At that point, Griffon paused. His hawk eyes, which hadn’t had a proper rest in the past few days, were red-rimmed once more when he looked at Taya.
“The French restaurant is not a romantic restaurant for couples.
It’s just an ordinary western restaurant.”
“The gla*s installed in the restaurant is LOW-E gla*s, which means guests can’t see what’s going on outside at night…”
Eyelashes of the stunned Taya fluttered uncontrollably when she heard those words.
Griffon’ fingers were gentle and delicate as always in stroking her eyebrows as if to overcome her insecurities.
“Emelyn’s identity is quite unique in the sense that it involves the Aronland royal pack. If we had to go on a mission, we must forge an alibi.”
“She requested my help for the two of us to act as a couple, but I didn’t want to, so I looked out the window. It just so happened that you showed up at that time.”
After his words died away, he embraced her petite figure in his arms, the pair of hawk eyes under the thick eyelashes were full of apology.
“I’m sorry that I didn’t see you. Had I known that you were outside, I promise I would have gone out to you.”
Taya frowned, staring blankly at the man, who raised a hand to soothe her frowns.
“After I exited the restaurant, I was wearing a headset and was in contact with the organization, so I didn’t hear you calling my name.”
“I’m sorry that you sat by the hotel, waiting for me in the heavy rain, and that you mistook both Emelyn and I for cheating on
you…”
“To be honest, there’s nothing between the two of us. After entering the hotel and forging the alibi, we left through the back door.”
After Taya listened to all he had to say, she recovered from her daze and couldn’t help blurting out asking with visible doubts in her eyes that confused her all the while.
“How do you know all this…”The surveillance footage.”
Through the surveillance footage, he could see how desperate she had been with despair overflowing in her eyes, but she tried
her best to chase after him nonetheless, never giving up.
If he had exited through the main entrance of the hotel that night, his Taya wouldn’t have had to soak herself in the rain all night, let alone leave in sorrow and hopelessness.
“The texts and photos from Jessica are all fake.”
“For me, Griffon Knight, you’re the only woman I’ve ever had. I can’t help feeling disgusted whenever I touch other women.”
“Trust me, I’ve never let you down. I swear that I was just dealing with the affairs of the organization that night.”
After Taya nodded her head lightly, her eyelashes lowered to hide the complicated emotions in her eyes.
Upon returning to the villa in Washington, the first thing he had done was to explain why he hadn’t been able to return home in time.
He had made it clear that the reason he couldn’t make it back in time was due to an emergency that broke out within the organization.
Her heartbroken self couldn’t care less about what he had done, so she didn’t bother to question him if his words were true and if he had an affair with Emelyn.
Right then as he was telling her all the truth, she was at a loss of not knowing what to say…
As if he could sense her emotions, Griffon rea*sured Taya in his usual gentle voice, “It’s all my fault. Before the incident happened, I didn’t give you a heads-up, and after the incident, I didn’t explain everything clearly to you. I mistook your departure as your excuse to meet Silas, and in a fit of anger, I hurt you, I’m sorry…”
After he apologized, he planted a gentle kiss on her lips. “Jessica has been dealt with, and I’ll handle Tara in person since she’s
hired someone to hurt you. Now that you and Silas have gotten a unmate and that we have cleared things up between us, let’s get back together, shall we?”
His kiss was as light as a peck.
He ran his fingers along her hair and eventually her face. It was a refreshingly cooling touch.
Taya looked at the finger rubbing her eyebrows and turned her head slightly to avoid his touch.
The barely noticeable action caused emotional turmoil, smashing against the walls of the man’s heart, causing an instant pang of
pain.
The hawk eyes under the double eyelids were gradually smudged by affliction, with misty tears that moistened the eyes.
“You… don’t want to?”
Although he knew the answer, he couldn’t help blurting out asking out loud.
Taya gave a slight hum as a reply.
She nodded, the complex emotions in her pupils fading away to clarity.
Her response was the last straw that destroyed his faith as if he had reached the end of his life, powerless.
“Why…”
Why would she not want to get back with him after he had told her everything?
Why would he fail to hold onto her no matter how hard he tried? Why couldn’t he get her when she was all he wanted in his life?
Taya lowered her head, and after a moment of pondering, raised her clear bright eyes to stare at him.
“Do you know what I was like in the past?”
Her past few years ago belonged to Silas, so Griffon had no idea.
Although he didn’t want to hear about the past between the two, he couldn’t help shaking his head still when it came to her.
“If you love someone, you can give everything you have, without hesitation, but…”
Taya’s eyes dimmed as if shrouded in the darkness of the past, dull and gloomy.
“I knelt in front of Silas, crying and begging for him not to abandon me, pleading for him not to forget me, but despair was all I
received.”
“Although few years later, he recovered his memory and told me that those were all misunderstandings, the fact is that I was hurt…”
“After the incident, I grew a lot more sensitive, and nor did I have the courage to love someone again…”
When she said so, she was once again imprisoned in her memories, struggling to break free while her eyes were on Griffon’ face, the face of the man who had tormented her for few whole years.
“Back then, although I knew that you’ll never mate or love me, I still couldn’t help falling in love with you.”
“After all the harm done, I no longer had the courage to boldly express my love, so staying by your side in silence was all I could do.”
“I look forward to hoping that there’ll be a possible delay to the date that we end our agreement, but you still ended it innadvance.”
“Later, you and Tara became a pair. The two of you appeared before my eyes to hurt me, and that’s when I lost all my expectations of you…”
“I remember the most heartbreaking moment was when you warned me not to dream of you loving me. As a result, I died
without hoping for you to fall in love with me…
The tears in Taya’s eyes gushed out, pouring out the past grievances accumulated in her heart to the man hugging her tightly.
“I was hurt, I’m insecure, I’m sensitive, and I have weak trust in you, but under such circumstances, I mustered the courage to get back with you. Just when I was opening up to you, I saw you entering a hotel with another woman.”
“Even if you tell me now that it’s all made-up, I’d still be disappointed and terrified witnessing such a scene with my own eyes. My emotions torture me still, and I don’t even have the courage to question your words.”
“I’m no longer the person I was few years ago. I’m now sensitive and cowardly. The next time I encounter similar situations, I’ll still take a step back and retreat. If I continue staying by your side, it wouldn’t be good for the two of us. We’re just not meant to be
together.”