"I've told you that it's over between us. No, we never even began. You never chose me from the start, Claire. Please, stop making things difficult for my wife." Sherman gently took Rita's hand.
Claire felt as if her heart was stabbed by a thousand needles when she saw their tightly clasped hands.
"Wow… Just wow. Every choice I've made over these years has been wrong. Leaving you was a mistake, Sherman. Now that I choose to come back, I realize I'm still going to lose you. Sherman, why pretend to be righteous here? Why don't you just admit that you've never ever thought of giving me a chance from the start?
"Rita, you rat. No need to show off in front of me. You just want to see me suffer, don't you? Well, I won't give you the satisfaction! I'll make all of you regret it!"
As Claire spoke, she charged straight toward the pillar in the lobby.
Sherman's reaction was swift, rushing toward her in that instant, but he could not stop Claire. At that moment, she had resolved to gamble on whether Sherman would relent. Luckily for her, she won.
He still cared for her but at the cost of finding that out was her health. Her forehead slammed heavily into the pillar, leaving behind a bloody stain.
Rita was so startled that she instinctively covered her mouth. She had not expected Claire to be so determined, resorting to such drastic measures. The situation had escalated even further, almost resulting in a tragedy and with even her supervisor coming down from upstairs.
"Get out of here, you lot! There's nothing to see here."
"What are you standing there for? Call an ambulance!" Sherman shouted at Rita, who stood dumbfounded.
"Don't talk now, you're injured. We need to stop the bleeding first."
She lowered her gaze, tears streaming down her cheeks as if she had lost all will to live.
"How can you think like this? You're such a talented dancer with a bright future ahead of you. You don't need to give up on life because of me. Didn't you choose someone else before?"
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The readers' comments on the novel: The Day I Kissed An Older Man
This book is a good book, but it’s too short. I hope it has a part two👍🏾...
This book is getting boring now. I loved Jeremy, Corinne, Sonny and Lucas. The story needs to end. or bring back more of Jeremy, etc....
I haven't skipped any chapter at all. Though the story is good, it keeps going back to base one. I think this has no ending at all and somehow after reading more than 2500 chapters it's kinda tiring already. They have drained all the thrills....
Great writing! I almost cried when Helen hit Melody! So sad! 😭 can’t wait to see how the relationship with her and Lucas develops though. So tired of the repetitive problems with different people....
Yikes my body tenses so much, my moods change as the scenes change. It leaves me wanting to continue reading....
my heart breaks for melody, so many ups and downs, i shed a few tears when lucas walked by melody carrying thalia, and melody stayed quiet while watching them leave. i find myself getting into character as if im one. i dont remember ever feeling like that in any other books. im thankful the 10 chapters/day. waiting for the next 10...
We have updated progress from 7 chapters/day to 10 chapters/day.<3...
i love grandma Beatrice, there needs to me more people like her in the world straight forward and to the point, no beating around the bush and worrying about offending anyone, why pretend to be someone your not....
looking forward to more chapters, The same thing is happening to Melody as what happened to Luna, if Luna was back maybe she would set Lucas straight, can't wait to see how Lucas handles the situations that will arrive. Poor Melody....
ya Lucas pay more attention to Melody lets see what happens waiting for more chapters thanks...