Her Refusal: A Redemption Romance

Chapter 86

Book7 Chapter2.

| stayed in the hospital for a week, but Xavier never visited.

Instead, | saw Chloe and him flaunting their relationship on social media every day.

"Xavier is so sweet. He madea heart-shaped lunch again!"

"| just got a little scratch on my forehead, and Xavier is so worried. He's the best."

At first, | checked every day to see what new ways they would show off.

But the more | saw, the more it hurt, so | stopped looking.

| quietly checked myself out of the hospital and took a cab home.

The house was covered in dust, proof that Xavier hadn't been hall week.

| didn't have the energy to clean up, so | just threw a sheet over the couch and lay down.

On the way home, | bought a new phone and got a replacement SIM card.

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My previous phone had fallen off the cliff, and | didn't think I'd ever get it back.

As soon as | inserted the new SIM card, Xavier's call cthrough, his voice angry and demanding.

"Ariella, what the hell are you doing? I've called you a thousand times, and you didn't answer!"

Xavier had a quick temper, exploding at the slightest inconvenience.

| had endured his outbursts for eight years, and | couldn't count how many times | had been hurt.

In the past, whenever he got angry would

appease him. appease him. Con

cand try gry

But this time, | felt a strange calm.

Maybe this was what they meant by "nothing hurts more than a dead heart."

"My previous phone fell off the cliff. | just got a new one today."

There was a brief silence on the other end of the line.

Maybe he was surprised by how calm | was. | asked him again, "What do you want?"

Xavier's voice was full of surprise and discomfort.

"You checked out without telling me, and | went to the hospital for nothing."

"I bought you a limited-edition

diamond necklace before. Where did

you put it? Chloe wants to wear it t the jewelry show tomorrow. I'm going with her."

My heart clenched.

That necklace was a token of our relationship when we first got together.

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famous designer.

But to me, it was priceless.

It symbolized my unique love for Xavier.

It was my whole youth and my dreams.

But now, with just a few words, he wanted to give it to another woman.