Now that the consequences had come back to him, he finally learned how to reason.
"There's nothing left to say."
Everything that needed to be said had already been said long ago.
"So, this is a death sentence for me?" Victor let out a short laugh, though his eyes shimmered with tears. "What are you thinking, Natalie? Are you trying to get back at me, or just watch me make a fool of myself?"
I shook my head. "I want you to stay away from me. Let's end this cleanly. Stop coming to me. I've already returned everything you gave me. What Chloe took, I've deducted. If there's nothing else, don't contact me again."
Seeing how calmly and clearly I had settled everything, Victor's eyes reddened at once. He looked as though he had been discarded, like something worthless.
"So, you had this pla
