Kerry’ s brow furrowed. He asked in an annoyed tone of voice: “When did I say you are the woman I hate the most? If I indeed said it, I take it back. Is that okay?”
Venus was displeased by his arrogance. She looked at him with contempt. Then she shook her head and said in a mocking tone: “You can not take what you said back, just like the water poured away is forever poured away. If I slap you and ask you to forgive you in an instant, will you forgive me?”
Kerry had no idea what he did to her. He stripped her of her pride and dignity, and he made her life utterly miserable. How could he expect Venus to forget all the humiliations she was subjected to because of him simply by making an apology?
Kerry froze for an instant. He never thought Venus hated him so much. He asked: “Then what do you want?”
“I want nothing!” Venus’ eyes were moist. She turned around and looked outside the window. She said in a hoarse voice: “The past is behind us, and I don’t want to talk about it anymore. But I really don’t want you in my life anymore. If you really feel sorry, please keep your distance.”
“That’s impossible!” Kerry looked at Venus’s face. When he noticed there were tears brimming in her eyes, he felt very shocked. He stood up and held her in his arm. He then cupped her chin with his hand, lifted up her face and said in a grim voice: “You should know you can never get rid of me the day you married to me.”
Venus was so angry. She didn’t know how to get rid of him, and she didn’t know what Kerry was insisting for, and why was he trying to please her all of a sudden. She would never believe Kerry would someday change his character and treat her so nicely when he obviously hates her so much.
“Why can’t you just leave me alone! I am really exhausted!! I spend every single minute thinking about how to leave this place! This is just a nightmare for me!!”
Venus’s breakdown shocked Kerry to the core. He felt a sharp pain in his chest as if someone stabbed his heart with a knife. He felt a giant hole appeared in his heart and he didn’t know how to fill it.
At that time, someone knocked the door. Kerry turned around and said in a grim voice: “Come in.”
The door was opened. Secretary Liu walked in and asked respectfully: “Director Ye, the lunch you ordered is here. Do you want them now?”
Kerry looked at her and said coldly: “Fine.”
“Yes, sir.”
Kerry had no appetite at all, after what happened. Besides, Venus loved food with strong taste, and Kerry didn’t like it. He looked at her when she ate the food.
Venus could feel Kerry’ s long and hard stare on her. She put the chopsticks down, and she wanted to find an excuse and leave.
But Kerry said first: “Are you full?”
Venus nodded and said: “Thank you for this.”
Kerry then wore a smile that could mean anything, and said: “How do you want to thank me?”
“What?”
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