Chapter 40 Harper 36 55 vouchers " What ? No way , " Grayson said . " Why would I divorce her ? " He poked his cheek like he was actually offended by what I said . How my heart would've leaped for joy had that been the case , but there had been so many times when he could've done that , yet he still chose her . " All I told her was I'd leave her in our bedroom since I couldn't stand her , " he said . " She hates it when I'm mad at her . " " Look , I know you said she's totally cool with this , but I'm still not buying it and if it turns out I'm right , then I'd rather not be friends with you because- " He quickly placed his hand over my mouth to shut me up , bringing his face real close . " Don't ever say shit like that again , Harp . Got it ? " Fuck , seeing him like that made my heart skip a beat . I nodded , my gaze dropping to his gorgeous lips that now smelled like whiskey . " Good ," he said quietly . " Dropping his hand from my lips , he leaned back with a heavy sigh . " I can't lose you , Harp . If I'm being honest , the past few years haven't been particularly easy . " I drank from my bottle . " How come ? I thought you had it real good . You and your family worked hard even after making highly profitable investments . Now you even run your own company and have achieved that billionaire status . Back in junior high school , I would've never thought you'd reach such heights . You did great ." " While you're right about that part , I had no one to talk to . " " I was only a phone call away ," I reminded him . He gave a half smile . " I know , but everything was just different after our graduation , especially with the way you left . It just wasn't the same anymore . You weren't there- " " I was always there ," I tightened the grip on the bottle neck , " but I just didn't want to complicate things and college was right on time . " " I had so much to tell you , so much to share with you and I thought about you . I really did ." I lowered my head with a sigh . " But you just never felt like sharing with me in the end . I mean , why would you ? Tiffany was right there . " 16:05 Tue , Sep 16 Chapter 40 " Actually , no . " I raised my head . " What do you mean ? " : 36 55 vouchers He paused with the glass in his hand . " Tiffany was the only girlfriend I ever had . Before she came into my life , it was just me and my best friend ." He proudly glanced at me and I had to force a smile . " Yeah , it was just the two of us , but what's that got to do with anything ? " " She was my girlfriend for a very long time . That's before I chose to spend the rest of my life with her . " " Of course . " I swallowed hard at those words . " We broke up a couple of times but quickly got back together within a week . We just couldn't stay away from each other . " He said it with so much pride that it made my stomach twist . " So ... why did you break up ? Did you cheat on her ? " He scoffed . " Not even once . That's how much I love her ." " Then ... was she one who cheated on you ? " He laughed like I had just said something ridiculous . " It had nothing to do with cheating . She constantly disrespected my family and I couldn't stand that . She apologized each time , promising that she would change , but it was always the same thing and we broke up . It took her a while , but there came a day when she was ready to make a real change . That's one of the things I love about her . She eventually comes around ." I chuckled bitterly . " And everyone believed her ? " " Yup ." He brought the glass to his lips and finally took a sip . " Including your sisters ? " " Yup , they all adore her , especially my parents . Anyway , " he paused to shift in his seat , " even when we were together , it's not everything that I could tell her . Certain things just didn't feel right . It had to be someone else ." I raised my eyebrows . " There's no way you kept it all inside . " He chuckled softly . " That's exactly what happened." 16:05 Tue , Sep 16 Chapter 40 36 55 vouchers " For real? You couldn't share it with anyone else ? Come on . I know that apart from me , you had other friends . " " I did , but they weren't you ." He raised his head to look at me . " You knew everything about me , just like I knew everything about you . I wasn't just going to move on to someone else and start spilling all my secrets . That's why when you weren't there , I just decided to deal with shit on my own . It was hard , you know , going through everything alone and not getting a second opinion from anybody . I just did whatever my heart told me and because of that , I made a few wrong decisions along the way . I keep asking myself that had you been around , maybe you would have guided me to make better decisions ." Fuck , my heart was pounding hard . I could even feel a slight tingle on my cheeks . I had to fake a chuckle to keep my composure . " Well , damn , you're making it sound like I'm supposed to be this wise person who gave the best advice . " I gestured with my hand . " You really did . Just think about it , I only ever got solid advice from you and it always worked out . " I internally scoffed . He always took my advice , except when it came to Tiffany . " I had so much going on with my family at that time and my sisters and I actually fell out at some point over some property left by my grandfather ." I firmly shook my head . " I find that pretty hard to believe . You've always been so close . " " Well , yeah , but sometimes things change , and that moment came . There were so many ways I wanted to handle that situation , but you weren't there with me ." I smiled painfully . " You could've told me over the phone ." " I know that we still called and texted , but I couldn't talk about it because it just felt like you shut me out , so how was I supposed to open up ? " 田 Discover our latest featured short drama reel. 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