“I''m the scumbag, but every time I see you with Sebastian, I feel like you shouldn''t be so close to him. Since you both are just friends, why should you be so intimate with each other? I ignored what I had done, and all the painful situations I put you in. At that time, Sebastian brought you so much hope."


    "Ordinary friends and best friends are different. If you mustpare the two and then use the standards for ordinary friends to criticize all cross- gender friendships, that''s superficial. It just means that one doesn''t understand howplex emotions can get. Such a person is doomed to never have true friends, and even if they do, they will lose them."


    "I shouldn''t have measured your friendship with Sebastian using the standards of ordinary friends. I was viewing your rtionship from my narrow perspective, so I became extreme and harsh. I hurt you repeatedly, questioned you, and belittled you."


    "Foolish and superficial people see everything in ck and white, but there are gray areas. Sebastian was willing to fight me to the death for you, so when he encounters difficulties, you also stand by him without hesitation."


    "If someone''s willing to fight others for you, always stand by your side, protect you, and care for you, and if you abandon them in their time of need because you think it''s none of your business, then such a person doesn''t deserve to have someone treat them well."


    “But... You deserve it, Rose. You deserve all the goodness in the world. When I was good to you, you were sincere with me because I gave my all. Now, it''s Sebastian''s turn. I repeatedly questioned and hurt you. I pushed you to Sebastian myself, causing you and him to go from mere acquaintances to close friends, then good friends, best friends, and finally to a married couple. If I had firmly believed in you from the beginning, if I had been willing to stay by your side even once, you and Sebastian wouldn''t havee to this point."


    As Theodore spoke, heughed, but hisughter soon turned into tears. He gripped the steering wheel, resting his forehead on it. His whole body trembled, and veins bulged on his hands.


    "It''s all my fault. I was clearly in the


    wrong, but I still shamelesslyMaterial ? of N?velDrama.Org.


    med you. I pushed you into


    another man''s arms, but I still feltet


    that you were the one who betrayed me first. I selfishly painted myself as the victim, but you''re the one who suffered the most."


    "I can never forget that night. I was going to the hospital to see Cynthia, and you cried and begged me not to leave. You pleaded for me to


    but I still left. I even said hurtfulet


    things to you before I did. Later, I kept having nightmares around that moment. I kept wondering if things would be different if I had stayed that night."


    "Why didn''t I cherish you? Why? I lost you because I was foolish, superficial, selfish, and narrow-minded. That''s why I lost you."


    He was the most despicable person, not cherishing what he had and regretting it after losing it.


    Rosalie was a good person. After he proposed the divorce, he had so many opportunities to win her back, but he did nothing. He only chose to express his love when it was impossible for them to get back together.


    Sometimes, people were just this foolish.


    Despite knowing his actions were wrong, Theodore still did it. He acted on impulse, convinced at the time that his choice was right. Only when looking back did he realize how foolish he was. If given another chance, he would never make such a stupid mistake again.