Lahat ng Kabanata ng Coaxing Her Back: Kabanata 11 - Kabanata 16

The second month after Christine left, Hansen had sent her a message.The message had been delivered successfully but was never responded to.It read, "I'm planning to sell the apartment. What should I do with your clothes?"He might have forgotten that Christine had left him a note telling him he could deal with everything as he pleased.Or maybe he hadn't forgotten at all. Maybe he just wanted an excuse to text her.Hansen probably felt that it was his way of extending an olive branch to Christine.If Christine was smart, she would accept it.Hansen had a bad temper, but he was actually easy to please as well.Christine never replied, but the apartment was never sold.Christine's clothes and all her old belongings were all in their original spots.It was as if she had never left.Hansen would always return to the apartment late at night if he had to attend any social events.He would lie on Christine's bed, unable to sleep until the sun came up.In the third month after

But that was it. Only pain was left."Hansen, I already have a boyfriend." I tightened my grip on Landon's hand and stepped forward from behind him, standing by his side.Hansen's face was drained of all color in an instant.He slowly lowered his gaze until it landed on our interlocked fingers.He saw the matching rings we were wearing.They were just like what Hansen and I used to wear back then."Christine, are you serious?" Hansen asked.I took a deep breath and looked at Landon. Then, I nodded. "Yes, I'm serious."Hansen let out a bitter laugh. "Do you really think he's serious about you? Do you think his feelings are genuine? Two years ago, he fought me to the death over a project. And now he went for you. Do you think he has no ulterior motives? "Can he stand and swear that him chasing you has nothing to do with competing against me? Christine, you're still so naive. Men are all the same. You've been with me for seven years. Do you really think Landon wouldn't mind it k

I turned back, looking at him with a gentle smile. "Let's go to the hospital."The night Landon proposed, he drank a lot. He held me and said so many things.But in the end, I only remembered two simple sentences."Christine, we'll never have a relationship like that.""Christine, we'll never break up."Every time someone made a vow, they always meant it with all their hearts.But when they broke the vow later on, people would wonder why anyone believed in them in the first place.But I chose to trust in Landon.I wanted to believe in myself too.I wanted to believe that I was worthy of being loved. I wanted to believe that true love wouldn't be betrayed.On the day Landon and I got engaged, I received a package from Gold City.Inside was the wedding dress I had once bought.It was the one that Hansen had gotten a master tailor to restore.There was even a handwritten card inside.Hansen wrote, "Christine, I will always wait for you."Landon had been by my side, and he s