Chapter 23
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I tried to shake him off , but his grip was tight. I didn’t dare to struggle too hard, so I looked at him coldly. “Let me go. I’m not going to apologize.”
Irvin frowned. “Would you rather go to jail instead?”
He’d thought that it was just an accident; he only found out that I had supposedly pushed Julianne into the pond because of Simone’s shouting earlier.
“Did you know that you almost killed Lianne?” he demanded. “I’ve already told you that I won’t have anything to do with Lianne anymore. Why did you still go after her and push her into the pond?
“Why did you have to be so cruel, Emilia? Why can’t you show Lianne some kindness?”
Once again, he blamed me for everything, just like my diary said. No matter what happened between me and Julianne, he would always take Julianne’s side without looking into the
matter.
My parents and Jeremy were the same. Ever since Julianne turned up in my life , everything was my fault. I was always the wrong one, the malicious one, the one who couldn’t tolerate her.
I was so tired of it.
I wanted to sever all ties with them.
Shaun noticed that I was in pain with how tightly Irvin was holding on to me. He was worried about me , so he stepped up and tried to free me. However, I stopped him.
Even though he was an influential figure in academia, this was still a capitalistic society. It was too easy for Irvin to make life hard for a mere professor.
I couldn’t repay someone who saved my life with enmity.
I still couldn’t free myself from Irvin. Looking at him , I said, “Fine, I’ll apologize. But let go of me first. You’re hurting me.”
Hearing that I was in pain, Irvin immediately let go of me. A hint of regret flickered in his eyes when he saw the red mark on my wrist.
Just as I was about to leave with him , Shaun called out to me. He probably felt that I wasn’t the type to push someone into a pond and didn’t want me to apologize for something I’d never done.
I gave him a reassuring smile.
I would apologize to Julianne, but it remained to be seen whether she was bold enough to
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accept my apology!
Irvin clenched his fists involuntarily when he saw me smile at Shaun. He couldn’t remember when was the last time I’d smiled at him.
He looked at me, eyes dark with complicated emotions like he was trying to figure something out to no avail.
Before, I might have cared. I might have wondered how it was that someone who had treated me as well as he did could suddenly change so much after Julianne returned. I’d wonder if he had reasons behind his behavior that he couldn’t tell me.
But now, I didn’t care.
I couldn’t be bothered about what he thought. No matter why he changed, I had already made up my mind that I didn’t want him anymore.
And I would never look back or hesitate once my mind was made up.
When we arrived at Julianne’s room, Mom was feeding her chicken noodle soup. She was blowing on every spoonful with such care that I almost didn’t recognize her.
I didn’t know that she could actually act like a loving mother.
It was so different from how she’d treated me when I was on the brink of death–she hadn’t
even visited me once!
When I entered, my parent’s expressions visibly darkened.
I might be a little twisted because seeing them look so unhappy made me perk up a little. I looked over at Julianne and raised an eyebrow.
“I heard you were rushed to the emergency room after getting the wrong medication, Julianne, ” I said. “So, what, does the emergency room offer facials and beauty treatments now? You’ve come out of your medical emergency looking positively radiant.”
I really shouldn’t be comparing myself to Julianne. When I came out of the emergency room, I was so pale I looked dead. She , on the other hand, was glowing. How ironic.
My parents‘ faces turned darker. “Millicent Quill, what are you talking about?”