d Jian Wei spoke, every explanation, increased the pressure in her chest. Despite the sincerity he had

ing to you?" Mei Ling asked with a sigh, her v

his hair, searching for the

een us," his tone was firm, but his gaze showed that,

ds were able to dissipate the doubts in Mei Ling's mind. What if there was r

settled between them, the sound of a phone

the screen. Sofía. The woman who had left him breathless by sending him th

Ling asked, her voice laced with c

nse expression. He knew it was inevitable. Answering the call meant

to hide," he said, trying to sound calm

diately, crossing her arms. She wasn't goin

sure of the situation. The tone of the call shifted immediately. Sofía's voice

and at the same time warm and familiar. "I was

ed, so close. How could she speak to him like that? What

head as if trying to cal

ing to sound indifferent, but the discomfort was pal

ckly, almost as if she we

if what she was saying was a joke. "Can't talk? I just wanted to send yo

s"? Every word from Sofía seemed like another nail in the coffi

ted the conversation. Her voice, filled with fury, cut through the air like a dagger. "What do you t

prised at all. On the contrary. Her tone remained ca

alming a child. "I'm just being kind, sending a little reminder of everything

be so... charming? Her words sounded so sincere, bu

ing herself to calm down. "Then why do you insist on doing all

fter, as if she were playi

fe, and from time to time, I like to remind him of how great we had it tog

triggered Me

lected in her gaze. "You're making all this

line, soft and full of satisfaction. She se

top what happened in the past from being part of our story," The coldness in her

ord from Sofía was tearing her apart even more, but som

oking at the man beside her. "Tell me it's not

ned his mouth to respond, but at t

you need," Sofía's voice softened, almost possessive. "And

nd of the call hanging in the air was unbearabl

damage had already been done. The atmosphere between them was

i," Mei Ling murmured, her voice broken, looking at the man s

her eyes, his throa

othing between us. But..." he sighed