She can't get him.
They saw Darleen's oral conflicts with Elinor clearly. The former guarded off the latter for she thought Elinor would take Victor away from her.
But even without Elinor, can Darleen get him?
Rankin's words made Darleen embarrassed. After her thoughts were seen through by him, she felt Elinor destroyed everything of her.
Everything that she made efforts to was broken by Elinor when she almost made it come true.
"I won't give up."
She didn't avoid and looked into Rankin's eyes. "I'll definitely take Victor back."
"Meaningless obsession."
His eyes were deep. "I advise you to give up as soon as possible. At least, there is still leeway."
Leeway.
Does he mean she will fall into impasse?
In high school, she just stood by and watched everything that Elinor suffered coldly. Now, she has begun to choose to target her.
"You come to scold me?"
Gnashing her teeth, shameful and livid, she shrilled, "I don't want to hear those suggestions from you. Now that you wanna be Elinor's friend, go to find her. I don't know what is good about that woman, and all of you stand up for her. Anyway, all men were allured by her, including you."
His body stiffened.
"Enough."
"Persuasion? How kindly you are! You wanna be a saint to stop all devils?"
She turned cold, still as elegantly as the previous noble lady who matched Victor very much as the rumors said. She clenched her train. "Take care of yourself now."
He shook his head and showed a disappointed expression to her.
She turned to walk away, leaving him standing in the darkness, as if blending into it.
Elinor met Romula at one o'clock in the morning, and the latter went to hold her hand lively. "Elly, have you and my brother finished your work?"
"Yeah." Elinor smiled and rubbed her hair.
"It's time to date after that!"
Romula put the hands of Elinor's and Rutledge's together. "After you were stolen, my brother was worried about you very much all night."
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