Stanley also looked at the fireplace, "Actually, before Ivy died, she had left her last words."
"What?" Henry looked stunned, "Last words?"
"That's right, it's for you." Stanley looked at him.
Henry's pupils twitched and his mouth opened for a moment before he spat out a sound, "For ...... for me?"
Stanley nodded.
Henry still seemed to be in some disbelief, his face holding a hint of bewilderment.
He could not believe Ivy left him a last message!
How was this possible!
Ivy didn't love him, didn't feel the slightest bit of affection for him, and never did more than use him like a tool.
So how could she leave him last words?
However, looking at Stanley's serious look, it was obviously true that Ivy had really left him last words.
"What did she say?" Henry asked urgently, clenching his fist, which trembled slightly.
Stanley looked at him, "Ivy said that she was sorry for you and that she already knew who she loved."
Henry's pupils dilated, "...... What does this mean?"
"It means exactly what you think it means." Stanley said.
Henry's heart skipped a beat and his mouth opened, unable to speak.
What he thought was why Ivy said she was sorry to him while telling him she knew who she loved.
That statement, apparently, meant to tell him that she loved him!
Otherwise, she would have just told him she was sorry and there would have been no need to add 'knowing who she loved'.
And yet Ivy had said so, and that had only one result, and the person Ivy loved was him!
Realizing this, Henry's body was trembling slightly, and only after a long time did he make a sound, "Ivy, she ...... loves me."
"Yes, Ivy has long had her heart set on you, she just didn't know it herself." Stanley said with his hands in his pockets.
Henry lowered his eyelids, his eyes turning hot once more, "Is that so?"
Ivy loved him, but Ivy didn't know it herself.
How ridiculous that he loved Ivy, but also didn't notice that she had fancy on him.
What could be more ironic than two people who obviously love each other, but in the end don't even know that they love each other?
If he had realized it sooner, he might have persuaded Ivy to abandon evil for good.
Yet all was not what if.
Even if he had known about it earlier, Ivy's fate would not have been any better, since Ivy had killed Stanley's parents when she was ten years old.
Neither of them were enlightened at that time, he wasn't in love with Ivy either, and Ivy was even less likely to like him, so even if he and Ivy liked each other together later on, it wouldn't change how things ended today.
Today, he could only know that Ivy loved him and held that in his arms as the rest of his life fell into deep grief.
Looking at Henry's silent tears, Stanley narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "I thought you'd get emotional after you found out that Ivy loved you."
It had even crossed his mind that Henry, knowing this, might still revive the idea of accompanying Ivy to her death.
Surprisingly, however, Henry was more subdued than he would have liked, and didn't even yell or scream, other than silent tears.
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