Regretting the Rest of His Years

Sasha Barlow had just finished her abortion surgery when she received a call from Aidan Gallagher."Get ready. Mr. Conley is coming tonight. Make sure to bring five bottles of whiskey and three bottles of red wine. Also, reach out to Mina and have her arrange for some pretty girls to be there."Sasha tightened her grip on the phone instinctively. "If I arrange everything for you, can I not be there tonight?"There was a brief silence on the other end of the line. "Sasha, I know you're angry because I didn't help you out and instead scolded you when Natalie hit you yesterday."But you have to understand. Natalie is my girlfriend. She comes from a wealthy family and has been spoiled since she was young, so she's a bit indulged. You're older, so just put up with her a bit."With that, Aidan hastily hung up.As Sasha listened to the beeping sound on the other end, a bitter smile formed at the corner of her mouth.Just then, her ride arrived. Sasha ignored the faint pain as she quick

Sasha and Aidan had met at an upscale nightclub.At that time, her mother, Ella Barlow, was battling uremia. She required dialysis every week and was in desperate need of a kidney transplant.To make quick money, Sasha worked as a PR officer at the club, using her looks to interact with wealthy customers.Aidan was like a desperate sycophant back then, flattering and serving a group of people. He poured drinks and lit cigarettes for them, hoping they would throw some business his way.At first, Sasha and Aidan's relationship was nothing more than occasional greetings.That changed one day when Sasha was set up by another PR officer at the club. She was tricked into serving a rich heir who had a disease.In an attempt to make sure she got infected, the PR officer had even drugged her, knowing she never left the club with customers.Just as she was about to be assaulted by the heir, Aidan came to her rescue.On that day, Aidan lost a deal worth millions, and the heir crushed his

Aside from helping Aidan find new distributors for the factory's goods, Sasha had begun passing her workload onto Heidi.Leaving was a decision she made after she had the abortion and left the hospital.For seven years, she had sacrificed too much and endured too much hurt in the name of love for Aidan.Aidan thought she was invincible. Little did he know, behind the flirtations with clients and socializing at the negotiation table, she was swallowing handfuls of sleeping pills and frantically washing her body with cold water.She had used these seven years to repay the favor Aidan did for her back at the club.After the fifth time she rejected Aidan's invitation to meet with new clients, Aidan finally realized something was wrong and showed up at her house.At that moment, she was packing her things.When she saw Aidan, she didn't approach him and hug him like she always had.Aidan had been single back then. Even though she knew he didn't love her, as long as he was still infa

After Aidan left that day, he didn't contact Sasha again.Sasha could more or less guess what Aidan was thinking. He was waiting for her to appease him.In the past, she loved Aidan, so he always put him first.She had used every skill she learned at the club to seduce a man to win Aidan over.She had provided him with emotional support and meticulously managed everything in his life. She had truly poured all her effort into loving him, like a moth drawn to a flame.Just as Sasha thought she would leave during the silent treatment with Aidan, she received a call from him that very night.He asked her to meet at the club, saying there was something important to discuss.Sasha hesitated for a long time, torn between going and not going. In the end, her emotions won over her reason.After seven years of loving him, she wanted to say a proper goodbye.She even thought she might ask him, just once, whether there was ever a moment in those seven years when he truly loved her.But w

Meanwhile, Aidan was having a rough time.Ever since Sasha left, he hadn't been able to reach her. Her phone was off.When he went to her apartment, he found that she had changed the passcode on the lock.He asked Heidi, but she either mocked him with sarcasm or sneered as she told him that Sasha was never coming back.But Aidan didn't believe her.Anyone could leave him, but not Sasha.After all, she had told him countless times that she would never leave him.Yet a month passed, and there was still no sign of her. That was when true panic set in.Aidan rushed to Sasha's apartment and had someone break down the door.When he stepped inside, he found the place completely empty.For the first time in his life, Aidan felt real fear.Before he could even process it, the landlord, Carissa Kinney, showed up at the door.She was furious when she saw Aidan break the lock and immediately asked for compensation.Aidan's eyes were bloodshot. Without a word, he pulled out ten thousan