Love’s Harsh Reality Novel

Derick walked up to her and stared at her with a dark expression.

“Scarlett. Since when did you get into antiques? How could you tell the antique porcelain was take just from a glance?

“Also, since when did you know van?” he asked calmly.

He sat down in on aloof manner, but he was holding back a raging fire within his heart.

“Mr. Jones, we’ve already broken up. What I know is none of your business. Who am is none of your business either ”

Het voice was calm too. This was the man she loved the most, but also the man who hurt her the most

She came here scared back then. It was Derick that let her see the light once again. His gentleness and kindness helped her come to terms with Alex’s death.

But

Scarlett’s gaze was downcast. She felt that familiar feeling wash over her. A pain within her heart.

This man had betrayed her!

“why’re you suddenly being so distant, Scarlett? Derick asked nonchalantly with a smile.

Scarlett scoffed she lied her head and looked at him coldly.

“You’re being distant too, Mr. Jones,” Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.

The words “Mr. Jones” stung to hear. He could practically teal his nerves snap

He rushed up to pull her into a hug and wrapped his arm around her waist.

He was stunned. Her waist seemed thicker than before.

“You’ve grown fatter.”

Scarlett was shocked. She shoved his hand away in fear of him hurting the child. More than that, she was afraid he would find out about the child.

“Let go!” She struggled. She couldn’t overpower Derick. Besides, she didn’t dare to struggle harder as it might hurt the child.

Derick instead leased down quickly and kissed her.

Her eyes widened in disgust

The idea of his Eps having kissed Eliza disgusted her.

She pushed Derick aside forcefully

“Ugh!”

She sat down and threw up painfully.

Derick’s expression darkened.

“Scarlett! You…”

She was disgusted at him.

Scarlett looked up to glare at him “Derick Jones, I have already broken up with you! Control yourself! Those lips have dissed another woman. You disgust me! Stay away from me

She threw up again before even finishing her sentence.

Scarlett got up to her feet quickly and ran out. She had to go to the toilet.

Derick’s veins were about to burst. His gaze darkened.

Scarlett threw up in the toilet for quite some time. Her face was covered in tears. After breathing in deeply, she wiped tears out of the corner of her eyes and rinsed her mouth in the sink

She saw her pale complexion in the mirror and was stunned Was this really st her?

Her eyes were soulless. She looked gloomy and listless. A look fitting of a mannequin, just like what Evan said.

She stepped back and shook her head. “This in me,” she muttered to herself softly.

Did she really become like this after Alex’s death?

She would never have realized there was a problem if Even hadn’t mentioned it. But after hearing him say it, she started noticing the changes in herself,

She walked out exhausted and listless. Yet, she ran intela, Derick’s woman.

“Scarlet? What are you doing here?

Derick wasn’t here. She had no reason to be p

polite to Scarlett

Something must be wrong with this worn why would she ask what she was doing in a public space!

“Ms. Miller, this is a public toilet,” Scarlett said. She was insinuating that anyone could come here.

Eliza’s expression dropped, it seemed like Derick didn’t come to look for Scarlett. Where on earth did he go then?