Chapter 37 Having Been Hurt by Love, She Learned to Run Away

"I heard that she's back," Eric said.

"Yeah."

"Congrats."

Jude laughed in self-mockery. "Congrats? She said to treat the past like smoke and let it fade away."

"No way she told you that... That's Scarlett, and you're Jude. I can't believe that she'd just let you go."

"What do I matter when she would even throw away her life and company? What is so priceless about me that she can't give me up?"

"Why is she... Are you going to just give up?" Eric didn't believe that Jude would let go of the person that he wanted.

Then, he saw his best friend looking discouraged for once. "She told me that loving me is her sin," Jude said. He could even taste the bitterness in his words. "If loving me is her sin, how can I force her to make the same mistake again?"

"Why would she say that? I can't believe she'd say something like that."

"If loving me is a sin, what right do I have to demand anything from her?"

"No, this is all wrong, Jude."

"When I saw her this time, she resisted me a lot."

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