Chapter 219: Have a good chat

“I was never a good person; I wanted to be near you but never wanted to commit anything to you; I wanted you to be with me but never wanted to have any kind of relationship with you; I—I was in a denial until one day I realized I—” He paused as he felt intense pain in his heart.

“Te… Tell me more!” Lucy asked in her shivering, weak voice, “One day, what?”

“One day, when you were locked on my terrace, I could not find you the whole night and almost became crazy, but I did not know what I was I feeling; at first I just wanted to make you mine, but I had some other feelings from then on. I could not see you in pain! That’s why I asked you to take a leave, but then— you disappeared.” He explained to her that she did not return to work because he assumed she despised him until he discovered that the mayor's people were behind her and she was nowhere to be found. He told her that he looked for her everywhere, but in the end, when he found her, he was quite late, and Cherry was kidnapped.

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