When it was over, Cassie still hadn't heard his answer. She thought her voice was so low that the surrounding noise swallowed it.
They spent a whole day at Disneyland and then had dinner together. Fredrick then brought her back home. As they entered her apartment building, Fredrick stopped but didn't open the door for her. The floor lamp light came on, illuminating half of his face while the other half remained dark.
Cassie took her bag from the backseat and looked at him, "Want to have a drink together?"
"No, thanks."
Cassie hesitated, "My parents want to have a chat with you." She gave an obvious hint to him. It had been a long time since her parents had come to New York, and Fredrick still hadn't arranged for their parents to have dinner together. She didn't know how to ask him the reason, so she just continued to remind him subtly.
Fredrick took a deep breath and turned to look at Cassie with a complex expression.
"Do...do you have anything to talk to me about?" Cassie saw that he was not happy at all. Although they had great fun at Disneyland, Fredrick seemed to be upset.
Fredrick nodded, and after a long while, he said in a low voice with great regret, "Cassie, I'm sorry. We...we have to break up."
The night in the fall was colder. Although the window wasn't open, Cassie felt cold for no reason. It seemed that her spine froze, and gradually the chill crawled up her neck. She felt heartbroken.
As Fredrick expressed his intention to break up with Cassie, he stared out the front window. He didn't dare to look at Cassie's face. He knew that once he told her, she would be very upset. However, he didn't want to destroy the rest of their lives with responsibility and regret.
This thought had lingered inside him for so many months. When Irish told him to cherish Cassie, he was determined to treat her well, and he thought that he could do it. He believed that as long as he forced himself to emphasize his love for Cassie, he could achieve it. As a result, he had been determined to marry Cassie.
However, when Cassie told him about Irish on the phone, he could not be at peace any longer. These days he couldn't sleep well because a thought lingered in his mind. Irish loved Joseph! This fact was a shock to him. He couldn't imagine Irish smiling in Joseph's bosom, let alone them making love.
He had not felt good since then. One time he couldn't help calling Irish. The sound of her voice on the phone was so familiar that it touched him easily, but her smile didn't belong to him any longer. She just happily asked when he would marry Cassie without any other emotion. He thought Joseph was at her side, and the two were to go out, so he just hung up.
At that moment, he felt his world break apart immediately.
It was just at that moment he realized that he couldn't give up on Irish. He couldn't continue to cheat himself. Otherwise, it would make him go crazy.
"Cassie. I know it's irresponsible to say it now, but please, believe me, I don't mean to play games with your heart. I just don't think that we can't be together." Fredrick seemed to be very regretful.
Cassie didn't say anything.
Fredrick turned to look at her. Her silent expression made him even more nervous, "Cassie, could you please say something?"
Cassie lowered her head. After a while, she looked up at him and forced a smile, "Fredrick, today...today is not April Fool's Day."
"Cassie."
"I'm very tired. We spent the whole day together. Let's have a talk tomorrow." She tried her best to smile at him and then she went to open the car door.
Fredrick had to admit that he was to be blamed. He didn't cherish her. He just pulled her arm in apology, "I don't want to continue to cheat you. You can vent your anger in any way you want."
Cassie held the car door tightly with one hand. She exerted such great strength that her arm ached. Her pale face reflected in the window, "I don't understand. We...we are going to get married..."
She had never expected that she would separate from him one day. She knew that he was busy with work, so she was always obedient and didn't disturb him. If he didn't have time for her, she spent her spare time alone. What she longed for most was to go shopping and have fun with him. However, she never complained about it because she knew that he was an ambitious man who had something to pursue.
When he was not beside her, she would recall the days they had spent with each other. She imagined their future every day, and when he proposed to her, she thought that she was the happiest woman in the world. She began to think of their marriage. Maybe she would give birth to two children for him, and they would travel at home and abroad.
She had never thought of what would happen if he walked out of her world.
But this day finally came.
Just when they were to marry, he decided to leave her. As a result, her world fell apart drastically.
"Sorry, Cassie, I don't want to cheat you for a lifetime. I can't marry you." Fredrick's voice was so bitter, but he was sad to see Cassie's suffering.
Cassie's hands quivered. The cold made her body tremble, "But we are so close. Why? Why are things different now?"
"Sorry." Fredrick could not give her anything except for an apology from his heart.
She turned to look at him with her wet eyes, but her tears didn't fall down. Fredrick looked at her. At this time, she felt so heartbroken. She still loved him.
"Do you love another woman?" This was the only reason she could think of.
Fredrick was a little surprised to hear it, but he shook his head, "No, Cassie. I don't."
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