Chapter 256: Dare to Hit Me, Giving You Face
Lucas Hughes slowly, bit by bit, reached out and tentatively embraced Chloe Simpson. Seeing that she didn’t refuse, he tightened his grip and pulled her forcefully into his arms.
In truth, Chloe truly didn’t know how to refuse.
"Lucas, this isn’t your fault. It’s all my fault. Even if it was fate’s cruel humor, I was the one who ended up climbing into Alexander Johnson’s bed that night. You can’t blame yourself, I..."
She was already completely moved by Lucas’s words, to the point where she was a complete mess, especially since Lucas spoke with such deep emotion and even a choking voice.
Moreover, she felt an even stronger sense of guilt, an ever-increasing mountain of self-blame.
Seeing Lucas’s immense love for her, and then thinking of the uncontainable pleasure and desire she had felt under Alexander Johnson, her heart ached even more for Lucas.
"No! Chloe, all of this is because I’m petty and insecure. Damn it, I’m just not a good man. On our wedding night, it was I who took you out drinking to celebrate us. But in the end, I didn’t take care of you, and that’s why you ended up in the wrong room."
"If anyone is to blame, it’s me, Chloe. I was wrong, I truly know I was wrong. You can hit me, curse me, I deserve it all—just come back to me, please? I’m begging you, I really can’t let you go."
"Do you know what these past months have been like for me? At work, I think of you; off work, I think of you; while eating, while spacing out, all I do is think of you. Even when I sleep, I dream of only you."
"At first, I was consumed with jealousy and couldn’t manage my feelings about you and Alexander. I couldn’t take it. But after we divorced, when you left my side, I realized—"
"Compared to all the inner torment and pain, losing you is the one thing I absolutely cannot accept. Chloe, I love you. I truly, deeply love you. I can’t live without you. *Sob sob sob...*"
As Lucas spoke, crying, his hands began wandering across Chloe’s body.