Chapter 14
“When are you going back?”
Celeste raised her head and caught his composed expression.
They’d been living together for eight years. Her love for him was like a blazing fire, yet still fail to melt his icebound heart. She wholeheartedly
immersed herself in a world revolving around him, so silly.
Celeste’s unusual reaction made Kendric realize something was amiss.
“How long are you going to keep throwing this tantrum?” a faint scowl
appeared on his face.
His words suddenly reminded Celeste of Sienna and others‘ words.
They said with just a look or a few words from Kendric, she’d obediently
grab her luggage and follow him back. She’d go back to the world where
everything revolved around him, where joy and pain were solely brought by
him.
Celeste gazed down at the gleaming floor. Every time she mopped it, she’d
remind herself to forget him.
Now, the floor was cleaned to the extend like pristine one, and her heart
had become a barren land.
Kendric’s gaze wandered around the room, “you like living in a place like
this?”
What did he mean ‘A place like this?”
What’s wrong with a place like this?
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He sat on the couch, his hands casually resting on his lap, and assumed the
stance of a negotiator.
“No servants, no gourmet meals, no designer clothes. How could you get
used to it?”
His every word cut deep. All he was talking was about weighing the advantages and disadvantages, rather than her feelings, and their relationship.
As a businessman, his every decision was made through such calculation. How could this calculation be applied to a love thing? Celeste couldn’t fathom
- it.
Yet in Kendric’s eyes, it’s foolish for Celeste to give up luxurious
accommodations and opted to live in this modest apartment.
But because it was Celeste, he showed more patience.
“Just be a good girl.”
In the past, those words, “Be a good girl,” acted like a spell.
No matter how depressed, sad, or how much Celeste contemplated leaving
this man, as soon as he uttered those words, she would suppress her emotions
and obediently step into the cage he had built.
Now Celeste only felt like she’d been pricked all over, and all her love
seemed to evaporate.
“Kendric.”
He tilted his head.
Celeste summoned all her strength, “have you ever considered showing me
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any respect or getting to know me better?”
There was a momentary flicker of surprise in Kendric’s eyes. “Why would
you say that?”
Celeste chuckled at her own naive question. The answer is pretty obvious,
isn’t it?
If Kendric held even a speck of respect for her, Gavin Bates wouldn’t dare slap her, Ms. Quinn wouldn’t be treating her so harshly, and Ophelia wouldn’t
have the nerve to move into Melville family.
Kendric seemed a bit irritated, “what kind of respect you are asking for?”
Honestly, he didn’t like this side of Celeste. She was acting way out of character tonight. In the past, every time they met, she would cling to him, softly confessing how much she missed him. She would give him those sweet, heart–melting smiles and even close her eyes and tiptoe for a kiss.
None of that was happening tonight!
He really disliked her tantrums or her deliberate attempt to keep her
distance.
Celeste felt there was no point in negotiating with a businessman like him
because she couldn’t possibly win.
“You don’t even know what respect means…” she shook her head.
He held back his annoyance, “come on, tell me, what kind of respect are
you talking about? Or who’s disrespecting you right now?”
“I feel so difficult to even communicate with you.” she sighed, “your every
word feels like a dagger to my heart.”
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She blurted out the words that had long been buried inwardly, “Kendric,
maybe we should just break-”
An unexpected phone call suddenly interrupted her. Kendric’s attention shifted away from her as he took the call.
After a brief conversation, he hung up the phone and stood up, “we’ll
continue this talk after we got home.”
He motioned for her to follow him.
Celeste stayed put, and they lapsed into a standoff again.
Kendric forbore his anger, “it’s time to stop the tantrum.”
“Kendric, let’s just break up.” she had been worn out.
“Break up?” His face gave no hint of his feelings.
“I don’t want to love you anymore.”
Kendric felt his patience had reached to its limit. “I don’t know what you
haven’t been satisfied with. If you want anything, just make a list for the butler,
and he’ll take care of it.”
In that brief moment, her eight years of love crumbled.
Celeste couldn’t find room for anything else in her heart beside anguish. She
gasped, attempting to regain her composure.
Even though she was seething with anger now, she wished she could rip off
the façade of calmness on this jerk’s face.
“No need. I didn’t take any of those gifts you gave me. You can store.
away
them away, or sell them or just throw them away. I don’t care.”
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Her decision she made under tremendous agony and hesitation looked like a joke in his eyes–a ploy to capture his attention. How pathetic she was!
“I’ve been neglecting you during my business trips. That’s my fault. I’ll be
more attentive in the future.”
This was the first time Kendric had ever lowered his head and tried to
explain.
But Celeste shook her head firmly, “no, Kendric… I mean, there’s no ‘future‘
for us.”
