1324: Painful Decision (6)_1

"Michael..." Emma Benson's eyes had already turned red, the guilt deepening in the depths of her gaze.

"I understand, no need to say more..." Michael Greenwood smiled with a hint of ease as he leaned back onto the couch and shrugged carelessly, "It's okay, at least I got married to the woman I love, didn't I?"

His seemingly joking words pierced Emma's heart with a faint pain, her sense of guilt growing heavier.

"I'm sorry, I really am selfish!..." She bowed her head, her eyes rimmed red with a stinging sourness, unable to look directly into the man's eyes, "Michael, you're a great person. To tell you the truth, I did think about trying to date you as my boyfriend, but... but in the end, I realized I can't do it. I can't forget the past, can't forget him, and besides, you're the only son of the Greenwood family, and I can't have children, we couldn't possibly..."