The Barrister's Love in Town

Chapter 272

Chapter 272 He Can’t Get Over You

“That’s… A problem.” Amanda didn’t know what to do now. She didn’t want to get involved in Lunabelle’s and Simon’s mess.

Lunabelle sobbed. “I’m so sorry for visiting you out of the blue today. I don’t have many friends in this country. I wanted to vent to someone, but then I realized that I don’t have any friends,”

“It’s okay. I understand.” Amanda knew more than anyone what it felt like to be left alone, completely. helpless.

Lunabelle seemed to have cleared her mind after enjoying some time under the breeze. Then, she wiped her tears.

“What about you? Are you reconciling with your ex-husband?”

Amanda’s smile froze for a moment. I’m not sure about that. There doesn’t seem to be a need to reconcile. I can never be his type, or he wouldn’t be so cruel to me four years ago. I cannot believe that he earnestly fell for me now, either. I think we’ll just keep things as they are, and we can raise our son together.”

She honestly didn’t know how to deal with her relationship with Elias, and with the Allegras added into the mix, her mind was a mess.

“You have to follow your heart. Why bother about so many things? If your ex-husband wants to reconcile, and you want to reconcile as well, then just do it. After all, you have a child too,” Lunabelle said.

Amanda fell silent.

Could things be so simple? She didn’t dare imagine it.

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Also, Howard had just passed away, and Elias was swamped with company matters. Elias probably didn’t have the time to think about these things.

In reality, Lunabelle had ulterior motives for saying that. She felt that as long as Amanda hadn’t found a man of her own, Simon would never turn his focus back on her.

Lunabelle wasn’t as confident as she had been back then. In the past, she could confidently tell everyone that Simon would only marry her. Now that things had changed, she had lost that confidence as well.

Amanda sighed lightly. “Are you convincing me to get a man and settle down?”

She seemed to have understood Lunabelle’s thoughts. Lunabelle thought that it was Amanda’s hesitation. that caused problems between Simon and her. Simon couldn’t settle down knowing that Amanda is still up for grabs. Hence, Lunabelle and Simon still couldn’t reconcile after all this while.

“Um, I don’t mean it like that. I just want everyone to have a good ending.”

Amanda scoffed, her voice filled with mockery, “A good ending? Then, why would you make the wrong choice in the beginning? When you decided to get married, you should have known that you made the wrong choice. Now that you’re trying to turn back, you realized that Simon didn’t wait for you like you assumed he would.”

When Lunabelle heard Amanda’s words, she was forced to face just how cruel she had been.

“No! It’s not like that. I had my reasons when I got married all those years ago. I was forced to do it,”

Lunabelle suddenly shouted defensively.

Amanda crossed her arms and leaned back. “Sure. However, you shouldn’t have left without saying. goodbye. In those years when I met Simon overseas, he was in a horrible state. He looked like he was still plagued by sorrow after being abandoned by you. He took a long while to get over this failed relationship. Yet, here you are now. You came back and suddenly wanted him to accept you unconditionally. You didn’t even give him time to recover from the shock. Do you think this is fair to him?”

For a moment, everything was quiet.

Lunabelle was at a loss for words. Of course, she knew that she was being unfair to Simon right now. Plus, she was also a divorcee.

She had no other choice, so she could only go to Simon. If she didn’t, the rest of her life would be in ruins.

Lunabelle was all worked up as she refuted hotly, “What about you? Was it fair for you to be with Simon? You got divorced and even had a child, so you’re better off being with your ex-husband!”

Hah…

This woman finally revealed her truest thoughts.

Amanda said with a smirk, “You finally said it. You’ve been holding it in for long enough, haven’t you? You didn’t want to vent to me; you wanted to convince me to reconcile as soon as possible so that you wouldn’t have anything to worry about in the future, right?”

“It’s not like that, I truly wanted to vent-

Amanda was losing her patience. She stood up and said, “Miss Gowen, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholson looked down on you, and Simon has no intention of reconciling with you, but I’m not at all related to these things. It’ll still be the same if I weren’t part of the equation.”

Lunabelle shot to her feet as well. “Impossible! If it weren’t for you, Simon wouldn’t still be so hung up over you. He can’t get over you.”

“Even if it wasn’t me, he would still fall for someone else. Did you think that Simon wouldn’t fall for anyone but you? You’ve gotten married and then divorced, so what right do you have to forbid Simon from liking another woman?” Amanda’s tone was filled with disdain.

“You!”

Lunabelle wanted to say more, but Amanda interrupted her. “If you still insist on wasting my time with nonsense, then I’m sorry. I don’t want to hear more of it. I have to go to sleep now because I have a lot of matters to attend to tomorrow. Please go home.”

Lunabelle looked at her, hesitant. Then, she could only leave in anger.

She thought that Amanda could understand her circumstances and work with her, but she didn’t expect. things to turn out like this.

Amanda went to the location Simon specified to meet the following day. It was a cafe.

The waiter led her to a seat by the window. Simon was sitting there alone, drinking coffee. He even ordered a latte for her.

“Amanda, you’re here.”

“Yes.” She smiled, then took a seat at the side. She picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Simon looked at her joyful expression, then couldn’t help but tease her as he said, “You don’t look too good. Did something nice happen?”

“It’s nothing. I’m probably happy that things are going well these days.”

She was truly quite happy to learn who her biological parents were. When she knew that the gambler wasn’t her father, she even felt relieved as if a huge burden was lifted from her shoulders. Content is property of NôvelDrama.Org.

Only Amanda knew the meaning behind her words. So, to Simon, it was painful to hear.

Simon asked, “Elias was getting engaged with Stephanie, right? I was preparing to attend the engagement banquet, but I was informed last minute that the engagement was called off. Do you know what happened?”

“Well… I probably do.” Amanda took a sip of coffee.

“Why?” Simon’s gaze was filled with anxiety. He wanted to know if the reason was the one he had in mind. Could it be that the two wanted to reconcile? Was that the reason why Elias called off the engagement?

Simon couldn’t help but clench his fist under the table at that thought.

Regardless, Amanda didn’t want to make the reason known to the public. She didn’t want more people to know that Jack was her biological father, so she chose to keep it a secret.

“I’m just saying that I have a vague idea. I don’t know the details, though. They seemed to have reached that conclusion after some negotiation.”

“No, you definitely know something. You just don’t want to tell me.”

Simon felt his heart turning cold. Perhaps it truly was as he had feared, the two were reconciling. After all, he could see the happiness radiating from Amanda’s eyes.

Amanda didn’t say anything else. She simply lowered her head and drank some coffee. Her actions were akin to a silent admittance.

Still, she didn’t expect Simon to overthink matters. She just wanted to keep her identity a secret for a longer time.