HappyNovelChapter 1317: She had remained composed, knowing full well there might be security cameras around. She didn't dare show any signs of frustration or impatience.
Belinda sat across from Holley with poise and an air of cold detachment.
"Why are you here?" she asked flatly, skipping all formalities.
Holley also sat down and softened her voice, her eyes searching Belinda's face.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt"Belinda, how have you been lately?" Belinda let out a soft, mocking laugh.
"Ms. Lewis, is that what you chere to ask me?" Holley's face faltered as if she were struck by the words.
"Belinda, why would you addresslike that?" Belinda said nothing, her silence more piercing than words.
Hurt flickered across Holley's features.
"Have things really deteriorated so much between us? You won't even call'Mom' anymore... You also blocked my number." Her voice quivered. Tears welled in her eyes.
"Belinda, how did it all cto this?" Hearing her, Belinda couldn't suppress a chuckle, a bitter one.
She, too, wondered when everything had beclike this.
Where had that caring, selfless mother gone, the one who had once made her feel safe and loved? That woman felt like a memory from another lifetime.
Holley's voice trembled as she spoke again.
"Belinda, please... Forgive me. Don't keep holding onto this anger. Lately, I've felt so empty. I think of you constantly. I wanted to see you so badly, but I was afraid you wouldn't want to see me..." Holley's voice trembled with apparent sorrow and hurt.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmBut to Belinda, it was nothing short of hypocrisy.
Holley had been feeling empty? She had been afraid that she wouldn't want to see her? What a joke.
If Holley hadn't needed something from her, if there wasn't shidden agenda behind this sudden affection, would she have ever reached out to her? These words only served to deepen Belinda's disgust.
With a frosty gaze and lips curling into a faint smile, Belinda replied,
"If all you chere for is this empty sentimentality, then I suggest you leave. My tis far too valuable for pointless chatter."
Holley's face stiffened. She looked utterly stunned, as slapped is if she had just been slapped across the face. She hadn't anticipated such a response from Belinda.
A wave of frustration surged within her. Belinda was increasingly imming om to manipulate.
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