Three Years Later, He Came Back Begging novel Chapter 525

Whenever Bonnie was around, Hannah felt like an outsider in her own home. Sitting on the couch felt like sitting on pins and needles. Watching Bonnie smile, watching everyone dote on her and ask about her day, it stirred a suffocating wave of resentment deep in Hannah's chest.

It wasn't a new feeling. It had been festering for a very long time.

When she was in Europe and heard that Lawrence was dating, she hadn't met Bonnie yet. But just from Odette's casual descriptions, Hannah could vividly picture the kind of girl who had captured Lawrence's heart.

She despised her before they even crossed paths.

The day she returned from Europe was Lawrence's birthday. She had cooked an entire feast, but he didn't come home.

During those agonizing hours of unanswered calls, what was he doing?

When he finally showed up, barely paying attention to her, who was he thinking about?

And when he left in the middle of the night, who was it for?

The first time Hannah saw Bonnie was in the car outside The Observatory. At that moment, Bonnie's stunning, radiant complexion and cool demeanor felt like a physical blow.

Her resentment deepened, driving her to hate Bonnie, to ostracize her, to do everything in her power to drive the girl away.

At the same time, Hannah felt a crushing sense of defeat.

The boy she had waited for all these years belonged to someone else.

Odette studied her face but couldn't read much into it. Deep down, she simply didn't believe Lawrence and Bonnie would act so unreasonably. She needed to hear Lawrence's side of the story.

Telling Hannah to get some rest, Odette went back to her bedroom. Hannah stayed on the couch, staring blankly until her phone buzzed. It was a message from Jackson.

He was asking why she hadn't been on the slopes yesterday, why she was drinking, where she went, and if she was okay.

Staring at Jackson's name and reading his words of genuine concern, a complex swirl of emotions clouded Hannah's eyes.

If only Lawrence could care for her the way Jackson did. If only he worried about whether she was safe alone in a hotel, or if she was in danger when she was drunk.

If Lawrence hadn't left her last night... if he had been the one by her side when she was intoxicated, would things have ended differently?