Bathroom Flirtation

Ten minutes later, Reginald returned.

He sat down next to Arabella and reached out to stroke her head, saying gently, "Chloe has an illness that makes it hard for her to handle stress. Don't take it to heart."

He wanted her to endure it.

Arabella pressed her lips together slightly but did not speak.

She was actually quite stoic by nature and had already endured Chloe's behavior several times. And now, even the slightest retaliation caused Reginald to see her as petty.

The word "endure," when split open, was like a dagger stabbed into one's heart. Only those who endured knew what that felt like.

During those two years when Reginald had been in poor health, irritable, and throwing things around, she endured it all - initially out of gratitude, and later because she had fallen in love with him.

But what was Chloe to her that she had to endure anything from her?

The more Arabella thought about it, the angrier she got, her lips pressed tightly together, her face as dark as murky water.

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