Free Web NovelChapter 492: Chapter 492: From This Moment On, I’ll Say I Love You (92)
However, things hadn’t gone according to her plan. Their relationship was limited to nothing more than what happened in the bedroom.
Archie Lockwood would never take responsibility for her, much less marry her...
Eventually, Jason Lockwood discovered that she had left Tridell, that she had run away from their marriage. So, he reported her father and took him to court.
All the friends who had once been like brothers to her father suddenly turned on them, pushing the Bishop Family to the brink.
With no other choice, she had to resort to the risky move of getting pregnant. She knew that if she used a pregnancy to force Archie Lockwood to marry her, he would surely hate her. He would also inevitably discover why she had crawled into his bed in the first place...
But she had to do it...
After she became pregnant, she returned to Tridell and secretly contacted Mr. Lockwood, trading the news that Archie was still alive for her father’s safety.
After that, there was no going back for her and Archie... ever again...
Archie was right. She really was a liar. She had approached him with an ulterior motive from the very beginning. Even though she had fallen hopelessly in love with Archie in the process, she had never stopped hurting him.
She truly didn’t have the gall to face Archie again, nor could she bear to remain here.
If she stayed, she couldn’t imagine what her mother might do—whether she would again use the fact that she was Rory’s mother to make her cling to Archie, or tell her to shamelessly go and beg Jason Lockwood.
Suddenly, Eleanor Bishop felt so, so tired. An exhaustion that spread from her body to her soul, from the tips of her toes to the top of her head, making her feel like she was about to collapse...
As if on autopilot, she wrapped her arms tightly around herself and walked forward aimlessly.
There were no other pedestrians on this road, making her look exceptionally lonely.
But it didn’t matter. Eleanor Bishop’s world had always been this lonely...
Sometimes, she found herself wondering how much better it would be if the world were a little simpler. If it were, then maybe, just maybe, she and Archie wouldn’t have reached this point. Maybe she wouldn’t have fallen in love with him. And she certainly wouldn’t have gotten involved with Archie just to get out of some so-called arranged marriage.
If Archie had never met her, he probably wouldn’t be so miserable right now. He would surely be happy...
Eleanor Bishop followed the road, walking straight ahead. She didn’t know how far she had gone or for how long. It was as if she couldn’t feel the fatigue. It seemed only by continuing to walk like this could she feel alive, feel that she wasn’t so miserable, so pitiful...
Because every day at home, outside of eating and sleeping, all she did was think about Rory, think about Archie, think about all the little moments from the past, and think about how she had pushed their relationship to this point...
She thought about what kind of liar she was...
Tears streamed down her face, and she was powerless to stop them. They just fell, unrestrained...
’I’m sorry, Archie. I’m so, so sorry. For everything, I’m sorry...’
’Archie, don’t worry. I will never bother you again. From now on, your life will be peaceful. You’ll never have to deal with a liar like me again. Never again...’
