Chapter 25
“Allen, you’re crazy! You’re defending the woman who abandoned you and turning against your childhood friend! You need to realize that I’m the only one who loves you! None of them care about you. What kind of spell has she cast on you, for you to defend her like this?” Evelyn blustered in disbelief.
“Shut up, Evelyn! If it weren’t for you, how could I have lost Claire? How could she have broken off our engagement? It’s all your fault for repeatedly slandering her in front of me!” Allen thundered with rage.
“Hahaha, Allen, you’re really funny. Do you believe everything I say? If you didn’t think like this in your heart, why would you believe my words?” Evelyn spat sarcastically.
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Allen shook his head frantically, unable to accept the truth. To stop Evelyn’s taunting, he lifted the knife again and advanced.
“Allen, that’s enough!”
It was Frank, who had just stepped off the helicopter. He landed a solid punch on Allen’s face, knocking the knife from his hand.
“This is our Médecins Sans Frontières camp! Do you want to cause a murder here?” he hissed.
“Do you want me to send you back in? Spend the rest of your life rotting in prison? Or maybe you’d prefer for Claire to watch you kill someone?”
“If it were me,” the voice dropped to a chilling tone, “I’d send her far away. That way, when I return, I’d have all the time in the world to
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play with her.”
Compared to Allen’s impulsive violence, Frank’s methods were colder and more ruthless.
After all, someone who had survived in such a chaotic and dangerous area for so long couldn’t be just a simple person.
Allen struggled to calm the violent emotions brewing inside him. He instinctively turned to look at Claire, who stood quietly behind him.
Her face was expressionless as she spoke softly, “Let him do whatever he wants. It has nothing to do with me.”
The coldness of her words sent a chill through Allen. He felt powerless, standing there motionless. “Claire, I’m so sorry. This is all my fault. Evelyn… she targeted you
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because of me.”
“Now you know” Claire replied softly. “Allen, let go of me. Let go of yourself, too.”
Her words shattered whatever hope Allen had left. He realized that, after everything he had done, Claire had moved beyond forgiveness. He had crossed the point of no return.
The farce ended.
Evelyn was sent back to her country. While Allen sat alone in the courtyard, drinking in desolation.
Just moments ago, Claire had thrown him. out of the room. He continued to plead desperately, going as far as writing an apology letter. In painstaking detail, he outlined every mistake he had made, step by
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step, taking full responsibility for his actions. The letter wasn’t just an admission of guilt; it was also a heartfelt confession of his love for Claire and a genuine expression of his
remorse.
However, Claire had tossed it straight into. the trash without even glancing at it. “Allen, if I hadn’t left you, would you have ever apologized like this?”
“You wouldn’t.” She smiled wryly. “You would’ve gotten bolder with Evelyn, bringing her into your home, and next, you’d end up in bed with her. And after that, I would’ve been the one to be thrown out, helpless and humiliated.”
“Instead of that, I chose to leave early. At least that way, we’d both maintain some dignity,” she added.
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Each of Claire’s words was like a flame, burning Allen from within.
He searched desperately for an excuse, but in the end, all he could say was, “I love you, Claire. Please believe me, Evelyn won’t be in the picture anymore. It’s all her fault. She was the one who manipulated me…”
Claire closed her eyes, her expression resigned. Even now, Allen was still finding
excuses.
Clicking her tongue, she spat, “Even without Evelyn Miller, there would be Evelyn Smith, Evelyn Baker. Allen, your heart was never with just one person.”
“And I don’t love you anymore,” Claire intoned coldly. “From the day I chose to leave, I
stopped loving you.”
