“Gabriel, do you really have to be this disgusting?” N snapped.


    Her tant disgust and anger made Gabriel’s smile falter.


    After a long pause, he finally met her gaze and said seriously, “N, one day you’ll realize that I’m the one who’s truly right for you.”


    “I would never like you. You’re like a rat in a sewer–dark, filthy, and repugnant. Who could like someone like that?” N shot back.


    Gabriel smiled at her description. “You’re <b>right</b>.”


    Even a rat in the sewer wanted to see the sunlight and reach for it.


    Gabriel left, but his words lingered over N like a shadow she couldn’t shake off.


    Vrie looked at her with concern. “N, maybe you shoulde stay with me. I feel like Gabriel has lost it, and I’m worried about what he might do.”


    She couldn’t understand how the gentle boy she had known could transform into the menacing <b>and </b>terrifying man he was now.


    N shook her head. She couldn’t stay at Vrie’s ce forever. “No need. If he keeps bothering me, I’ll just head to Capitaria early.”


    Vrie sighed. “Alright, then.”


    “Don’t worry about me. Let’s go out for dinner, my treat. You helped me move today, <b>and </b>you must be exhausted,” N invited.


    On the way to the restaurant, Vrie suddenly asked why N had left in such a rush the night before, wondering what had happened.


    At that moment, the car swerved unexpectedly.


    Vrie was startled and quickly grabbed the steering wheel, pulling it back.


    An SUV b


    SUV had nearly brushed past N’s car.


    “N, what’s going on? You scared me half to death!” Vrie eximed.


    “I’m sorry, Vrie. I was just distracted for a moment… N muttered.


    Seeing N’s pale face, Vrie said, “Maybe you’re tired from moving today. If you want, you can park the car by the side of the road, and 111 drive.”


    “It’s fine. We’re almost there. I’ll be more careful,” N replied, declining Vrie’s offer.


    Vrie persisted, “If you’re really tired, just let me know, I can drive.”


    “Okay…” N agreed.


    After this minor scare, Vrie didn’t mention the previous night’s events again, <b>which </b>relieved N. She


    nned to keep the incident a secret, buried deep inside her. C0pyright ? 2024 N?v)(elDrama.Org.


    When they finished dinner, Vrie had the driver bring her car over, and they went their separate ways.


    On her way back, N received a call from Damon.


    “You moved?” Damon asked.


    N pressed her lips together and gripped the steering wheel tighter. “Yes, so you don’t need to make any more grand gestures.”


    “N, you know what I want,” Damon said.


    His deep voice made her bite her lip. “What you want, I can’t give you. Mr. Sumner, you should <b>find </b>someone else.”


    For N to get together with Damon now would be no different from when she married rk. She didn’t want to follow a path where she could already see the ending.


    “If not you, then no one else will do. I only have room for you in my heart,” Damon confessed.


    N pulled over to the side of the road. After a moment of silence, she said slowly, “Damon, would you be willing to be with someone you don’t like?”


    There was silence on the other end of the line. Only Damon’s heavy breathing


    d be heard.


    “I don’t like you anymore<b>, </b>so I don’t want to be with you. And I hope you won’t <b>push </b>me, or you’ll end up being just like rk in my eyes,” N said.