Chapter 4

There was no point in staying at this party any longer.

I picked up my bag and turned to leave.

But Elliot chased after me to the door and stopped me.

"Samantha, I misunderstood you about what happened back then." He had a look of pain and regret. "I've been looking for you all these years, wanting to tell you the truth."

I looked straight at him. "Now, I know the truth. So what? Are you going to plead for Nora and ask me to let it go?"

In the past few years, even though I wasn't in Capinuss, I had heard about the situation of the Wilson family.

Due to some failed investments in the previous two years, the Wilson family owed more than they could pay and was on the verge of bankruptcy.

Nora was only willing to admit her mistake to me because her family was in financial straits and her jewelry brand needed Elliot's financial support.

If her family's wealth and influence were still the same as they were back then, she would definitely not have apologized to me today.

Elliot was hit right in the mark by my words, and a look of guilt flashed across his face awkwardly.

He said, "Nora already knows she was wrong. Her family is in a tough situation, and she's suffering now.

"Besides, she once saved my life. If it weren't for her back then, I would have died in the mountain flood."

When Elliot was fifteen years old, he had gone on a trip out of the province with his classmates and gone to a mountain area to escape the heat.

Unexpectedly, it rained upstream, and the mountain flood came so quickly that it swept Elliot into the river.

Everyone said that Nora had saved him.

Because of that, Nora had water in her lungs, and her health hadn't been good these past few years.

"Nora is suffering. But what about me?" I looked at Elliot calmly. "Did you ever think about how miserable I was when I was expelled from school? I came from a mountainous area, and my family had used up all their savings to support my studies. But I didn't get my diploma and lost my job. How do you think I felt?

"What's more, it was you that Nora saved. What does that have to do with me? Why are you so generous at the expense of my future?"

Elliot's lips twitched. "I'm sorry, Samantha. I apologize to you on her behalf. But it's been five years already. Can't you let it go?

"Don't worry. With me around, you won't have to suffer anymore. I'll make up for all the hardships you've endured in the past five years."

As he spoke, as if he had just remembered something, he suddenly knelt on one knee and took out a diamond ring from his pocket. "Samantha, will you marry me?"