Silent tears fell one by one down Becca’s cheeks, landing on the ground...
Just minutes earlier, Alice Robinson, who had arrived behind her, was also moved to tears by what Howard Geoffrey had just said...
As Mrs. Geoffrey turned to leave, she saw them standing at the doorway and froze in place.
Geoffrey’s gaze also shifted towards them, containing an unspeakable emotion in his eyes, but the next mont, his tall and upright body was forcefully embraced by Alice...
Alice threw herself into his arms, wiping her tears and snot on his expensive shirt.
Becca’s vision was blurred by tears, only vaguely seeing his figure, yet at this mont, his eyes were only fixed on the person in his arms...
Taken by deep remorse, Mrs. Geoffrey walked over and gently supported Becca’s shaky body, "Becca, I’m sorry..."
Becca continued to stare at Geoffrey, tears still falling like broken pearls.
Mrs. Geoffrey couldn’t stop blaming herself, "It’s all my fault..."
Becca kept looking at Geoffrey, until a long, long ti later, she wiped away the tears from her eyes and face. She took a deep breath and said in a slightly hoarse voice to Mrs. Geoffrey beside her, "Ma’am, it’s not your fault... Andrew is sleeping in the next room, you should check on him, he might cry if he wakes up to find no one around."
"Becca..."
"Go on!"
Mrs. Geoffrey, filled with extre self-reproach, left the room.
After Mrs. Geoffrey left, Becca once again wiped away the sting of tears from her nose, walked towards Geoffrey, looked at him, and calmly said, "Can I have a private chat with you?"
Geoffrey nodded lightly.
Having gained the love she desired, Alice beca imnsely magnanimous in that mont, slowly retreating from Geoffrey’s embrace and left the room.
Finally, the room was left with just Becca and Geoffrey...
As she faced him, her tears uncontrollably fell again, yet she resiliently wiped them away and forced a smile, "Geoffrey, no matter what, I still need to thank you for trying twice, even though you already..."
Pain spread within Becca’s heart, but she disguised it with an even brighter smile, "Actually, we both know that feelings can’t be forced. If I had known that yesterday when you held my hand, it was because your mother pressured you, I would definitely not have agreed..."
Geoffrey heavily placed his hands on Becca’s trembling shoulders, a hoarse apology slipping out, "I’m sorry, Becca..."
Becca shook her head forcefully, "Don’t be like this, don’t feel guilty towards , and don’t pity ... you owe nothing."
In that mont, Geoffrey pulled Becca tightly into his arms.
The warmth of his embrace made her tears fall even more recklessly, but she didn’t allow herself to linger; she reached out to push him away...
Yet, he held her tightly, whispering in her ear.
Becca didn’t hear clearly what he said to her, using great strength before she broke free from his comforting embrace...
After putting so distance between them, although Becca’s tear-stained face still held a smile, "Geoffrey, actually from the day I found out I couldn’t have children, I never thought about being with you again. It’s not because I don’t care about you; it’s just that even I can’t face myself like this... My days without you haven’t been carefree and happy; in fact, I think about you every day, and I also hope you’ll call every day. I was afraid that you no longer cared about ... When I saw you with Alice during our later etings, it hurt so much; I was so jealous, but I could only desperately pretend that I didn’t care..."
"The last ti in T City, when I went to find you, I really just wanted to clear the misunderstanding between us. I didn’t dare hope to start over, but later when you ca to find , and you told you wanted to be with , you’ll never know how happy I was at that mont. All I wanted was to ignore everything and just be by your side. However, I couldn’t deceive you about my condition, and later when you called to tell the truth, although I was very disappointed, I was also relieved that you made such a choice, because this kind of feeling isn’t what I wanted..."
"During this trip to Y City, I didn’t know Marie was sick, nor did I expect to et you, much less expect your mom to plan everything. Actually, nothing happened that night; I just had a tiny selfish desire to see how you’d react upon seeing next to you in the morning..."
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