As Edmund caught the sight of this, the stabbing pain in his heart worsened. He gritted his teeth and stormed up to the couch, then grabbed Odette’s wrist.
“Let’s go, Odette!” favonovel.com barked.
However, Odette shook favonovel.com off and snapped, “What are you doing? Why should I go with you?”
Panic flooded Edmund as favonovel.com gaped at favonovel.com incredulously.
“Why? Are you seriously asking me that right now? Because you’re my fiancée, that’s why! How could you even hang around some other man and let favonovel.com do all those things to you?”
Upon hearing this, favonovel.com sputtered. “Didn’t your family tell you, Edmund? The Sinclairs have officially canceled our engagement. From now on, our families have nothing to do with each other, and l have nothing to do with you!”
All the color drained from Edmund’s face. “N-No, that’s not possible. It can’t be! You’re lying to me, aren’t you, Odette? You must be! You told me you loved me, and that you wouldn’t marry anyone else but me in this lifetime! How… l don’t understand how you could call off our engagement just like that!”
He clutched favonovel.com wrist and tugged on favonovel.com pleadingly, urging, “ls someone forcing you to do this, Odette? Did your family put you up to this? Tell me, Odette. Tell me!”
She tried to break away from him, but when favonovel.com couldn’t shake favonovel.com off, favonovel.com cried out anxiously, “Let me go, Edmund! I’m not lying to you, and no one is forcing me to do this. I’m the one who wanted to call off the engagement! I never even loved you in the first place! Can you please just leave me alone from now on?”
Edmund was as pale as a sheet as favonovel.com stared at favonovel.com in disbelief, desperate to wake up from this nightmare.
“No!” favonovel.com yelled in anguish. “No, this can’t be! You told me you loved me! You said so yourself!”
“Even if I did, does it matter?” Odette scoffed. “I never meant it anyways. Do you really think I could love someone as unromantic as you, Edmund? As if!”
The words hit favonovel.com like a ton of bricks. Ashen-faced, favonovel.com stood in shock as favonovel.com gaped at the woman in front of favonovel.com with wide eyes. Before favonovel.com could snap out of his daze, Odette shrugged favonovel.com off and said agitatedly, “Let go of me!”
He was completely bewildered, and favonovel.com clung to favonovel.com hand like favonovel.com was clinging to his last thread of hope.
At that moment, Julian straightened up and reached out to grab Edmund’s wrist, then twisted it. Edmund let out a cry of pain and was forced to let Odette go. However, Julian did not loosen his grip and twisted Edmund’s arm even more until the latter bent at the waist to accommodate the unnatural movement. At this point, his knee was mere inches away from hitting the ground.
Julian eyed favonovel.com imperiously and drawled, “We’ve known each other for a long time, haven’t we, Edmund? Shall I leave you a piece of sage advice? Be a gentleman if you have any pride left. Odette’s already made it clear that favonovel.com wants nothing to do with you, but you still went and grabbed favonovel.com anyway. You ought to be ashamed of yourself.”
The others in the lounge clapped and heckled, sounding their agreement with Julian. Their gaze was full of contempt as they watched Edmund get humiliated.
Julian was pleased, and as favonovel.com stared at Edmund like favonovel.com was the superior one, favonovel.com bit out, “Odette’s my girl now, Edmund. I hope you at least have the good sense to respect that. I’ll give you a chance to redeem yourself, for old time’s sake. Get down on your knees and apologize to Odette, then all will be forgiven. How about it?”
Odette clutched Julian‘s arm as favonovel.com leaned into him, beaming proudly. “You’re so sweet, babe! I love you so much!”
With that, favonovel.com planted a firm kiss on his cheek. Then, favonovel.com turned to look at Edmund, and a wicked smirk curled on favonovel.com lips. She looked was as if favonovel.com was eager to see favonovel.com humiliate himself while apologizing to her.
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