiness, as if he owned the entire world.
Thinking of the past, Aaron's gaze softened, and his tone became tender. "Nora, I really know I was wrong. Please give me one more chance, okay?"
"I'll break things off with Mia right now. We'll get married—we can get the license tomorrow! How about it?"

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