Grace was startled for a while upon hearing Simon's words. She then figured out something.
Having gone through so much over the years, she could tell that something was wrong in the words he said rather quickly.
Grace was still a sensible person, and she asked, "Were you the one behind the news?"
Simon was startled too. He hesitated, and didn't know what to say.
Noticing his hesitation, Grace got the answer she wanted. "Why won't you admit it if you did it? Simon, you have been holding this against us for so many years, and you're now saying that you want to put this behind us. However, do you know that this doesn't even have anything to do with me? It's all you, putting on a show on your own. Why must you do that?"
"Anyway, let's just end this," Simon finally answered in a solemn tone, as if he was waiting for his cueto speak.
Grace did not know how to react. She found him hilarious. What was the point of him telling her all those things? He could just end things if he wanted. There was no need for him to announce them.
She said, "We should've ended this way earlier, shouldn't we? You're the one who's still obsessed with this. You were the one who went to the media and even talked about my son's girlfriend. Simon, don't you think you're being childish?"
Simon laughed. "Grace, you can only blame yourself for making this many enemies. I'm just giving you a reminder today."
"Should I thank you then?" Grace's attitude turned a little icy, and her tone was getting impatient. Noticing that, Simon let out a wry laugh.
He met Heinz's gaze and his smile became even more bitter. He could tell that Grace was already running out of patience to even talk to him, and she didn't even want to entertain him.
Simon was very upset at that realization. He felt like Grace was slowly drifting further from him, and she was getting so far that he couldn't hold on to her anymore. "Grace, are you not willing to talk to me anymore?"
He asked the question directly as he wondered about it.
Grace seemed to have let out a light chuckle upon hearing that, and she admitted right away too.
"You're right. I'm running out of patience already just talking to you. I don't want to have anything to do with you. You didn't have to call me at all," Grace said in a cold tone.
Simon's eyes dimmed.
He was silent for a while and then said, "I do agree with that. There's no need for this call, and I really shouldn't have called. It seems like you won't even give me the chance to make peace with you."
"Is this how you should sound when you're attempting to make peace with me?" Grace asked coldly. "It feels like a threat instead."
"I'm not threatening you." Simon laughed wryly. "I'm just upset that I've let you down when you were nothing but kind to me all these years. I feel like I have a lot of regrets when it comes to you, as we have missed out on so many things."
"I don't think there's anything to regret about. Anyway, my life has been complete ever since I found Heinz. If it wasn't because of all the things we missed out on in our flawed relationship, I'd never have got to be with Heinz.
Simon, don't dwell on the past. You should find someone and build a life together. Marry can be your someone if you can't find anyone else. She loves you the most, more than anyone else in the world." Grace still chose to be kind to him in the end.
After all, Simon was someone she knew since childhood. She wanted the best for them too.
If Simon and Marry got back together, it would at least fulfill Simon's father's dying wish.
With that in mind, Grace couldn't help but to give Simon a piece of advice.
Simon stiffened and smiled bitterly. "You're right. She loves me more than anyone else."
"It's good that you know this," Grace said in a deep voice, "I've told you everything I wanted to say. Why don't you pass the phone back to Heinz?"
Simon was stunned once again, and was clearly reluctant to do so.
He could not bear to loosen his grip on the phone.
However, in the end, he still gritted his teeth as if he was about to throw away something he cherished the most, loosened his grip, and gave the phone back to Heinz.
Heinz smiled at his reaction and said over the phone, "Honey."
Grace immediately complained, "What's wrong with you? How can you pass the phone around without asking me first? I warn you to never do this again."
Heinz immediately replied, "Yes, Madam. I understand."
"If there's nothing else, I'll hang up first." Grace wasn't in the mood to talk more.
Heinz said, "Sure."
After hanging up, Heinz looked at Simon, who was in despair.
"Now that I've made the phone call for you, are you finally willing to give up and let it go?" Heinz asked.
Simon didn't say anything.
Heinz continued, "You're always missing out on the best things in life. Take Marry as an example. She loves you so much yet you cheated on her. If all those things didn't happen back then, you would have kids around Sebastian and Sylvia's age already. What you have done back then wasted more than ten years of your life."
Hearing that, Simon let out a long sigh.
He couldn't help sighing.
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