The Weight Of Regret And New Beginnings

Book:The Billionaire Alpha Contract Lover Published:2025-2-7

At that time, Edith was standing at the door, she wouldn’t feel pain for Anthony anymore once she got disappointed enough.
Now she no longer felt pain for him. Instead, she could face him calmly, even looking at him with a smile of relief in her eyes.
Anthony felt heartbroken when he saw that smile, knowing that no matter what he did, he couldn’t win her back.
“I’m sorry.”
After he apologized sincerely, he turned around and left with unsteady steps.
Edith stared at his back, the relieved smile in her eyes becoming even deeper.
Her parents found out that she had been mistreated by a man while abroad and forced them to break up.
After the breakup, Anthony quickly moved on and started a new relationship, while Edith….
Trapped in a villa abroad by her parents, she lived in great misery, but he had never come to see her even once.
Edith also read much scandalous news about Anthony and many women.
During that time, Edith curled up in a corner and cried until her eyes were almost blind, before finally getting over it
She finally managed to move on, and Anthony, for some reason, regretted it and came to her every day.
The most frequent words he had said to her were “I’m sorry.”
Edith was tired of listening to it, but he still didn’t give up.
She knew that Anthony had been repentant and apologizing, hoping for her to say “It’s okay.”
But after all, harm couldn’t be erased. Edith couldn’t forgive him no matter what.
Edith withdrew her gaze from Anthony’s indifferent stare and shifted it towards Harper and Jayden, who standing beside her.
“Are you…?”
Edith knew Jayden, the famous doctor in her brother’s hospital and she wondered why he and Harper were together, holding hands.
“Miss Knight, let me introduce you. This is my boyfriend, Jayden’
Harper didn’t try to hide anything and introduced Jayden to Preston’s sister in a straightforward and open manner. Regarding the incident where Edith was hara*sed by a man at the airport, the wise Edith didn’t mention it at all. Edith was taken aback by Harper’s words and thought, “You have a boyfriend. What should my brother do then?” Edith thought about her own past experiences and quickly empathized with the feelings of Harper.
None of the women in the world could bear to see her boyfriend embrace multiple women at the same time.
Although Preston was slightly better than Anthony, he was still a pla yboy at heart.
Since becoming an adult, he had changed girlfriends like changing clothes.
Upon thinking about it, Edith bit back her words and politely nodded her head toward Harper.
“Ms. Duke, you have good taste. When do you plan to get mated?”
Edith asked tentatively, probing for more information.
She could tell that her brother still had feelings for Ms. Duke.
It was not that Edith wanted to help her brother. She just wanted to remind her brother once things went on too quickly.
This mating issue was difficult for Harper to respond to, and only Jayden could speak about it.
“I haven’t proposed yet, so let me propose first before setting an engagement date.”
Jayden believed that he should first seek Harper’s opinion and make sure that she was willing to mate him before proposing. This way, he could show respect toward her feelings and wishes.
Edith didn’t ask any further questions when she found that the two were still in the dating stage and had not planned to get mated.
“Tell me the good news when you have it.”
After Edith finished speaking, she politely nodded to the two people and then took her bag and headed towards the airport exit.
As she was walking out, she saw two men in suits entering the airport from outside. One of them was Camille, who was pushing a man in a wheelchair and slowly making their way into the airport.
The man in the wheelchair was wearing a white shirt and had a thin blanket covering his knees. He looked cold, and his face was clean and handsome
When Edith saw Silas, she paused for a moment but didn’t stay long. She picked up her bag and quickly walked past him.
Silas caught sight of Edith, who nodded politely at him as well and he reciprocated with a slight nod of his own.
Before coming to the Wolverly Capital, Harper had told Silas, so when she arrived, he came to pick her up at the airport. Harper hurriedly walked towards him, accompanied by Jayden.
“Silas, didn’t I tell you that I would go to your house by myself? Why did you come to the airport to pick me up?”
Silas gave a faint smile.
“I’m not too busy on the weekend, so I come and pick you up.”
With that, Silas ‘s gaze landed on Jayden.
“Dr. Sherwood?”
Jayden often read financial magazines and was familiar with the featured Mr. Sterling on the cover.
Although Silas was sitting in a wheelchair, he remained as elegant and refined as he was on a magazine cover.
It was evident that Silas was true as described in the magazine well-educated and elegant.
Jayden had always admired talented people, and without thinking, he took a step forward and extended his hand to Silas.
“Hello, Mr. Sterling. I’m Jayden, Harper’s boyfriend.”
“I have heard her talk about you.”
Silas, being very polite, shook Jayden’s hand in return
Harper probably thought Jayden was pretty good, so she often mentioned him to Silas.
Silas knew that Harper wanted to lead by example and tell him that they could move on.
Every time Silas read Harper’s motivational words, he also struggled along but found himself sinking deeper the more he struggled.
He might as well let the nature take its course. There was nothing better than letting things be and waiting for life to pa*s by in a more enjoyable way.
Harper didn’t know the extent of Sila s’s severe depression, and the darkness, loneliness, and confusion that he felt inside.
Just by looking at his good complexion and the smile in his eyes, she felt that he was living a good life, and her anxious heart was put
at ease
Jayden was a doctor, but he could feel Sil as ‘s uniqueness with just one glance. At first, he just felt that Silas was different.
But through his smile, gaze, conversation, and eating habits, Jayden could tell that Silas had been putting on a facade.
The feeling of struggling to move on but being powerless to do so made Silas feel like he was in a living hell, unable to climb out no matter how hard he tried.