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“I know you’re still angry with me, but I realize my mistakes now. I’ll find a way to deal with the company back home, then forget everything. We can start over.”
I looked at her determined eyes and found it amusing.
“Is it really you finding a way to deal with it, or is the company about to declare bankruptcy and liquidation?”
Although I no longer paid attention to Fiona’s affairs, former colleagues who I had added as friends would still chat with me from time to time.
sum of money in compensation.
Fiona and Zack had to beg partners everywhere for help.
Later, the partners got tired of their pleas and finally agreed to give them one more chance, requiring them to redo the project.
It was also around the time Fiona video called me.
But I only found out about this later.
I’m not sure if she was sincerely apologizing to me then, or if she just wanted to use our reconciliation to exploit me once more.
But it doesn’t matter anymore.
Later, Zack volunteered again, wanting to redeem himself. Fiona gave him this chance once more, but who knew that after the project ended, a serious accident occurred.
The personal data of over a million users was leaked.
Fiona not only had to compensate the partners for their losses but also the users. The total compensation amounted to at least tens of millions.
This meant that her years of hard work were about to be destroyed.
Fiona seemed not to have expected that I would hear this news. She stared at me in a daze, her lips trembling, and large tears rolled down her pale cheeks.
“I’m sorry, Lucas. I was wrong. I should have listened to you back then.”
“Don’t push me away anymore. Let me stay by your side. We can start over, okay?”
As she spoke, Fiona fell to her knees in front of me with a thud.
In the past, I would have been unable to bear this and would have tried everything to help her.
But now, my heart was as calm as if I were an outsider.
Seeming to guess that this would be my reaction, Fiona didn’t retreat. She rolled up her sleeve, and suddenly, ghastly scars on her smooth arm became particularly eye–catching.
I recognized that these scars formed my name, Lucas.
“Lucas, I admit I wronged you, but after you left, I suffered too.”
“Every night, when I saw the empty room, I couldn’t help but think of you. Every time I thought of you, I would write your name on my arm.”
“I was with Zack just to provoke you, to make you come back. The person I’ve always loved is you. I never thought about breaking up with you, and I never imagined you would really not come back.”
“I regret it now, I really regret it.”
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Fiona wept bitterly, clinging tightly to my legs as if afraid I would suddenly leave.
“You can scold me or hit me. I deserve it all, and I’m willing to take it.”
“But please don’t leave me again, okay?”
I was about to push her away, but on second thought, I changed my mind.
“Alright, but you have to agree to one condition for me.””
