Chapter 1343
Lorraine 31
Chapter 1343 Lorraine 31
"But how did you change?" she murmured to herself. "Back then, we talked about everything in our letters. You said we would get married, that you would treat me very well, and that you wouldn't be like your father, where you only stayed with me."
"The most ridiculous thing is that I believed you."
"Because I wanted to be with you forever, I hid the fact that I had awakened my talent from my family. I did not communicate with the gods, but chose to become an ordinary person. When I saw my family perish before my eyes, I began to regret it."
"At that time, I dared not regret it at all. I could only hold on to you tightly, but you seemed to have completely forgotten the vows we made."
"A man's affection is as shallow as dew on a leaf; it melts as soon as the sun comes out."
Williams finally came to his senses, and he tightened his grip on the sheepskin bag: "I didn't know, I didn't know you did so much behind my back. If I had known, if I had known..."
“If you had known, you wouldn’t have gotten so close to Jacqueline?” Lorraine sneered. “Williams, it’s not shameful to admit you’re materialistic and realistic; what’s shameful is trying to cover it up.”
“Between you and me, I have done nothing wrong. But I owe my family the most. My family nurtured me, but I ruined their future for a cold-hearted man. I am a sinner to my family.”
Williams knelt down in front of Lorraine, looked up at her, and tentatively reached out to hold her hand. Lorraine stepped aside, saying, "It's not appropriate. We're over."
Williams' fingers paused slightly, but he dared not reach out again.
A man in the treetop raised an eyebrow. "Coward." This is the moment, this is when it's time to be assertive. He never imagined that his simple outing and overnight stay in the forest would lead him to witness such a dramatic emotional spectacle.
The protagonist is still Lorraine Houston, who was once favored by God.
"You've come to see me now just to say this?" Williams looked at Lorraine, who seemed to have been favored by time, still looking exactly the same as she had sixteen years ago.
Sixteen years ago, she was obsessed and jealous. Now, she seems to have become peaceful, no longer the irritable and twisted woman she once was.
Lorraine's gaze fell on Williams' face. She scrutinized every inch of his features, her eyes full of scrutiny: "I've been thinking a lot lately. We barely met before we were sixteen. Why was I so deeply in love with you back then?"
"For a heartless man, I abandoned my family and loved ones. Is it really worth it?"
"But now that I see you again, I realize that you are nothing special. You are just an ordinary man."
"The you I like is the one I imagine. But the real you is really... very ordinary, nothing special."
"Now that I see you again, all my resentment has completely vanished. It's because I like you that you are so special."
Williams looked rather grim, but he had to admit that it was precisely because of his engagement to Lorraine that he had been able to thrive in the capital. But once Lorraine broke off the engagement, not only him, but the Dubote family's upward momentum would also be completely cut off.
Tartarus was somewhat displeased: "How can 'ordinary' be used to describe him?"
This was Tan You's exclusive evaluation of him, how come it's being used to evaluate Williams now?
Tan You glanced at him: "It's not exactly a nice word, so what's there to fight over? I'm a little surprised; I didn't expect your love-struck mind to have awakened."
Tartarus made a joke, then quickly steered the conversation back to the main point: "Looking back now, it's Williams who should feel the most aggrieved."
Tan You: "How long can a man's regret last? They are inherently heartless and selfish. If I were Lorraine, I would never give up my great power for a false affection." Tartarus: "So you came into this world."
Tan You remained silent, simply gazing at the two figures below, one sitting and one squatting. To the uninformed, the scene might appear quite harmonious and beautiful.
Those who know the character of these two people will find it somewhat ironic to look at them now.
Lorraine's gaze fell on the large tree beside her: "I came to see you mainly to ease this lingering resentment. I'm not reconciled that my all-or-nothing love has ended up like this, and I'm not reconciled to the huge mistake I made."
Seeing that you are not doing well, my resentment has finally disappeared.
The man raised an eyebrow, truly vindictive, doing whatever was most hurtful. She had almost completely degraded her ex-fiancé, calling him utterly unremarkable, selfish, and cold-hearted, saying the most awful things she could think of.
Williams stared at Lorraine: "Sixteen years ago you broke off our engagement so readily. Even if you were unwilling, why did you wait sixteen years to tell me?"
"Given your personality, you would have made a scene back then. But at that time, you were still quite decent to me."
Lorraine turned to look at Williams, her eyes filled with coldness: "Do you know me well?"
Williams paused. He used to think he knew Lorraine well, but now he wasn't sure.
Lorraine was unwilling to say anything more to Williams. She whistled, "Let the griffin take you back. I won't see you again. Williams, you'd better take care of yourself."
"You may marry and have children again in the future, but you will never find a woman who loves you as much as I once did."
Williams didn't want to leave; he still had things to say. But the griffin had already flapped its wings and its claws had grabbed the belt around his waist, and Williams was thus dragged away from the forest.
Lorraine no longer cared about the withered branches and leaves all around her. She lay on the ground without a care, looking up at the moon in the sky. Suddenly, scenes of chatting and admiring the moon with her family flashed through her mind.
"I know you're here."
She suddenly murmured something, and Antonio was taken aback, thinking to himself, "Is this the chosen one of the gods? I've hidden myself so well, how could she still find me?"
"Elder sister, I know you're here. Don't you want to come out and see me?"
When he heard the next sentence, Antonio suddenly realized that she wasn't talking about him. All that nervousness he had just felt was for nothing.
Tan You and Tartarus appeared quietly in the dense forest, which Lorraine was already used to. She bowed respectfully to the two of them: "Elder sister, Your Majesty the Deity."
Tan You sat down on the clean tree stump, making room for Tartarus, who unceremoniously sat down next to her.
Tan You looked at Lorraine lying on the ground again with a mocking expression: "You came to me just so I would see you looking like this?"
"No, it's not that. I just wanted to talk to you. In this world, only my eldest sister truly understands me. There are many things I can only tell you." Lorraine stared blankly at the sky.