Chapter 415

“To me, it’s as if there has never been a single bit of sincerity, a single bit of true affection, or even a single true word!”

I shook my head, wanting to deny it.

Faced with his accusing gaze, I couldn’t say a word.

Looking back, I seemed to have really deceived him countless times.

So, he punished me like this because I lied to him?

But every time I lied, it was just a small matter. It didn’t hurt him at all, so why did he get so angry?

His large hand moved slowly from my chin to my neck.

My slender neck was instantly grasped by his hand.

As soon as he exerted force, it felt like my neck could be snapped by him in an instant.

He glared at me, his eyes filled with what seemed like extreme hatred, mixed with unspoken pain and disappointment.

He said, “When I left you the day before yesterday, what did you promise me?”

I pursed my lips and said nothing.

He smiled and said, “You said you would wait for me to come back. You even asked me what dishes I liked and said you would go buy groceries specifically to cook for me.”

“Oh, Esmeralda, really, you seem to be a born liar, telling lies so effortlessly.”

I slowly said, “Almost no one goes through life without telling lies. I did deceive you a few times, but can my deception really be unforgivable?”

“What do you think?”

He laughed coldly and chillingly, like a demon.

“Anyone can deceive me, I don’t care, but only you can’t.”

“Why?”

“Why, why… Ha!” he laughed self-deprecatingly. “So I said, you have no heart, you will never understand.”

A sense of powerlessness surged in my heart.

I helplessly said, “If you don’t tell me, how am I supposed to understand? Reynaldo, if you have any grievances, please explain them to me clearly, okay?” You always wanted me to guess. I am not a god, I am not that smart. How could I possibly guess what’s on your mind?

“Did you make it clear? Why do you only hate my deception?”

He looked at me deeply, his eyes dark and terrifying, with a hint of self-mockery.

“Tell you? Ha… tell you, what else can I get besides your sarcasm and ridicule?"

“When did you ever have true feelings?”

“Reynaldo…”

“Do you know why I asked you if you would wait for me that day?”

I looked at him, saying nothing, my lips dry and sore.

He caressed my face and smiled faintly, “Because that was the chance I gave you.”

“Give me a chance…?”

“Heh…” he sneered, “Do you think I didn’t know when you went to the airport to test me on the first day? Do you think I really believed that you were packing your bags to stay at Lavonne’s?”

“You are so naive!”

I stared at him with a chill running down my spine.

No wonder, when I went to the airport to test the waters on the first day, there were clearly no bodyguards present.

The next day when I really had to leave, suddenly a bodyguard appeared.

Originally, everything was in his control.

He just didn’t say anything, deliberately keeping quiet, deliberately making me full of hope, thinking that I could finally escape, finally be free, and then suddenly appeared, cruelly shattering my illusion of hope.

He, like a superior, sarcastically appreciated the drama that was completely in his hands.

Watching me like a clown, struggling hard, but never able to escape from this cage.

Anger and hatred quietly grew in my heart.