True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 1788

Leah felt that whatever that came out from her mouth was bound to be wrong, and she was rendered speechless by Ernest. She felt embarrassed looking at him.

She could only deny it. "No, it's in the past. There's no more resentment on my end."

Ernest observed Leah's expression, and it still had traces of the blush she had earlier. He felt that Leah was way too cute for her own good.

He felt distressed and annoyed. His frustrations only grew when he recalled that she'd ended her pregnancy because of him.

"It's fine. I get it if you hate me. I'm here to explain what happened." Ernest gave Leah a serious look.

"There's no need for that," Leah replied stubbornly. "There's nothing to explain."

They had broken up, so there was no need to talk about the past.

It wasn't necessary at all.

Leah lowered her gaze to hide the sadness that flashed through her eyes.

Ernest sighed and said, "No, we need to talk about

this. You need closure."

Leah raised her eyebrow and asked, "Are you sure that I'm the one who needs closure?"

Ernest gave Leah a look. Her retort was swift and sharp, and it was clear that the incident bothered her a lot.

He nodded and said, "I think there's a misunderstanding between us that we need to solve. If not, we'd just hate each other more."

"If we don't contact one another, there's nothing to hate. Time will heal everything." Leah's tone was all business.

Ernest could tell from Leah's words that she was still angry.

He looked at Leah and said, "Celeste was both my brother and Is classmate. We studied together and I can't deny that I had sympathy for Celeste that exceeded the limits of friendship. She was pitiful, and I sympathised with her.

But I feel like it wasn't unconditional love. I felt relieved when she got together with my brother.

I thought that it was nothing but a crush. I would find it incredibly unbelievable if you broke up with me because of that."

"I think you got me wrong." Leah said to him, "You think I broke up with you because you liked Celeste."

"Not entirely," said Ernest, "You think I still like Celeste."

Leah shook her head. "Not really. I just can't stand how your attitude did a 180 when I brought her up. It's like I touched a taboo topic, and you were ready to shut me down immediately."

Ernest frowned, and his eyes narrowed.

"My attitude changed because I felt humiliated when you didn't believe me."

Leah shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat, Ernest. You can explain all you want now, but I still feel that you abandoned me. If you cared about me, you wouldn't have waited until now to see me, nor would you have let me leave London alone. You're a powerful man, Ernest Jones, and you could have stopped me from leaving London in a million ways. However, you didn't."

Pain bloomed in Ernest's chest.

"I also regret that I let you leave London."

He closed his eyes, and there was a touch of regret in them.