Chapter 10

"It should have ended between us the very first time you chose to lie to me for Melissa's sake."

"Dragging this out for three agonizing years was the last shred of decency I had to give. Jacobs, don't make me pity you."

My words were cruel, but I uttered them with the utmost solemnity.

Jacobs's face went pale, and it was a long moment before he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is there really... no chance?"

I didn't answer. Instead, I brushed past him, went inside, and changed into a celebratory dress. Right in front of him, I put on the veil and turned to leave.

Jacobs left. A man as arrogant as him would never pester me again after I had spoken so harshly.

Actually, what I had wanted to ask him that day was whether he even knew how serious Lily's illness was.

I had also suspected that Melissa might have manipulated him, turning him into the man he became.