Chapter 141 She Really Was Naive

Jonathan nodded again. He was certain now that he'd been right all along. "I suppose, if I'm not mistaken, you only left the country six years ago because of me."

Scarlett didn't try to hide it now that he'd guessed it. "I did," she admitted.

"I don't know what exactly it is that you're trying to run away from or what you're afraid of, but one thing I'm certain of is that you haven't succeeded in whatever you were trying to accomplish. Even now, six years later, you still have feelings for me. Admit it, Scarlett. In your heart, I'm still the one you yearn for, and you've been pretending otherwise all this time. Even though it's not completely love, hatred, or disgust—whatever it is—I still mean something to you. You have to admit that!"

The finger he pointed directly at her heart made her chest clench. He was right. Every last word he spoke was true. She didn't like him, but she didn't hate him either. This man in front of her had completely and firmly occupied a place in her heart, an