“Yes, Norton. However, this is my business. It has nothing to do with you.” Sabrina didn’t want to hide anything and admitted it frankly.
“Nothing to do with me?” Norton’s expression turned angry. He jerked her hand forcefully and growled, “Sabrina, I’ve told you long ago that you’re my woman. You’re not allowed to find yourself a boyfriend for a year. Why did his family propose a marriage to you? Why?”
Norton’s face was flushed red. He looked furious, with the veins on his forehead popping.
This was the first time Sabrina witnessed Norton’s incandescently furious look. His appearance was so terrifying that she was stunned for a moment and soon felt that what he had sputtered was beyond her.
“Let me go.” Sabrina struggled hard and pushed him with one hand. She glared at him and reminded him. “Norton, we have already broken off the engagement. Please don’t be unreasonable, okay.”
Norton was fuming, galled by Sabrina’s engagement. He felt terrible, as if he really was about to lose her. The light in his eyes showed disappointment and desolation, hoping that this was not true.
“Sabrina, Sergio forced you into marrying him. He threatened you, didn’t he? You wouldn’t have agreed at all, would you?” He stared at her, with hope in his eyes, and asked.
Sabrina took a deep breath, shook off his hand hard, and answered firmly, “No, I agreed. I’m going to get hitched with him soon.”
What!
Sabrina’s words were so direct that Norton was dumbfounded, and he felt that he had lost all sense of reason. His eyes turned red.
“Sabrina, why are you doing this? You promised me that you’d wait for me for a year, didn’t you? You’re just provoking me on purpose, aren’t you?” Norton muttered. His face was ferocious. Half of his face was swollen from Sergio’s hit, and Norton was in bad shape.
Sabrina was secretly shocked, but she understood that there was no future between them at all. Even if she agreed, General Delia would not. Norton’s performance in the past reeked of a scummy stench.
The Delia family would never pardon him.
“No, I’m serious. Since I’ve promised Sergio, I’ll marry him. Norton, wake up. We’re done fooling around with each other a long time ago, and there’s no future between us anymore. I’ve never promised you that I’ll wait for you for a year. That’s just your wishful thinking. Please realize that earlier, and go and meet Carmella. She’s a good match for you. Her family background and status match you well,” Sabrina answered without hesitation. She tried her best to persuade him to meet Carmella.
Norton bit hard onto his lower lip, and anger was fuming in his eyes.
“You’re that willing for me to meet Carmella. So, it turns out that I am not worth sh*t in your heart. I sincerely wanted to turn over a new leaf, and I intended to use my efforts to prove it to you. Apparently, I’m the foolish one. My feelings for you are earnest and true. Yet, you treated me like garbage and disregarded them. My life is a laughing stock,” Norton uttered with extreme disappointment. At the end of his sentence, he actually began to laugh, and no matter how hard he tried, his laughter came off sorrowful.
Sabrina felt a dull pain in her heart, and his laughter went straight into her heart, making her quiver involuntarily, with bitterness festering in her heart.
If Norton had known that this would happen, then he wouldn’t have done it back then!
Men only knew how to cherish them after they lost them.
“Norton, everyone has their own life. Just live with it. I hope that you can work hard and listen carefully to Jenna’s advice. Then, you can achieve success earlier and prove it to everyone. Once you find purpose in your life, there will be a good woman who is willing to be with you in the future.” Sabrina’s voice trembled slightly. She could not bear to see his distorted expression and lowered her head.
Perhaps Sabrina could only feel Norton’s feelings for her then. In the past, he had no feelings for her. It was only after experiencing all of this that she could finally see through his heart.
Recalling the past, she was really helpless and sad.
Such feelings were far from what she needed. The man she loved must love her from beginning to end. He must love her wholeheartedly. At that time, she hadn’t understood the affection between men and women, but now she was finally enlightened.
Love was free and equal, and people should respect each other. They must also have their own thoughts and principles.
In fact, Sabrina did not care too much about her partner’s family background and position, nor did she care too much about his past. She paid more attention to her own feelings. However, Norton had left a deep wound in her heart, and she’d even made a fool of herself in front of everyone. After Norton’s matter was exposed, their marriage had become the butt of some jokes among upper class society, even in the Capital City. In the end, she had not dared to participate in any parties, nor did she dare to face anyone, in fear of being ridiculed. Sabrina could only swallow the bitterness in her heart.
Under such circumstances, Yadriel took a fancy to General Dalia’s power and took advantage of the situation to propose a marriage. She was well aware of these things, but now that things had come to this stage, she could only be resigned to her fate.
“Sabrina, I know that I have done you wrong. Although you have treated me like this today, I will not hate you. You are a good girl, and I am not worthy of you. I hope you can marry a man worthy of you and live a happy life forever. However, Sergio is really not suitable for you. You have to consider it carefully. Even if you find someone with a mediocre background, it will be fine as long as he loves you. Marriage is very important to a woman. You must not decide to marry Sergio on a whim. Otherwise, you will not be happy in the future. It will be too late to regret then. Do you understand what I’m trying to say?” Norton reminded her.
