Suddenly There Are Three (Bailey and Artemis) novel Chapter 181

Chapter 181

The wind blew like a hurricane as the rain became heavier and heavier.

The raindrops fell into her eyes and blurred her sight.

Victoria widened her eyes as she stared at the tall figure coming closer and closer to her.

Ten meters left. Five meters. Three.

Only one man was reflected in her eyes that was blurred by tears and rain.

“G-Gez—”

All her words were trapped in her throat as she watched the man walk past her with no trace of hesitation at all.

He had ambled past her as if she was the most unfamiliar stranger in his life—he never even spared her a glance.

At that moment, she even wondered if she had gotten the wrong person.

However, that man was the love of her life whom she had carved into her soul. As long as she was close to him, the blood in her veins would begin to sing.

Moreover, she would never mistake that familiar scent of his that seeped into every one of her pores even if he was in a crowd.

Lionel, do you really hate me that much? Do you despise me to the point you think of me as just a passerby in your journey of life? Do you abhor me so much you won't even spare me one glance? There are millions of ways to torment a soul in this world, but only your disregard and indifference are able to teach me what it is to feel a pain bone-deep. I thought that you would be angry and in pain; I thought you would resort to violence and slap me continuously to unleash the bitterness you felt onto me. And I was prepared to take on your emotions. Yet the cruel reality has told me that I'm but a speck of dust in this world—so small I can't even make a ripple in your life. Do you know that your disregard is what hurts me the most? Have I left no mark in your life at all? Must you treat me like air when we see each other again? Must you treat me like a stranger that you know so well?

When the footsteps behind her faded away, Victoria snapped back to her senses.

She slowly turned around to watch the familiar figure climb up the stairs with an umbrella in his hands through the veil of rain.

He never once turned, and he never once paused in his tracks.

It was as though they were only two strangers crossing paths in life.

A smile crept upon Victoria's lips as tears rolled down her cheeks.

The umbrella fell out of her hand, and the wind whisked it away into the woods.

Victoria tilted her head back a little and let the tears of the sky pour on her face. They did not hurt, but their coldness seeped into her bones like a dagger formed by ice that left marks that could never be erased.

It was a mistake. I've made a mistake. Bay was right. My stubbornness will only bring trouble to his current life; my existence will only ruin his relationship with his wife.

Seven years ago, Victoria indirectly caused the downfall of the Gezmond family and forced the man to flee.

Now that he's finally out of that period of betrayal and desolation, what right do I have to disrupt his peaceful life again? None.

At Shelbert Condominium, Bailey was greeted by a sight that made her leap in shock. Victoria was standing by the door, completely still as if her soul had been taken out of her and with her face as pale as death.

“Vicky, what happened to you?”

Victoria forced her stiff lips to part as she hoarsely muttered, “Bay, I want to die.”

With that, her knees buckled, and she fell into Bailey's arms.