"Yes, Norton. However, this is my business. It has nothing to do with you." Sabrina didn't want to hide anything and admitted it frankly.
"Nothing to do with me?" Norton's expression turned angry. He jerked her hand forcefully and growled, "Sabrina, I've told you long ago that you're my woman. You're not allowed to find yourself a boyfriend for a year. Why did his family propose a marriage to you? Why?"
Norton's face was flushed red. He looked furious, with the veins on his forehead popping.
This was the first time Sabrina witnessed Norton's incandescently furious look. His appearance was so terrifying that she was stunned for a moment and soon felt that what he had sputtered was beyond her.
"Let me go." Sabrina struggled hard and pushed him with one hand. She glared at him and reminded him. "Norton, we have already broken off the engagement. Please don't be unreasonable, okay."
Norton was fuming, galled by Sabrina's engagement. He felt terrible, as if he really was about to lose her. The light in his eyes showed disappointment and desolation, hoping that this was not true.
"Sabrina, Sergio forced you into marrying him. He threatened you, didn't he? You wouldn't have agreed at all, would you?" He stared at her, with hope in his eyes, and asked.
Sabrina took a deep breath, shook off his hand hard, and answered firmly, "No, I agreed. I'm going to get hitched with him soon."
What!
Sabrina's words were so direct that Norton was dumbfounded, and he felt that he had lost all sense of reason. His eyes turned red.
"Sabrina, why are you doing this? You promised me that you'd wait for me for a year, didn't you? You're just provoking me on purpose, aren't you?" Norton muttered. His face was ferocious. Half of his face was swollen from Sergio's hit, and Norton was in bad shape.
Sabrina was secretly shocked, but she understood that there was no future between them at all. Even if she agreed, General Delia would not. Norton's performance in the past reeked of a scummy stench.
The Delia family would never pardon him.
"No, I'm serious. Since I've promised Sergio, I'll marry him. Norton, wake up. We're done fooling around with each other a long time ago, and there's no future between us anymore. I've never promised you that I'll wait for you for a year. That's just your wishful thinking. Please realize that earlier, and go and meet Carmella. She's a good match for you. Her family background and status match you well," Sabrina answered without hesitation. She tried her best to persuade him to meet Carmella.
Norton bit hard onto his lower lip, and anger was fuming in his eyes.
"You're that willing for me to meet Carmella. So, it turns out that I am not worth sh*t in your heart. I sincerely wanted to turn over a new leaf, and I intended to use my efforts to prove it to you. Apparently, I'm the foolish one. My feelings for you are earnest and true. Yet, you treated me like garbage and disregarded them. My life is a laughing stock," Norton uttered with extreme disappointment. At the end of his sentence, he actually began to laugh, and no matter how hard he tried, his laughter came off sorrowful.
Sabrina felt a dull pain in her heart, and his laughter went straight into her heart, making her quiver involuntarily, with bitterness festering in her heart.
If Norton had known that this would happen, then he wouldn't have done it back then!
Men only knew how to cherish them after they lost them.
"Norton, everyone has their own life. Just live with it. I hope that you can work hard and listen carefully to Jenna's advice. Then, you can achieve success earlier and prove it to everyone. Once you find purpose in your life, there will be a good woman who is willing to be with you in the future." Sabrina's voice trembled slightly. She could not bear to see his distorted expression and lowered her head.
Perhaps Sabrina could only feel Norton's feelings for her then. In the past, he had no feelings for her. It was only after experiencing all of this that she could finally see through his heart.
Recalling the past, she was really helpless and sad.
Such feelings were far from what she needed. The man she loved must love her from beginning to end. He must love her wholeheartedly. At that time, she hadn't understood the affection between men and women, but now she was finally enlightened.
Love was free and equal, and people should respect each other. They must also have their own thoughts and principles.
In fact, Sabrina did not care too much about her partner's family background and position, nor did she care too much about his past. She paid more attention to her own feelings. However, Norton had left a deep wound in her heart, and she'd even made a fool of herself in front of everyone. After Norton's matter was exposed, their marriage had become the butt of some jokes among upper class society, even in the Capital City. In the end, she had not dared to participate in any parties, nor did she dare to face anyone, in fear of being ridiculed. Sabrina could only swallow the bitterness in her heart.
Under such circumstances, Yadriel took a fancy to General Dalia's power and took advantage of the situation to propose a marriage. She was well aware of these things, but now that things had come to this stage, she could only be resigned to her fate.
"Sabrina, I know that I have done you wrong. Although you have treated me like this today, I will not hate you. You are a good girl, and I am not worthy of you. I hope you can marry a man worthy of you and live a happy life forever. However, Sergio is really not suitable for you. You have to consider it carefully. Even if you find someone with a mediocre background, it will be fine as long as he loves you. Marriage is very important to a woman. You must not decide to marry Sergio on a whim. Otherwise, you will not be happy in the future. It will be too late to regret then. Do you understand what I'm trying to say?" Norton reminded her.
"Thank you, and I will." Sabrina drooped her eyes and smiled bitterly. "Love and marriage are mutually exclusive. How many among the rich and powerful families are married because of love? I have seen through it. Don't worry. I know what to do."
She looked cavalier, as if she didn't care.
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