“Thank you, and I will.” Sabrina drooped her eyes and smiled bitterly. “Love and marriage are mutually exclusive. How many among the rich and powerful families are married because of love? I have seen through it. Don’t worry. I know what to do.”
She looked cavalier, as if she didn’t care.
Norton stared at her. He remembered the last time he had said the same thing to Jenna. However, Jenna firmly believed that there was love in marriage. She foolishly pursued love and waited for Hansen. Jenna was willing to devote everything to him. Even if Hansen badly hurt her, she would forge straight ahead as usual and never looked back.
Jenna finally got the love, but why couldn’t Sabrina be like that?
“Sabrina, why don’t you give me a chance? Why aren’t you willing to wait for me? If there’s true love, then everything is possible. It’s not what you said. I’m not going to meet Carmella because there’s no love between her and me. I want to pursue my love, pursue my happiness. Sabrina, I beg you, give me a chance.” Norton was unwilling to give up. He started to speak again, earnestly. He was already on the verge of despair, but he was still gripping on a thread of hope that was her hand, and continued to plead.
Sabrina raised her head and shook her head. “No, Norton. It’s too late now. Please leave. I want to rest.”
She withdrew his hand and turned to go into the bathroom. She didn’t want to talk about this annoying topic anymore.
“No.” Her hand slipped from Norton’s palm and she turned around. A fragrant breeze entered his nostrils. His heart suddenly felt a wave of sorrow. His palm involuntarily fell and circled her waist. He tugged at it, and Sabrina fell back. Very quickly, she fell into his embrace.
Sabrina stared at him with wide eyes, in shock.
All of the heat in Norton’s body rushed up to his head. He lowered his head, and his lips fiercely covered Sabrina’s red lips. His long tongue came straight in, aggressively absorbing her fragrance.
Sabrina’s heart beat faster, and she was stunned.
She couldn’t believe that he was still like this!
It was only when Norton had taken all of her breath and stopped kissing her violently that she regained her senses. Such a thing had happened several times before, and she should have seen it coming.
When she woke up, she pushed him away and gave him a tight slap.
“You’re too much, Norton,” Sabrina cursed hatefully. She turned around and ran outside, with tears filling her eyes.
She couldn’t stay here any longer. If it went on like this, then she would lose her ground.
Sabrina had already made up her mind to forget him. It was impossible for them to continue to develop like this. It would be too dangerous.
She ran to a quiet place and hid under the shade. She sat on the stone chair with her hands on her head, and tears welled up in her eyes.
…
In a world-renowned building in C City, Zoella was browsing a piece of entertainment news. As, her hands typed on the keyboard, her beautiful eyebrows knitted together.
Octavia knocked on the door and walked in.
“Miss Yates, I didn’t expect that Liya would be such a sl*t. She was actually aggressive enough to throw herself into Oscar’s embrace. This is simply too shocking.” Octavia walked in and exclaimed in disbelief.
Zoella didn’t even raise her eyes. There was a disdainful sneer in the corner of her mouth.
The news outlets knew about what Liya had done in the Richards Group, where she seduced the President to climb the social ladder. The scandal of the staged marriage was notorious in A City. What was even more disgraceful was that Reid was actually a terrorist, and he’d even forced Hansen to marry Lia, using Claude’s abduction as leverage. This scandal had ruined her future.
Zoella moved her fingers slightly. The companies in A City had blacklisted Liya and refused to offer her an opportunity for an interview.
At this moment, it was difficult for Liya to find a job again. At the very least, not a decent job.
Her life was in a bind, and it was also part of her plan to rely on Oscar.
It would be better if she went unhinged. Only when she was mad would Zoella be able to control her.
The thought made Zoella feel even more disdainful. She immediately scoffed. “What’s so strange about that? She’s now thrown out of Richards Manor by Hansen. No company is willing to hire her. Moreover, she doesn’t possess any special talent. She has her heart set on having things served to her on a silver platter. The outcome of her life is imaginable.”
When Octavia heard Zoella’s words, she was slightly stunned. It seemed that all this was still under Zoella’s control.
“But Zoella, I don’t know what that woman is using. Oscar is actually obsessed with her and will even promise her anything. Rumor has it that a few days ago, he bought a villa by the seashore and stacked countless precious pieces of jewelry for her. If it goes on like this, will Oscar…” Octavia did not go on, but just looked at Zoella.
Zoella was Oscar’s current fiancée. If Oscar spoiled Lia so brazenly, wouldn’t it damage Zoella’s interesst? After all, Sky Sword Group had already suffered a crushing defeat. If Zoella married Oscar, then she would at least form a connection with a rich and powerful family. Although he was a pervert and lustful man, it wouldn’t be bad if Zoella could gain a position.