Delyth tried to reach his hand, but Ryan’s one cold look was enough to freeze her attempt. She swallowed and pulled back the hand that she had extended for him.
"Ryan, please, I can no longer take your cold behavior. Can we please not return to the past where you treated me kindly?" she asked, almost pleading.
Ryan frowned. "What do you think?" Turning to her, he tucked his hands in his pockets and said, "After all that you did, do you think you deserve to be treated kindly?"
"Ryan, I am already miserable and your indifference is only making it worse for me. Can you see that?" she cried. "After Zeke, I only have you in my life and even you are abandoning me. I know I did wrong, but don’t you think I am already suffering enough?"
Ryan gazed down at her and shook his head. "You might be suffering, Delyth, but none of this came to you as the punishment for what you did to Arwen. So, this is not at all enough. Don’t think of all your pain as an equalizer because none of this is caused to you by Arwen."
Delyth gritted, her fingers clenched and her gaze turned hostile. Glancing up at Ryan, she said, "Really, Ryan? You really think so?" she asked but then gave a cold scoff. "Fine, I agree I did cruel things to her —things that I shouldn’t have done. But can you stop seeing her in the angel light, for God’s sake?"
Then taking a brief pause, she began, "Arwen is not a saint. She pretends to be but she isn’t. Why can you see this all was done by her? If not her, who else would harm me this way? It has to be her."
"Enough, Delyth!" Ryan snapped, giving a frustrated growl. "Arwen is not like that. She would never harm you …" he pointed from her head to toe. "...in this way. She wouldn’t. And for this, I don’t need any evidence. I have known her enough to know that she isn’t this kind of a person. She might not be a saint, but she isn’t cruel to harm you like this." ƒrēewebnovel.com
"Is it?" Delyth asked with a disdainful smile. "But the last when we discussed you were not this confident about her. You said regretting about trusting her. You were ready to punish her for this. Now why are you changing?" She said, tugging on his arms in desperation. She wanted Ryan to believe her. Not because she wanted his favor, but because this was the one thing she was sure of. It has to be Arwen behind all her suffering.
As long as she proves it, there is a possibility of making things turn back in her favor.
"That’s because you manipulated the things. But can see through all your manipulations now. There is no way, I am going to believe in your words anymore," Ryan said, Delyth shook her head, refusing to accept it.
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