(No longer in love) Chapter 14: Confrontation
The movie didn’t start well. We ran into Gu Yuan’s former fiancée, the woman he would have married if his business not collapsed. Her words were faced
were laced with spher “A divorced woman? What are you so proud of, Gu Yuan? Your taste is certainly questionable? Gu Yuan was about to reply when I stopped him. I faced the woman, my voice sharp and unwavering.
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“His taste is really questionable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been blind to your ugly heart.” After Gu Yuan’s bankruptcy, this woman broken off the engagement and spread rumors abona his debt, all to justify her departure. Now that his business was flourishing, her family sought to revive the engagement, even
substantial sum of money as compensation. Gu Yuan’s mother had handled their attempts with a broom. Now, seeing Gu Yuan with me, they
about rumors
to divorce damage my reputation.
We took Gu Yuan’s hands, gently but firmly pushing the
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“Excuse us,” I said calmly.“We’re going to watch a movie.”
Woman aside.
Gu Yuan gave me a thumbs–up, my spirits soaring. I wasn’t the crying Millie anymore. The wounds Lucian had inflicted had been healed, and I was ready.
