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Adrienne went to Yuan’s house. She told him that she let Justin go.
“You must be out of your freaking mind!” Yuan said crossly.
“I have to do this, Yuan,” she said sadly. “I love him.”
“Then why the hell did you let him go?!”
“I don’t want his mother to fall into deep depression! I don’t want her to get hurt. I don’t want to ruin his perfect family. I never had that! And I wanted it for him. I don’t want him to feel guilty if something happened to his Mom or his Dad. He will never be happy with me this way.”
“Do you think he will be happy without you?”
Adrienne sighed. She knows Justin felt devastated with her decision to let him go, too. But he had to fix things with his parents. And the only way she could do that is if she gave him up.
“Maybe someday, Yuan,” she said
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