Too Much to Bear, My Love novel Chapter 657

Chapter 657 Returning A Favor

“Oh, Mr. Carter, it’s you. I thought you were a reporter.” Jennifer turned around and smiled at him.

Carter gazed at her intently and asked, “Are you all right?”

Jennifer shrugged and chuckled. “Why wouldn’t I be? I’m eating well and sleeping well. Besides, everything at work is going fine as well. You don’t look good, though, Mr. Carter. Your eyes are bloodshot. Didn’t you sleep well last night? Oh, wait. I know. You’re missing Amelia badly, aren’t you? You’re such a loyal lover, Mr. Carter.”

Carter was slightly annoyed by her sarcasm.

“Jennifer, can we have a decent conversation? Although we didn’t end up as a couple, we can still be friends. I heard about what happened to you, and I’m genuinely concerned about you,” Carter said patiently.

Jennifer felt nothing but embarrassment because she was reminded of how she was moaning and thrusting in the video. In front of strangers, she could act like she wasn’t bothered. In front of Carter, however, she couldn’t. After all, he was once, if not still, the love of her life. That was why she was utterly embarrassed by the fact that he had seen her explicit photos and videos. If she could choose, she would rather not see him at that moment.

“Carter, you’re here to make fun of me, right? Go on. Laugh all you want. I’m indeed that indecent, and I can’t live without the attention of men. What? You think I’m filthy, don’t you? Laugh all you want, okay? I don’t care.” Jennifer shrugged and pretended to be nonchalant.

Carter frowned and suppressed his anger. “Jennifer, you’re not that kind of person. Why must you speak so badly about yourself?”

In response, Jennifer chuckled coldly and retorted, “Oh? Are you saying that you know what kind of person I am?”

Carter was dumbstruck.

Jennifer pried his hand off. “A lot of people are laughing at me now, so I would be grateful if you don’t rub salt into my wound. I don’t wish to see you now.”

With that, she spun on her heels and left.

Carter followed her from behind.

Jennifer walked on the streets mindlessly and ignored the person behind her. Somehow, she ended up on a patch of grass with little to no passersby. She then sat down and looked up into the sky. At that moment, her heart was filled with an inexplicable sense of loneliness.

Carter took a glance at Jennifer and noticed how different she had become. It was a sight that jolted him.

He went up to her and sat beside her.

Jennifer merely cast a glance at him before shifting her gaze back toward the sky.

Carter kept mum as well and sat beside her quietly.

After some time, Jennifer said, “Carter, who would’ve thought you would be the one by my side now? I thought you would hope I stayed far away from you.”

“We’re friends.”

After everything I’ve done to win his heart, all I am is still a friend to him. Jennifer buried her head between her knees and said in a depressed tone, “Carter, scandalous photos and videos of me are all over the internet, and all the men are using derogatory words to describe my body. Do you think I’m a sl*t too? I used to be a desirable girl from a prominent family. Look at what I’ve become now. My family and friends are asking my parents about what happened to me. Indeed, I’ve brought shame to the Larsons.”

Carter raised his hand into the air and hesitated for a while before caressing her hair. “You’re a decent woman,” he uttered in a deep voice.

Jennifer lost her composure and burst into tears. After crying for a few minutes, she raised her teary eyes and looked at Carter. “Carter, I’m sad. I’m very sad. If only you could have talked to me so patiently two years ago, I doubt things would have turned out this way. In hindsight, I wish I had never met you. That way, I would still be a sought-after girl from a prominent family rather than a star in pornography. You’ve destroyed the latter half of my life. However, I can’t possibly blame you for that. If anything, I can only blame myself for loving you.”

Carter’s pupils constricted, and he could feel his heart aching when he heard that.

“I’m sorry,” he said in a hoarse voice.