Those words "I don't love you anymore" wounded Ethan more deeply than anything else Lydia could have said. He stared at her in anguish, desperately searching her face for even the slightest hint that she was lying, but there was none.
Nearby, Julian quietly listened, unable to hide the flicker of satisfaction in his eyes, though Lydia noticed neither man's reaction.
After a long silence, she lowered her gaze and spoke with exhausted calm. "I'll have someone transfer money for your medical expenses. As for your leg, it should still be treatable. I'll arrange doctors for you."
She did not want to owe Ethan anything, nor did she want any connection with him anymore. Most of all, she no longer wished to stand there reopening the wounds of the past. With that, Lydia turned and walked back i
