"It's none of your business, Theodore?" Elizabeth Liang's tone was full of sarcasm. "Or, do you think you are still my...?"
Theodore was devastated to hear this. His chest heaved violently and his face wore an unmistakable expression of hurt.
"..." Elizabeth didn't want to talk nonsense with him, so she turned around and was about to leave without washing her hands.
Theodore Chao was unwilling to give up. In the past, he's always greeted by Elizabeth with a smile? How could she treat him like this?
He reached out his hand to grab her arm to stop her from leaving. "Elizabeth!"
Elizabeth finally stopped. She turned her head to look at his hand on her arm, her eyes impatient.
Not wanting to face the man in front of her, and with a faint, aching stomach, she fretted and frowned, 'Will you let me go, please?'
Theodore Chao was stunned but eventually had to withdraw his hand. Glancing at the girl in front of him, who was as cold as a stranger, he said bitterly, "Elizabeth, do we have to speak like this? After all, we...
"After all what? After all, we were engaged? Or you betrayed me after all? Or the time you joined hands with Josephine to drug me?" Elizabeth spoke calmly as if she were talking about other people's affairs, except for the faint sarcasm on her face. "Since you chose to leave and you treated me like that, you should know that we have nothing to do with each other ever. What's the point of you nagging me like this?
She looked him straight in the eye and shook her head. "It's not fun," she said. "It just makes me despise you from the bottom of my heart."
She didn't know whether it's because she had lived with James for a period of time, or because she's just vowed to completely change herself, when she said what she just said, it's like she's written a script in advance, with no pause.
She could not resist a gentle smile at the thought. "Good ah, change yourself, start from now".
Theodore's hand clenched uncontrollably into a fist to his side. His strength seemed to be too great, and his joints were white.
He took a deep breath, in order to ease the panic and sadness in his heart." I... I had no idea I was causing you so much disturbance..." He gave a wry smile. "In the future..."
No sooner had he uttered these two words than he shut his mouth up. What's in the future? After what he did to her?
"Forget it. I know you don't want to see me. I... I'll go then."
Glancing back as he turned, Elizabeth Liang lowered her eyes. Not wanting to walk back together with him, she turned and washed her hands.
"Elizabeth..." Theodore took two steps, paused again, and turned his head slightly. "You were drugged by aphrodisiac... I didn't know... I have nothing to do with it. Anyway, I wish you the best."
With that, Theodore Chao finally left.
All of a sudden, the space became quiet, and only the sound of running water could be heard.
Looking at the foam on her hands being washed away little by little, as if the past had been washed away, she slightly frowned and slowly stretched her eyebrows.
Just as she was about to turn off the tap, the bathroom door was yanked open, followed by an angry female voice from the door: "Elizabeth, you are not only a jinx, but also a fox!"
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