Chapter 58
I you don’t want to try a new relationship, and I’m not forcing you
Jullen stood at the door and looked through the peephole. He seemed genuinely worried and said, “I understand you do
“I just want to check on you. Could you please open the door?”
Shelmaine hesitated for a moment but still didn’t open the door. “I’m fine, you don’t have to worry. I’m not going to do anything extreme,” she said.
“Then open the door so I can see for myself.”
They fell into dead silence.
After a brief silence, Shelmaine realized he wasn’t going to leave just like that. Dragging it out any longer was pointless, so she reluctantly opened the door. “Is this enough? Seeing her tear–streaked face which clearly showed she had just been crying, Julien’s heart tightened. He asked, “What happened?”
“I told you, I’m fine” She didn’t want to answer him anymore. What happened had nothing to do with him.
shelmaine would think of Samuel whenever she saw Julien.
she knew this wasn’t fair since they were two different people. Even if they were relatives, what Samuel did had nothing to do with Julien.
But she couldn’t help thinking of Samel and what he had just done. That was harassment.
She was deeply troubled and seethed about it
Jalen didn’t ask further. Instead, he sincerely apologized, “I’m sorry.”
Shelmaine replied, “You didn’t do anything wrong, it’s not your fault.”
“Shelmaine, L..
Shrimaine spoke before he could. “There’s nothing you have to say, and nothing worth saying, I didn’t know about you
t your relationship with Samuel, but now I do.
“I never planned to have anything to do with Samuel again, I only saw you as a client before I knew your connection to him, and it’s nothing more than that.
“Let me make it clear to you that I don’t want to get involved with anyone close to him. I’m not afraid to offend you, but if you think I’m being too blunt and rude, I apologize,” shelmaine uttered.
Her disgust toward Samuel had reached a whole new level.
Julien looked at her for a long time before saying, “I don’t know why you two divorced, but I can tell you this, I’m not like him.”
“Thank you for that, but it’s unnecessary. I have other things to attend to, and I’ll get going Sorry.” Shelmaine quickly left the room.
She walked all the way for fear that Julien might follow her.
Julien did go after her, but he didn’t approach her. He stopped following her further after confirming that she grabbed a cab and left the entrance of the hotel. shelmaine returned home, washed her face, and tried to calm her emotions. Unexpectedly, she received an apology from Samuel, a text that just had a simple word. “Sorry.” Shelmaine didn’t reply. She deleted the text.
to call her. He would find out even if she changed her number. He could always determine where she was as
Blocking Samuel was useless since he would just use another number to call h long as he wanted
Perhaps she was just living too close to South Haven
Shelmaine returned to her studio after taking a rest for several days.
Beatrix came over mysteriously with a big smile on her face. “Boss, guess what? While you were away these past few days, you received a lot of flowers”
“What kind of flowers?
“Fresh flowers! what else?!
Beatrix pulled Shelmaine over to her desk, which was covered in roses. “Look, it’s a huge bouquet every day, all from someone named Mr. Gallagher. There are even cands, look!
